Scottish Widows report: A game of two halves

Helen Morrissey says firms better engage workers with pensions - even if they feel they have done enough

Helen Morrissey
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This year's Scottish Widows Workplace Pensions Report makes for interesting reading and demonstrates the difficulties of getting people to prepare adequately for retirement.

The news is both heartening and depressing. First of all awareness of auto-enrolment is growing with 65% of people saying they know about it. This is up from 39% last year. However, the average ...

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