Monthly Archives: June 2010

Small charities and staff pension schemes do not mix

Small charities and staff pension schemes do not seem to go well together. Too often, when combined, they lead to disaster, particularly for the trustees. A good example of this is Hirwaun YMCA, a small charity which, many years ago, hired two people without realising it was opening itself up to a large future pensions… Read more »

Baroness Smith of Pitsea?

There was the usual fighting talk when Angela Smith lost her seat at South Basildon and East Thurrock at the election: the seat’s only on loan to you Tories, we’ll be back, and so on. It may well be that Labour will regain this marginal constituency when the pendulum swings again, but it won’t be… Read more »