Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) launched its Real Time Information pilot with ten employers today.

Forcing employers to auto-enrol agency workers will be costly for businesses and deter saving among temporary staff, an MP has warned.

Financial secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban, was taken out for breakfasts, lunches and dinners 37 times in the 15 months to June 2011, official figures have revealed.

Members of workplace pension schemes run by Friends Life increased by 4% between 2010 and 2011, the insurer said.

The man arrested by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in connection with an unauthorised foreign exchange trading scheme also hit headlines last month, it has emerged.

A High Court judge ruled today that bankrupts could be forced to draw their pensions and hand them over to their creditors.

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Technology provider Staffcare is to launch auto-enrolment software designed to help advisers move into corporate benefits business in May.

The man arrested by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in connection with an unauthorised foreign exchange trading scheme also hit headlines last month, it has emerged.

Almost 50% of consumers would find government compulsion to save into a private pension scheme helpful, research suggests.