Zest sees 20% growth in customer revenue in H1, 2024
Employee benefits platform provider Zest has reported a 20 percent growth in its direct customer revenue in the first half of 2024 as employers invest in new ways to...
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Large global survey reveals top pay rise alternatives
A global survey on pay rise alternatives has revealed the top things employees would be happy to accept if their organisation can't afford the annual wage increase. The research...
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Nursery places as a benefit in kind: what employers need to know
As working parents struggle to afford childcare, employers will be tempted to take advantage of nursery schemes offering employees tax/NIC free care, and rightly so. Shawn Healey, an employment...
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Husky and Swoop partner to ‘transform value’ of SME workplace pensions
Husky Finance (Husky) has partnered with Swoop Funding (Swoop) to raise awareness of the benefits of pension salary exchange for SMEs. Salary exchange is standard practice among larger employers,...
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Auto-enrolment passes cost of living test, latest figures show
Pressure on household finances has failed to erode pension participation, including auto-enrolment (AE), according to official figures. The workplace pension participation rate for employees eligible for auto-enrolment was 88...
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Pension and savings app Cushon rebrands
Cushon, the pension and saving app, has rebranded to NatWest Cushon, a year after NatWest Group acquired an 85 percent stake in the fintech business. NatWest’s investment has enabled...
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Chancellor unveils landmark pensions review; meets industry today
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has launched the first phase of a landmark pensions review just days after the pension schemes bill made a surprise appearance in the King’s speech. The...
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Inflation data prompts fresh calls to cut interest rate
ONS figures out today confirm that inflation remains at 2 percent, prompting calls for the Bank of England (BoE) to lower interest rates to take the brakes off growth. ...
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Perkbox Vivup Group acquires tech provider Let’s Connect
The Perkbox Vivup Group, created by a merger in March this year, has now acquired technology provider Let’s Connect from Personal Group as part of its ongoing growth strategy....
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Major employer switches to local gift card incentives
Employees at four McDonald’s restaurants in Leicester will see their gift card incentives switched to the Leicester Gift Card as part of efforts to encourage people to support local...
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BENEFITS UNBOXED PODCAST
Benefits Unboxed
The podcast from Benefits Expert, the title for HR, reward and benefits professionals.
Seasoned professionals examine the challenges and innovations in today’s employee benefits, reward and HR sector. Every episode, they will unbox a key issue and unpack what it really means for employers and how they can tackle it.
The regulars are Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert; Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, consultant and rewards & benefits veteran.
Benefits Unboxed – Hybrid work: reality versus rhetoric
Return-to-office mandates are a topic that’s generating plenty of heat in the media, but how closely do the headlines match workplace reality?
In this episode, one of a three-part series of 10-minute podcasts, hosts Claire Churchard and Steve Herbert discuss data that shows remote or home working is on the rise.
We look at what this means for HR, from balancing employee flexibility with business needs, to ensuring benefits packages remain fair and accessible. We discuss the pinch points, and the opportunities, in building the new normal of work.
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