Pension Provisions prove popular at Smart Recruitment

In recent years the UK populationís pension provisions have undergone increased scrutiny appearing that very few of us are providing well enough for the future. Soon to be featured on ITVís documentary on pension provisions, Smart Recruitment continue to demonstrate their innovative approach to business.

Filming for the programme, the working title for which is, ëWhere Has My Pension Gone?í took place recently in Smart Recruitmentís Poole offices and a second date for filming was recently undertaken at Poole Stadium. The programme will feature personnel from Smart Recruitment detailing their pension provisions, particularly focusing on younger staff members.

The financial health of workplace pensions has been eroded by higher taxes and stock market underperformance. Personal pensions have fallen out of favour because of poor performance and mis-selling scandals.

All the while the state pension, which increases each year in line with prices rather than average salaries, has become less and less significant.

By 2050, the state pension is predicted to be worth less than 10% of average salaries, meaning contributions made to occupational pensions is increasingly important for UK employees.

Helen Stacey, Director of Smart Recruitment comments, ìSmart Recruitment has a contributory pension after 3 months. We do all we can to help our employees save for their futures and the attractive company scheme encourages them to do so. The opportunity to appear on prime TV has worked as a great measure to raise the discussion across the company and help remind those who arenít already saving the importance of their future provisions.î

Smart Recruitment can be seen on ITV1 in January (on a Tuesday at 9pm ñ date to be confirmed). The programme is presented by Jeff Randall, until recently the BBCís Business Editor, and now a business and financial columnist for The Daily Telegraph.

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