Advisers remain the preferred source of information for small firms when choosing a company pension, one year after the government's campaign for auto-enrolment first launched, new research suggests.
The research, carried out by polling agency Populus on behalf of the Personal Finance Society (PFS), revealed that more than two-thirds of micro (1-9 employees) and small firms (10-49 employees) do not currently offer their employees any form of workplace pension scheme, representing nearly five million employees not yet covered by employee pension. Nearly half (49%) of small firms said they would turn to an adviser when choosing a pension, representing over half a million businesses. PFS chief executive Keith Richards said: "Our research into small firms' readiness for the workplace ...
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