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You say the nicest things!
February 20th, 2012
We are always grateful to receive positive feedback from our clients, and were thrilled to receive this from the director of a company we have been advising about a transaction with a European customer.
Q: How can we improve?
A: More of the same.
Q: Any further comments:
A: One fears picking the phone up to most suppliers because you know it will not go smoothly. The same can not be said of Graeme Quar & Co.
Thank you. We try our hardest!
Pensions auto-enrolment – an update
February 13th, 2012
The Department for Work and Pensions has issued a revised timetable for implementation of auto-enrolment (see blog post 6 January 2012 - pensions auto-enrolment – new obligations for employers)
The revised timetable is as follows:
| Employer size (by PAYE scheme size) or other description | Automatic Enrolment duty date | |
|---|---|---|
| From | To | |
| 250 or more members | 1 October 2012 | 1 February 2014 |
| 50 to 249 members | 1 April 2014 | 1 April 2015 |
| Test tranche for less than 30 members | 1 June 2015 | 30 June 2015 |
| 30 to 49 members | 1 August 2015 | 1 October 2015 |
| Less than 30 members | 1 January 2016 | 1 April 2017 |
| Employers without PAYE schemes | 1 April 2017 | - – - |
| New employers Apr 2012 to Mar 2013 | 1 May 2017 | - – - |
| New employers Apr 2013 to Mar 2014 | 1 July 2017 | - – - |
| New employers Apr 2014 to Mar 2015 | 1 August 2017 | - – - |
| New employers Apr 2015 to Dec 2015 | 1 October 2017 | - – - |
| New employers Jan 2016 to Sep 2016 | 1 November 2017 | - – - |
| New employers Oct 2016 to Jun 2017 | 1 January 2018 | - – - |
| New employers Jul 2017 to Sep 2017 | 1 February 2018 | - – - |
| New employers Oct 2017 | Immediate duty | - - |
Source: DWP press release