Month: December 2015

Good Elf this christmas

    The doors of PPM are now closed for another year, when they re open in 2016 we will be celebrating our tenth year in business which is very exciting (well to us anyway!).   Thank you as always for your support of our business and wish you the best of possible Christmas times.…

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Auto Enrolment – The first deferral

The Autumn Statement revealed more evidence that the government is counting the cost of tax relief on pension contributions. When auto-enrolment into workplace pensions started in October 2012, the legislative intention was that the level of contributions as a percentage of qualifying earnings (those between £5,824 and £42,385 in 2015/16) should rise from the current…

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Auto Enrolment – Are you ready?

More employers are failing to meet their obligations. The latest report on ‘compliance and enforcement’ from the Pensions Regulator shows that the recent batches of employers due to auto enrol have not been as prompt as their predecessors in meeting their responsibilities. In the third quarter of 2015, the regulator issued 469 ‘compliance notices’ requiring…

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