Could a collective DC scheme be right for your workforce?

The 2021 Pension Schemes Act creates a new framework for CDC schemes. These schemes are intended as a halfway house between defined benefit (DB) schemes, which promise employees a guaranteed pension on retirement, and defined contribution (DC) schemes, under which benefits depend on investment performance of the pot members and …

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PRESS DIGEST-British Business – March 8

Bloomberg Biggest Players in the Short-Selling Game Are Getting a Pass (Bloomberg) — It’s in the air again, on Reddit, in Congress, in the C-suite: Hedge funds that get rich off short-selling are the enemy. The odd thing is, the biggest players in the game are getting a pass.Those would …

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Daily News Digest | The Conservative Woman

NEWS Financial scams have become hidden ‘epidemic’ as impersonation cases double in a year Financial scams are an ‘epidemic within the pandemic’, a former investigator has warned, as the number of victims falling for fraudsters impersonating the likes of HMRC, the NHS and Royal Mail doubled last year. Criminals were …

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Royal Mail issues new scam warning to UK customers

Royal Mail has warned people in the UK about two scams currently doing the rounds. Scam texts and emails are being sent targeting people’s bank accounts. The messages ask customers to give up their personal and bank information by telling them they’ll otherwise fail to have their parcel delivered. One …

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Drug detections made on ‘almost daily basis’ in Orkney

featured newsMarch 7, 2021 at 4:13 pm Drug detections are being made on “a regular daily basis” by the Orkney Drugs Dog, according to a Police Scotland inspector. Inspector David Hall of Police Scotland said: “There has been a significant rise in the number of drug interceptions from the drugs dog.” A report, presented …

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