Auto-enrolment

Stotts Tours and its managing director Alan Stott will be ordered to pay over £30,000 for their failure to set up a pension scheme for their staff.

Auto-enrolment (AE) has now brought nine million workers into occupational pensions since its introduction in 2012, latest government figures show.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is seeking to convict a healthcare company and its managing director for allegedly breaching their auto-enrolment (AE) duties.

This week's top stories included calls for a national pensions debate to discuss investment strategies, and Xafinity's plans to acquire some Punter Southall businesses.

The pensions and financial inclusion minister has rejected suggestions that the government is dominated by Brexit discussions and has no time to deal with pensions issues.

Master trusts have escaped significant regulatory scrutiny despite their surge in usage under AE since 2012, but this will soon change. James Phillips reports.

The government has spent £13.25m on advertising for Pension Wise since 2014, with an additional £4.5m planned this tax year.

This week's top stories included 2020 Trustees being fined for failing to produce two chair's statements.

But 'clearer case' for change expected in 2020

Professional trustee firm 2020 Trustees was fined £4,000 for failing to produce two chair's statements between July and September 2017, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has revealed.