Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Articles and guides on pensions regulation and provision for UK SMEs and the self employed, covering topics such as auto-enrolment and workplace pension schemes.
Employing & managing staff
Pensions auto enrolment rules mean all employers must provide a pension for their staff and automatically enrol them into it. James Brown of Chase de Vere offers a guide to all the considerations employers must make to comply with pensions legislation
Accounting
Here, we break down a number of tactics business owners can use to extract profit from their business with one eye on tax-efficiency at all times.
Business management
Businesses offering final-salary pension schemes pushed towards safer investments in move that could see underfunded schemes facing bills of tens of billions of pounds
Payroll
We explain your pensions responsibilities as an employer, how to choose a pension scheme, and how you can remain compliant
Advice
If you need to set up a workplace pension for your employees, make sure you know what to consider and which providers are out there
News
Chancellor says its up to those who pay in to pensions to tell institutions they want to invest in fast-growth tech start-ups
Employing & managing staff
Every small business needs to offer qualifying employees a pension. But what are the rules as to who qualifies and how do you set one up?
Accounting
Government is adapting its strategy to deal with self-employed pension crisis.
Sole trader
Self-employed workers are woefully under provided for in terms of pension savings. Stephanie Spicer considers the pension options available to the self-employed, sole traders and entrepreneurs and how to go about employing them.
Accounting
Entrepreneurs are heading towards a self-employed pension crisis, with many not having any savings in place at all.
News
February finally marked the last staging date for the UK’s smallest employers to enrol their employees into a workplace pension scheme – so what are the upcoming changes and how can small businesses prepare for them?
News
More than half of female employees (51 per cent) admit to feeling financially unprepared for their retirement compared to 35 per cent of male workers.
Partner content
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade
Partner content
As with any supplier, it’s important to do your research and ask important questions before you select a broadband provider for your business. But what are the must-have things you should take into consideration?
Partner content
Analogue phone systems are increasingly being replaced by smarter broadband based networks – here’s why you should consider switching
Partner content
David Malan, sales director of DocuWare for the UK and Ireland, explains how the platform can streamline your document management