Financial benefits

Pensions will be included within the value of estates for inheritance tax purposes from April 2027, chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in today's Budget. The move comes as Reeves said...

Employer National Insurance contributions will increase from 13.8 percent to 15 percent from April 2025, chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed in the first Budget from the Labour government. The...

The National Living Wage (NLW) will rise from £11.44 to £12.21 an hour from 1 April 2025, chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed last night ahead of her Budget speech today. ...

Wellbeing services delivered the highest return on investment (ROI) for employers for the third year in a row, according to exclusive research from Benefits Expert and Corporate Adviser Intelligence....

Two providers have teamed up to launch a group income protection (GIP) scheme that uses gamification to combat increasing workplace absenteeism. The partnership, between employee benefits insurer MetLife UK...

Government pledges that tax hikes will not appear in the payslips of “working people” were repeated at the weekend, but with an increase in employer national insurance (NI) expected...

For employees, pensions can seem complicated, or stuffy even, so to engage members successfully communications need to be about the message, not just its delivery, says Steve Watson, director...

With people changing jobs more often and the ongoing success of auto-enrolment, the value of lost pension pots in the UK has risen by 60 percent since 2018, representing...

Vitality has launched a benefits statement for policyholders that sets out the value of services and rewards that each employee uses on its health and insurance plans.  Statements will...

Plans to launch a Bitcoin workplace savings scheme have been revealed by pension and investment advisory firm Cartwright. The eponymously named Cartwright Bitcoin Employee Benefits will enable employers to...