The end of the decline?

Jonathan Stapleton asks if pension saving is finally on the up

Jonathan Stapleton
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The fact that a Scottish Widow's report, published last week, found more than 50% of workers are unaware of auto-enrolment legislation may be expected given that the Department for Work and Pensions has only just got its advertising campaign under way.

However, more worrying are DWP figures that show only one industrial sector – agriculture and fishing – bucked the trend of declining workplace pension savings in 2011, with an increase in particip...

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