AE safety net for employed women leaves entrepreneurs to struggle
A third of female entrepreneurs in the UK are not saving any money towards their retirement, figures from Scottish Widows show.
Despite the success of auto-enrolment (AE) in raising pension participation rates among female staffers, the latest Scottish Widows Women and Retirement Report showed less than half (46%) of the self-employed...
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