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Financial Education for Employees
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Financial Education for Employees

Should businesses be providing general financial education to their staff? Quoting Secondsight's research statistics on financial education in the workplace, Martin Upton discusses this question. The article, featured on HR Magazines website looks at the [..]


Pensions through the ages
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Pensions through the ages

The research on pensions carried out by Royal London, which highlights that the medium sum saved for retirement by those aged between 30 and 40 was £14,000, makes for alarming reading. The research flags the need for that to be £660,000 – so there is – clearly [..]


How to successfully market a financial education programme
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How to successfully market a financial education programme

When it comes to communicating financial matters to the workforce, many employers rely on emails and employee intranets – updating staff with details relating to their benefits packages. Financial education in the workplace is a pretty new phenomenon, yet I’d [..]


Pension freedom – Financial education could help to prevent scammers
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Pension freedom – Financial education could help to prevent scammers

It’s sad to read news articles like the recent one with reports from The City of London Police, stating that the amount of money being scammed from retirees trebled in May. Following on from the pension freedom, I am not surprised to read this – it presented [..]


Oracle Revamps Financial Education Programme
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Oracle Revamps Financial Education Programme

The technology firm opted to revamp its financial education programme and introduce pensions advice to counteract the challenges surrounding the ageing workforce. To highlight the importance of the programme, which is provided by Secondsight, Oracle introduced a [..]


Summer Budget 2015
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Summer Budget 2015

By Darren Laverty, Sales and Marketing Director at Foster Denovo The Budget almost feels like a small ‘thank you’ to those who voted for the Conservatives in the General Election. A not insignificant pay rise for lower paid workers who could be £89 per [..]


Pension reforms and the potential increase in demand for workplace financial education
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Pension reforms and the potential increase in demand for workplace financial education

By Darren Laverty, Sales and Marketing Director at Foster Denovo Since the pension changes came in to effect on the 6th April 2015, there has been much speculation of how much money consumers will be taking from their pension pots. Whilst many will see access [..]


The financial education role in staff engagement
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The financial education role in staff engagement

A financial education programme can be key to engaging employees. According to the Secondsight Whitepaper, published in October 2014, 73% of employees felt more positive about their employer when they received the benefit. A growing number of organisations are [..]


Tips for engaging staff with financial education
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Tips for engaging staff with financial education

Financial education is integral to employees’ understanding of the importance of saving and managing their money. However, 52% of employers do not provide financial education, according to a study of 1,013 workers by employee benefits adviser [..]


Pension reform is accelerating the need for workplace financial education
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Pension reform is accelerating the need for workplace financial education

By Darren Laverty, Sales and Marketing Director at Foster Denovo Pension freedom On 6th April 2015, the Government introduced the most radical pension changes in almost a century. Anyone aged 55 or over now has the freedom to choose whether they keep their [..]


No financial guidance for half employees
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No financial guidance for half employees

No financial guidance for half employees Secondsight research highlights employee demand for financial education is not being met. Leading benefits adviser launches its Financial Education Programme, and warns employers of the need to support staff, and remain [..]


Martindale Pharma shortlisted at EB Awards 2014
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Martindale Pharma shortlisted at EB Awards 2014

Our client Martindale Pharma has been shortlisted as a finalist at this year's Employee Benefits Awards in the category best financial education strategy. Making it through to the finals recognises the work Secondsight and Martindale Pharma undertook on making [..]


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