Sluggish growth is forecast for the world economy in 2013 – with trade and expansion more or less standing still, according to new research. The National Institute Economic Review (NIER) says that growth will run below its normal trend at 3.3% this year and rise slightly to 3.7% in 2014. Trade around the world will [...]
Changes to pension tax relief plans pave the way for QNUPS
August 6, 2010
The trouble with government discussion papers is that you never know whether the government is listening to those who comment on them. Will they take those comments into account when they draw up their own final proposals? When the government published a discussion paper about plans to change the way in which tax reliefs operate [...]
How to make pensions more rewarding
July 20, 2010
What would make you save more into a pension? A survey from Scottish Widdows has found that 52% of us are not saving enough privately for the future, so governments and financial institutions are going to be asking how pension saving can be made more attractive. Notwithstanding the recently announced “triple guarantee” that will make [...]
Work till you drop
July 19, 2010
Are you going to work forever? Should you? Last week the government announced that it was accelerating its plans to raise the state retirement age. Reactions were mixed from different sectors of society. On one hand there was a positive reaction from those who appreciated that this was just one of the measures that had [...]
