Small businesses risk fines of £25m for missing AE deadline

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Small and micro businesses in the UK could face fines totalling £25m if they fail to meet their auto-enrolment (AE) deadlines.

According to figures from research payroll platform Paycircle, as many as 1.8 million small employers will begin to ‘stage' by 2018. Figures from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) show around 5% of ...

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