NEST to automate self-employed service from 2013

Speaking at the National Association of Pension Funds conference, NEST chief executive Tim Jones announced that the service would be improved for the self-employed from next year. It is already possible for self-employed people to join NEST and there are 15 such members in the scheme already. However, Jones said the new service will allow people to join online "in a few clicks". "Many self-employed people have no pension arrangements or very little in place," said Jones. "We have been set up so that any self-employed person can join NEST. We already have about 15 self-employed f...