Last summer we had become so frustrated that NHS workers were struggling to find up-to-date information on pensions that we decided to do something about it. So Laura set up a Facebook group. The intention was to provide a discussion forum, with free guidance on common issues. What followed took us by surprise. As of […]
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Part of what we do is preparing people for their retirement. To help people better understand how much they might need, we often refer to the PLSA Retirement Living Standards data. This is developed and maintained independently by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University. The PLSA has today announced an update
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For members of the public sector pension schemes the McCloud judgment is something that many members have heard of. Not many, especially in the LGPS, know how it affects their pension benefits. Legal background The McCloud case was the legal challenge raised by Judge McCloud about how the new Career Average Revalued Earnings
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During 2023 the NHS Pension Scheme is introducing further flexible options in terms of accessing pension and continuing to work. We published a podcast about these changes in May 2023 and you can find it here. Within all the public sector pension schemes there are a number of options on flexible (sometimes referred to as
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We are five! I said to the squad that I would write a blog this week as we turn five on 4th May. I’m tremendously proud of who we are as a business and what we stand for. Pensions (and wider financial) engagement is very important to me. The success we’ve had over the last
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Our client, Aggregate Industries plc, has a significant cohort of people approaching retirement. For all of them retirement will be a life changing event. The business is concerned that individuals should have access to help in preparing themselves for the financial, social and mental challenges that lie ahead. Individuals have a combination of defined benefit
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