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Only one major payroll provider is ready with an auto-enrolment middleware assessment solution, Punter Southall says.

The majority of payroll providers are not as ready as they say for issues brought on by auto-enrolment, Premier managing director Paul Couchman has claimed.

Only 28% of employers are actively modelling how auto enrolment will affect their business according to Aviva research into corporate advisers.

Aon Hewitt has bought Babcock International Group's Pensions Administration Office in Caithness, Scotland.

University of Sussex Pension and Assurance Scheme has chosen STC Pension Management as its third party administrator.

The National Employment Savings Trust will implement a fully-automated process allowing self-employed people to join the scheme in January 2013.

The Falkland Islands government has appointed Punter Southall and Callund Consulting to carry out the actuarial valuations for the two schemes.

HM Revenue and Customs is working on a paper solution to PAYE real time information in order to meet the needs of employers unable to use electronic communications.

Hymans Robertson senior consultant Jon Hutchings says unnecessary tenders will push up the cost of consultancy for schemes.

The Pensions Advisory Service is bracing for a "significant" increase in enquiries from newly enrolled workers as auto-enrolment kicks off in earnest this month.