November 2019

As we near the end of the year many businesses will be engaging in resource planning, drawing up plans for projected hiring needs in 2020, deciding on budgets and setting headcount numbers. Some of them might then put those plans aside until mid-January or the end of the financial year, before taking them back out…

As we near the end of a turbulent year for the pensions sector, talk naturally turns to what’s going to happen next. The Financial Conduct Authority has talked a lot about non-workplace pensions this year, and we’re expecting this to solidify into actual rule changes in 2020. In July the FCA published a feedback statement…

This week saw the FCA’s final rules on “Buy Now Pay Later” products come into effect.  Amidst increasing media scrutiny on services like Klarna and Clearpay, the rules which were confirmed back in June,  are expected to save consumers at least £40 million a year, and potentially as much as £60 million. As of November…