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Save employers millions – with salary sacrifice

Hungry Piggy Bank

Hungry Piggy Bank

The increases to tax and national insurance announced in the pre budget report last autumn greatly increased the opportunities for using  salary sacrifice as a tax and national insurance planning tool. Just under half of UK employers have now put a salary sacrifice scheme in place*.

Salary sacrifice deflects affects of NI rise – FT

NI set to boost employer interest in salary sacrifice – Employee Benefits magazine

Helping advisers find quality leads is key

How can financial advisers approach this market? Finding … Continue Reading

The Budget – 1

2009 Budget

2009 Budget

What will be in the Budget
for financial advisers?

This is the first of a series of posts about this year’s Budget. What might happen? What does happen? What it means for financial adviser businesses and how you might market your services to support clients afterwards.

The Chancellor’s budget takes place on Wednesday 22 April in what are unprecedented times for the UK economy. It is always hard to second guess what a Chancellor will do but we have been trawling the internet and here are some … Continue Reading

5 things financial advisers can do in a recession

Hhhmmm.... recession?

Hhhmmm.... recession?

Change creates opportunities

A lot of businesses will tell you they are making big changes to get through this recession …cutting back, changing processes, off-loading stock… . But more than anything, whenever a business is facing big changes in their market – good or bad – it is time for lots of sales activity. Sales opportunities are always created as a result of change and the challenges that creates. Challenge and change are the greatest sales lead generators of all.

Here are 5 things you can do as … Continue Reading