http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/rss The People's Pension RSS Feed en-us Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0100 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0100 Weblog Editor 2.0 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/bandce-launches-a-new-auto-enrolment-solution-for-everyone B&CE, UK provider of financial benefits (including pensions) to the construction industry and allied trades, today announced that in early November 2011, it will launch an alternative pension offering that will be available to everyone, regardless of their sector. This launch will... Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0100 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/bandce-launches-a-new-auto-enrolment-solution-for-everyone http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/tpr-launches-online-tool-to-help-employers-determine-staging-date The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched an interactive tool online to help you as an employer determine your staging date for auto-enrolment. The staging date is the date that your automatic enrolment duties start. Your staging date will be based on the number of people in your... Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:00:00 +0100 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/tpr-launches-online-tool-to-help-employers-determine-staging-date http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employees/insight/news/autoenrolment-may-be-pushed-back-for-smaller-employers DWP has proposed changes to pension reform allowing smaller employers more time to prepare for auto-enrolment than previously planned. The revised dates will apply to employers with fewer than ten members of staff but who are part of a larger PAYE scheme that has more than 239... Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:00:00 +0100 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employees/insight/news/autoenrolment-may-be-pushed-back-for-smaller-employers http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/a-new-auto-enrolment-solution-for-everyone B&CE, UK provider of financial benefits (including pensions) to the construction industry and allied trades, today announced that in early November 2011, it will launch an alternative pension offering that will be available to everyone, regardless of their sector. This launch will... Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0100 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/a-new-auto-enrolment-solution-for-everyone http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/introducing-the-peoples-pension-from-bandce FOR THE PEOPLE, FOR LIFE B&CE, the workplace pension provider to over 1.6 million people, today unveiled its auto-enrolment solution; The People’s Pension. It is available to any employer, large or small, in any sector .  The new multi-employer scheme, a... Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:30:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/introducing-the-peoples-pension-from-bandce http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/bandce-launch-the-peoples-pension B&CE announced the launch of The People's Pension on 9th November at The British Museum.  The new multi-employer scheme is a 'super trust' and has been created to provide choice and to ensure the UK's working population - particularly... Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/bandce-launch-the-peoples-pension http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/the-big-shot-sir-john-chilcot Chairman of B&CE, Sir John Chilcot, speaks to Patrick Hosking from The Times regarding the launch of B&CE's solution to auto-erolment , The People's Pension.  As well as detailing other key achievements and positions Sir John holds, he also discusses... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/the-big-shot-sir-john-chilcot http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/peoples-pension-from-bandce-to-target-private-sector-employers FTfm published the interview conducted by Debbie Harrison, a senior visiting fellow of the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School, and Patrick Heath-Lay, B&CE's director of finance and strategic delivery. The interview details how B&CE's new... Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/peoples-pension-from-bandce-to-target-private-sector-employers http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/bandce-pension-focused-on-auto-enrolment FT Adviser's, Aamina Zafar covers our launch: "Workplace pension provider B&CE has unveiled its auto-enrolment solution to help low and moderate earners access low-cost retirement savings solutions..." link to the article Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/bandce-pension-focused-on-auto-enrolment http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/patrick-heathlays-launch-speech Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to The People’s Pension from B&CE. The People’s Pension is exactly what it suggests; a pension designed for the majority of the population and built on the principles and indeed, success of B&CE’s construction... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/patrick-heathlays-launch-speech http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/videos--the-peoples-pension-offering View B&CE's videos to learn about The People's Pension, a truly low-cost, hassle-free and portable workplace pension solution designed 'for the people'. Hear first hand personal opinions from customers, industry stakeholders and B&CE on why... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/videos--the-peoples-pension-offering http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/countdown-begins-to-pensions-explosion Financial News interviewed B&CE's Patrick Heath-Lay about the government's new automatic enrolment scheme which is likely to attract between five and eight million new savers. Patrick speaks about the fact that B&CE has been targeting low to moderate earners... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/countdown-begins-to-pensions-explosion http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/delays-to-pension-reforms Director of Customer Solutions at B&CE, Jamie Fiveash, discusses the implications after the announcement to the delay in pension reforms for SME's.   Coverage was featured in; FT Adviser ; Professional Pensions and Financial News Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/delays-to-pension-reforms http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/the-peoples-pension-announces-it-is-a-lead-sponsor-at-ft-business-event The People's Pension is proud to be a lead sponsor for an FT Business event on Wednesday 8th February 2012. 'Pensions Week Seminar: Auto-enrolment' is a  half-day event covering the costs, solutions and opportunities presented by auto-enrolment. This... Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/the-peoples-pension-announces-it-is-a-lead-sponsor-at-ft-business-event http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/employee-benefits-personally-receives-366-gingerbread-men-from-bandce   Oh no they didn't..... At the launch of The People’s Pension in November 2011, Paul Murphy, Director of Customer Development at B&CE, made a very bold statement to all the journalists who attended. Mr Murphy “joked”... Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:30:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/employee-benefits-personally-receives-366-gingerbread-men-from-bandce http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/press-release--bandce-calls-for-the-formation-of-a-central-pensions-registry-in-a-bid-to-make-pension-pots-for-life-a-reality B&CE calls for the formation of a Central Pension’s Registry in a bid to make ‘Pension Pots for Life’ a reality  B&CE, the UK’s largest workplace pension scheme provider and the organisation behind The... Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:45:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/press-release--bandce-calls-for-the-formation-of-a-central-pensions-registry-in-a-bid-to-make-pension-pots-for-life-a-reality http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/bandce-calls-for-the-formation-of-a-central-pensions-registry-in-a-bid-to-make-pension-pots-for-life-a-reality B&CE's Jamie Fiveash talks about the need for a solution to the problems surrounding small pension pots and portability, and B&CE's view to call for the provision of a Central Pension's Registry (CPR) in a bid to overcome the growing issues.... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/bandce-calls-for-the-formation-of-a-central-pensions-registry-in-a-bid-to-make-pension-pots-for-life-a-reality http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/pension-providers-demand-equal-treatment-in-dwp-communications   The DWP is set to begin its communications ahead of auto-enrolment’s introduction later this year. However, competitors B&CE and NOW Pensions have called on the government to refer to other providers whenever it mentions NEST.   Read... Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/pension-providers-demand-equal-treatment-in-dwp-communications http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/providers-demand-equal-treatment-in-dwp-communications The DWP is set to begin its communications ahead of auto-enrolment's introduction later this year. Read the Professional Pensions article to hear how B&CE's director of customer solutions, Jamie Fiveash talks about DWP "subtly promoting" NEST in its... Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:30:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/providers-demand-equal-treatment-in-dwp-communications http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/the-peoples-pension-employer-roadshows-for-2012 Don't be clouded by auto-enrolment B&CE has previously run 'free' roadshows to explain the auto-enrolment process and how we can make it more simple for employers. We have launched our second series with the first being at Gatwick on Wednesday 11th... Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/the-peoples-pension-employer-roadshows-for-2012 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/morgan-sindall-selects-bandces-the-peoples-pension-to-meet-autoenrolment-needs   B&CE Benefit Schemes, the workplace pension provider to over 1.6 million people, today announces Morgan Sindall Group plc, the leading UK construction and regeneration group with a turnover of £2.2 billion, is the latest customer to sign up to its newly... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/morgan-sindall-selects-bandces-the-peoples-pension-to-meet-autoenrolment-needs http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/morgan-sindall-selects-bandces-the-peoples-pension-to-meet-autoenrolment-needs-update   Following the press release regarding The People's Pension's first official customer, Morgan Sindall, coverage appeared in the following publications; Financial News ; Professional Pensions ; Employee Benefits and Actuarial Post Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/morgan-sindall-selects-bandces-the-peoples-pension-to-meet-autoenrolment-needs-update http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/pensions-week-highlights-fifty-problems-and-how-to-overcome-them Pensions Week has produced a supplement on "top 50 fears surrounding auto-enrolment and how to overcome them." Editor David Rowley talks to sector experts for their ideas on the questions yet to be answered by auto-enrolment's implementers.... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/pensions-week-highlights-fifty-problems-and-how-to-overcome-them http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/educating-members-to-save   B&CE's Jamie Fiveash speaks to Deputy Editor, Ian Smith at SchemeXpert regarding financial education and what the best approaches are to encourage people to save.   The discussion details various methods in which members of pension schemes... Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/educating-members-to-save http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/press-release--bandce-and-scottish-widows-announce-a-single-framework-solution-to-automatic-enrolment1   B&CE and Scottish Widows announce a single framework solution to automatic enrolment B&CE, the workplace pension provider to 1.6 million people in the UK, today announces details of a framework to work alongside Scottish Widows. This new framework will... Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/press-release--bandce-and-scottish-widows-announce-a-single-framework-solution-to-automatic-enrolment1 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/the-peoples-pension-speaks-to-money-marketing B&CE's director of finance and strategic delivery, Patrick Heath-Lay, speaks to Money Marketing about the challenge of auto enrolment and how The People's Pension can help employers overcome this with its simple structure and single charge.  Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/the-peoples-pension-speaks-to-money-marketing http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/pension-experts-go-headtohead-over-small-pots   Jamie Fiveash, director of customer solutions at The People’s Pension, gives his view to Pensions Week as to how the Government should deal with the issue of small pots. Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/pension-experts-go-headtohead-over-small-pots http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/press-release-chief-executive-succession   Chief Executive Succession B&CE, the workplace pensions and benefits provider to 1.6 million people in the UK, today announces the intention of Brian Griffiths, Chief Executive Officer, to retire from B&CE at the end of September 2012. Brian has led the... Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/press-release-chief-executive-succession http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/chief-executive-succession   Following the press release announcing the intention of Brian Griffiths, Chief Executive Officer, to retire in September and the appointment of  Patrick Heath-Lay as his successor, coverage appeared in the following publications; FT Adviser , Money... Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/chief-executive-succession http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/bandce-and-scottish-widows-announce-a-single-framework-solution-to-automatic-enrolment Following the announcement that B&CE is to work alongside Scottish Widows to provide a single framework solution to auto-enrolment, coverage appeared in the following publications; IFA Online , FT Adviser , Money Marketing , New Model Adviser , Professional Pensions Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/bandce-and-scottish-widows-announce-a-single-framework-solution-to-automatic-enrolment http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/statement-in-response-to-dwp-select-committees-report-on-nest-and-autoenrolment   STATEMENT -- B&CE welcomes the publication today of the DWP Select Committee’s report on NEST and Auto-Enrolment. It welcomes the Committee’s recommendation on the introduction of reforms to the State Pension and hence removes the... Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/statement-in-response-to-dwp-select-committees-report-on-nest-and-autoenrolment http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/jamie-fiveash-speaks-to-financial-news-on-fee-structures Jamie Fiveash, director of customer solutions, speaks to Mark Cobley at Financial News to discuss complex pension fee structures which he believes are putting off consumers Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/jamie-fiveash-speaks-to-financial-news-on-fee-structures http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/the-times-special-report-on-workplace-pensions The Times published a special report on workplace pensions and spoke to Patrick Heath-Lay, director of finance and strategic delivery, about the government reforms, legal requirements and employer's duties. Jamie Fiveash, director of customer solutions, also took part in a... Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/the-times-special-report-on-workplace-pensions http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/the-peoples-pension-contributes-to-pensions-world Jamie Fiveash, director of customer solutions at B&CE, has contributed an article to Pensions World on how he thinks the issue of small pots should be addressed Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/the-peoples-pension-contributes-to-pensions-world http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/citywire-asks-patrick-heathlay-why-nest-is-stepping-beyond-its-remit- Citywires ' Will Robins asks Patrick Heath-Lay, director of finance and strategic delivery at B&CE, if funding concerns are pushing NEST beyond its remit. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/citywire-asks-patrick-heathlay-why-nest-is-stepping-beyond-its-remit- http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/press-release-bandce-named-pension-scheme-of-the-year B&CE named Pension Scheme of the Year B&CE, the workplace pension provider to 1.6 million people in the UK,was last night named ‘Pension Scheme of the Year’ at the Financial News Awards for Excellence in Institutional Pensions UK 2012. This... Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/press-release-bandce-named-pension-scheme-of-the-year http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/press-releasebandce-and-bfm-join-forces-to-educate-on-autoenrolment B&CE and BFM join forces to educate on auto-enrolment B&CE, the workplace pension provider to over 1.6 million people, is joining forces with the British Furniture Manufacturers (BFM), a trade association serving the furniture industry, to educate its membership on the... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/press-centre/press-releasebandce-and-bfm-join-forces-to-educate-on-autoenrolment http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/bandce-calls-for-industry-wide-code-of-conduct-on-charging A group formed by the NAPF, has today launched a public consultation with the aim of developing an industry-wide Code of Conduct on the changes made on workplace pensions. Members of the group include B&CE, Accenture, Association of British Insurers (ABI), Legal and General and more.... Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/bandce-calls-for-industry-wide-code-of-conduct-on-charging http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/pension-funds-insider-speaks-to-jamie-fiveash-on-the-launch-of-the-napf-public-consultation Following the NAPF press release announcing the launch of a public consultation with the aim of developing an industry-wide Code of Conduct on the charges made on workplace pensions, coverage appeared in Pension Funds Insider quoting B&CE's Jamie Fiveash. Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://thepeoplespension.co.uk/employers/insight/news/pension-funds-insider-speaks-to-jamie-fiveash-on-the-launch-of-the-napf-public-consultation