Pensions

Helping Your Employees Prepare for Retirement

By now, all small businesses should be aware of workplace pensions. You might have seen the advertising on TV – ‘Workplace Pensions. We’re All In’. That may already be true of the country’s largest businesses, but to smaller businesses and their employees, implementation is now looming large on the horizon. If you employ one or more qualifying people, then at some point you will have to comply and set up a qualifying Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme.

Pensions - Top 5 Things to Think About

Recently, we looked at how pension flexibility allows you to use your pension “like a bank account” once you reach the minimum age.

For those of you who are not yet at retirement, may have questions about pensions and what you need to consider when planning for the longest holiday of your life – retirement. Here are our top 5 things to think about when organising your pension.

Making the Most of Pension Flexibility

“Freedom and choice in pensions” is something of a hot topic at the moment, but you may be unaware of what this means for you. After April 2015, once you reach the minimum retirement age of 55 (this may be earlier if forced to retire due to ill-health) you will have the freedom to access your personal/company pension as and when you please. There will no longer be an annual limit on how much you are allowed to withdraw and you will be able to use your pension fund “like a bank account”.