Catering company Jenkinsons has auto-enrolled around 400 staff with just three opt-outs, despite enrolling a large seasonal workforce.

Any other business: US president Thomas Jefferson said: "To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education." This has never been more pertinent to schemes. But how can you make sure trustees are educated in an effective and engaging way?

The creation of national and local advisory boards for the Local Government Pension Scheme is expected to improve engagement and representation for members, but could lead to increased cost for compliance.

NAPF Annual Conference 2014: Senior industry figures have called for independent governance committees to be more like trustee boards in their activities, to protect member interests.

NAPF Annual Conference 2014: As smaller employers reach their auto-enrolment staging dates, beauty brand Nails Inc has said only one of 175 opted out when it auto-enrolled staff in January, which it attributed to knowing what level of benefits employees would want.

The West Midlands Pension Fund is taking the next step towards paperless member communications by issuing its 2015 benefit statement online only, as more schemes move further towards digital portals to reduce costs. 

Mineral specialist Imerys is undertaking a consultation to cease accrual in its defined benefit pension scheme, following the completion of a scheme merger earlier this year.

Industry experts have called for the standardisation of pension scheme information, in the style of the uniform pension overviews found in the Netherlands.