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Director at Secondsight, Ian Bird responded to yesterday's Autumn Statement and the changes announced to pensions. The weekly basic state pension will rise by £3.35 and taking the flat rate state pension to £119.30 from April – the biggest increase in pension [..]
The Chancellor announced in his Autumn Statement yesterday some changes to pensions. Ian Bird, Director at Secondsight shares his thoughts on the announcement and the need to financially educate employees. “We are seeing greater pressure on companies to give [..]
Should businesses be providing general financial education to their staff? Quoting Secondsight's research statistics on financial education in the workplace, Martin Upton discusses this question. The article, featured on HR Magazines website looks at the [..]
Secondsight advisor Sally Read-Cayton is a keen professional athlete. Claire Souter discusses how we were able to support her sporting ambitions, and how you can support your workers with theirs. Sally Read-Cayton is a remarkable lady. At the age of 50 she has three [..]
Bankhall has agreed an exclusive partnership to promote our Parent Company, Foster Denovo’s new online service Mybenefitsatwork to its 1,600 member firms. The service enables employers of all sizes to communicate their employee benefits to staff through an [..]
HR Grapevine spoke exclusively with Claire Souter, Head of HR at Foster Denovo (Secondsight's Parent Company), to discuss flexible working and how we support staff in their out of work passions This Saturday, Sally Read-Cayton won the 400m at the World [..]
The technology firm opted to revamp its financial education programme and introduce pensions advice to counteract the challenges surrounding the ageing workforce. To highlight the importance of the programme, which is provided by Secondsight, Oracle introduced a [..]
Mark Bingham discusses the importance of looking at all aspects of group risk and how savings in one area could fund another benefit, such as critical illness cover. Mark also discusses the importance of communication and why employers should be helping their [..]
A financial education programme can be key to engaging employees. According to the Secondsight Whitepaper, published in October 2014, 73% of employees felt more positive about their employer when they received the benefit. A growing number of organisations are [..]
Financial education is integral to employees’ understanding of the importance of saving and managing their money. However, 52% of employers do not provide financial education, according to a study of 1,013 workers by employee benefits adviser [..]
New pensions minister Ros Altmann has promised to take forward work bringing in the new state pension, help millions more to be enrolled into good quality workplace pension schemes, and safeguard the freedom and choice at-retirement reforms. Ms Altmann, a well [..]
National advice firm Foster Denovo has bought a specialist charity advice operation as part of its 2015 expansion plans. The outfit bought the practice from its founding partner Ian Bird, who will now run Foster Denovo’s employee benefits as well as oversee its [..]
We've thoroughly enjoyed our introduction to Secondsight. The whole team is exemplary in their commitment to providing excellent and efficient service and we wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to other law firms or professional services firms seeking a refreshing approach to managing their employee benefits. We are looking forward to continuing our relationship with the business over the coming years.
Caroline Stevens, Director, Crowell & Moring
The ideas and connections Secondsight have brought to Epson, and our local HR team, have been invaluable and meant we have set new financial benefits and wellbeing solutions in place that we would simply not have done before.
Stuart Chalmers, HR Manager UK, Ireland and Nordics, Epson Europe
The world of pensions can be quite grey but you always bring a huge amount of colour to it. I have never been so engaged with pensions and neither have our employees. I would highly recommend you and your team.
Alison Field, Group HR Director, Briggs Equipment
Communication and employee word of mouth have been key to its success to date. We truly believe that the financial education programme is an excellent investment - both in terms of time and money.
Rick Hewitt, Finance Director and Board member at Ricoh
A* customer service and assistance. Nothing is too much trouble.
Jane Howard, Payroll and Rewards Officer, Yazaki Europe
Over the last three years, this team has been proactive and efficient, highly knowledgeable plus friendly and easy to deal with.
David Barry, HR Manager, Manufacturing Technology Centre
