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Auto Enrolment: the Stage is Set

My previous blog post may have got your cogs churning about bringing your business into line with new Auto Enrolment pension legislation, required of all UK employers and with compliance deadlines fast approaching. But as promised, Auto Enrolment doesn’t need to give you stage fright – there are some very straightforward ways of handling the whole thing smoothly. And the first step in doing this? Know your staging date. In other words, find out when your deadline for complying actually is&he...

Get your ducks in a row on Auto Enrolment

Deadlines are looming for all employers to have complied with Auto Enrolment legislation. Have you got your ducks in a row? For a lot of small businesses, the prospect of complying is a daunting one. As one of my clients plaintively put it, it’s as if “the whole ruddy thing has been deliberately designed to drive me round the bend”.  I honestly don’t think that is HMRC’s intention; it’s just that as with so many new things, the AE process can appear a lot more complicated than...

Don't Panic About Auto Enrolment

I know from talking with clients that they're not thrilled about Auto-Enrolment. I'm afraid though AE isn't a dream and it won't disappear if you shut your eyes and don't look at it. But it doesn't have to be a nightmare. As you're probably well aware, all employers with at least one worker in the UK will need to automatically enrol certain members of their workforce into a pension scheme.If you're an employer you'll also have to make a contribution to this pension and ensure you correctly me...