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Employee Benefits Employee health Employee Wellbeing Pensions Risk & Healthcare tips & resources

Think salary sacrifice is just for pensions? Think again

By Robin Watkins and Adam Bexson Salary sacrifice (also known as salary exchange) is often viewed through a pensions-only lens. But the opportunity is far wider. For employers under cost pressure (and employees...

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Employee absence management: How employers can reduce cost and improve return-to-work outcomes

By Jamie Burdess, Principal Consultant For many employers, absence management has quietly become one of the hardest workforce challenges to control.  Employee absence is no longer just an HR issue. I...

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Employee Benefits Risk & Healthcare tips & resources

Is your employee benefits platform working as well as you think? Why good governance could be the missing piece.

By Craig Williams, Director Employee Benefits Technology Today’s employee benefits platforms promise a slicker, smarter, more personalised experience for employees. But there’s one uncomfortable tr...

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World Cancer Day 2026: How Employers Can Support Early Cancer Detection

Cancer is an issue that touches almost every workplace, whether through employees’ own experiences or those of their families and colleagues. For UK employers, it is also an increasingly significant f...

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Employee benefits: The challenges ahead and how to overcome them 

By Sharon Harwood-Davis, Kelly Parsons, Craig Williams, and Emily Jones Our latest survey asked employers what they expect to be their biggest employee benefits challenge in 2026. The response...

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Smart ways employers can balance rising healthcare costs and employee expectations

By Sharon Harwood-Davis, Head of Corporate Healthcare Pricing Rising medical costs, shifting workforce expectations, and increasing reliance on private healthcare have created a difficult question ...

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The Dangers of Defaulting to Fast Track

Fast track… sounds appealing doesn’t it? What trustee board, overloaded with governance documents and new valuation requirements, wouldn’t be attracted to an option that promises to save time and reduces ...

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Financial Education for Secondary School Students

Executive Summary Despite an increasing financial complexity in modern life, financial education remains inconsistently available to secondary schools in the UK. While some progress has been made, particular...

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Essential Strategies for Effective Financial Planning

About the author: Nick has over 25 years of experience in Financial Services, primarily focusing on pensions and employee benefits. He is a regulated adviser who consults with a wide range of clients. Ni...