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Getting to know: Naomi Cooke – auto-enrolment on the brain

As auto-enrolment enters the nation’s consciousness Sade Laja talks to GMB’s national pensions officer about the impending scheme changes

RMT rallies members over Stena freeze-out

Bob Crow has rebuked Stena Line for the exclusion of deferred members on its trustee board.

Webb vague on RDR to avoid ‘confusion’

Steve Webb has opted not to publicly address concerns about financial advice costs for work-placed pension schemes being passed on to employees, to avoid "confusion". 

TPAS sees incoming calls double following AE ads

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The Pensions Advisory Service has seen a 100 per cent increase in enquiries, mainly about auto-enrolment, over the last month.

TUC concern over how RDR will affect members

Employers will end up passing on the cost of financial advice for setting up workplace pension schemes to staff, the Trades Union Congress has warned.

Pay for experts soars as revolution starts

Good scheme managers have never been valued more highly as auto-enrolment kicks off, say specialist recruitment agencies.

Employers level down to avoid more costly LGPS

Some employers have attempted to “weave around” joining the Local Government Pension Scheme to save money, one of the UK’s largest trade unions has revealed.

Pret wraps up deal with The People's Pension

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Pret A Manger has become the latest employer to join B&CE’s The People’s Pension.

Schemes given shot at £300m NHS financing first

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A healthcare trust plans to select a scheme to fund, without a ‘deed of safeguard’ from the government, the construction of a new hospital.

NHS pensions admin deal up for grabs

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The contract to administer the NHS Pension Scheme, the biggest in the UK, is to be put out to tender by the Department of Health.