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A quarter of businesses missed their auto-enrolment (AE) staging date with Aviva in the third quarter while more firms are leaving it until the last minute.

Almost half (43%) of small businesses are leaving it until the last minute to comply with their auto-enrolment (AE) duties, according to new data.

The top stories were Aon Hewitt withdrawing its standalone pension administration service and Xafinity eyeing up acquisitions as it revealed plans to float on the LSE.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is consulting on a set of proposals for how new companies will engage with the auto-enrolment (AE) regime.

One in five small employers are missing their auto-enrolment (AE) staging date, according to Now Pensions' client figures.

A growing number of businesses are failing to enrol their workers in a company pension scheme on time according to figures from Aviva.