We want to make sure that the Armed Forces and their families receive fair treatment from the nation which they serve, as set out in the Armed Forces Covenant. As well as the new State Pension, this year has also seen the launch of a new National Insurance credit designed to help Armed Forces spouses and civil partners protect their future State Pension.
Is starting up a new business just for young people? As more people start up a business or become self-employed later in life, this is the age of the ‘olderpreneur’.
With today’s launch of the new State Pension, we’re starting to bring clarity to a system that few people truly understand.
In previous blogs I have outlined the changes to the State Pension from 6 April 2016. There are a couple of ways you can check how these changes will affect your own position.
As you’re reading this blog it’s likely that you are already aware that this is an important time for the State Pension. But do your employees, colleagues, members or networks know about the changes?
We’re just one month away from the launch of the new State Pension on Wednesday 6 April 2016. Ahead of next month’s launch, here is a summary of the key points you may need to know.
2015 has been an exciting year for UK pensions with more workers in small and micro firms being enrolled in a workplace pension. And 2016 looks set to be even busier.
As we have seen, the outgoing State Pension system is a very complicated beast. In April 2016, we will be replacing this with a new clearer system.
People who start work after 6 April 2016 will have the benefit of a much simpler State Pension system. Many of the complexities that exist with the current system will, over time, be consigned to history.
It is no secret that I have spent most of my working life in pensions – thinking about them, writing about them, occasionally dreaming about them, and debating how, together, we can make pensions work better for people.
