Building a safer future.(Features)

The Mirror (London, England);  January 30, 1996 ;   Husband, John;   387 words ......spoke to a pensions salesman who wrongly told him his B&CE scheme was worthless, and signed him up for a pounds 30-a-month pension...instead. It was bad advice - Derek should have kept his B&CE scheme running AND put his pounds 30 a month into Additional Voluntary...

New centres

The Independent - London;  December 22, 1994 ;     51 words ......and people appealing against deportation orders, are planned at Gatwick, Heathrow, and Stansted airports, next year. Human rights organisations criticised the Home Offi ce scheme, which they claim is being used to deter people from seeking asylum.

News: Builders like the personal touch.

Pensions Week;  May 17, 2004 ;     152 words ......workers who belong to the industry-wide B&CE pensions and insurance plan. Some of those who are already members of the B&CE scheme said that they would even be willing to pay higher contributions - but they need someone to explain the benefits to them. They...

Money Makeover: Joiner Gordon chips in to pension.(Features)

The Mirror (London, England);  January 27, 1999 ;     230 words ......baffling. Before the makeover Gordon, 56, and wife Carol, 53, were heading for retirement without much of a pension. His B&CE scheme, which is funded by his employer, pays out a lump sum but no weekly pension. Her council scheme gives her just pounds 25 a...

News: Allow us to auto-enrol staff now, says B&CE.

Pensions Week;  August 11, 2008 ;     296 words ......the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to do this sooner. The GBP1.6bn B&CE scheme currently gives 200,000 employees employer contributions of GBP5 a week, but only 30,000 of these choose to make minimum employee...

B&CE backs opt-out model.(pensions)(Brief Article)

Financial Adviser;  July 21, 2005 ;     148 words ......are automatically enrolled into their employer's pension scheme, unless they decide to opt-out, is at the heart of the B&CE scheme. The other crucial element is that of matching, which means that employers will match employees' contributions up to a defined...

A FREE BONUS IN SITE.(Features)

The Mirror (London, England);  February 13, 2002 ;     206 words ......past, everything had just been done automatically and you didn't have to sign anything. John has now signed up for the B&CE scheme on top of his company pension. But a third of workers turn it down, and B&CE has to return about pounds 200,000 a month...

Building a pension is the job for today.

The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  February 20, 2005 ;     787 words ......stock market crashed or when their employer went bust.' Weir is accustomed to such concerns. Though employers pay in, the B&CE scheme is independent and workers' money is safe even if a firm goes bust. He says: 'If a worker puts in [pounds sterling]10 a week...

Snooker ace Ken to blaze a trail for rare genetic condition.(NEWS)

Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  April 26, 2007 ;     298 words ......in the Special Olympics and has also been the subject of a documentary. She now works part-time as a childcare worker with a CE scheme and also adores writing in her spare time. Now by holding this conference next month, her mum hopes it will be the perfect...