Education in numbers

  • 52% of employers do not provide financial education for employees (Source: Secondsight, October 2014)
  • 55% of employers do not offer staff support at retirement (Source: Employee Benefits/Close Brothers Pensions research 2014, November 2014)
  • 43% of respondents say 90% or more of their employees are active pension scheme members (Source: Employee Benefits/Close Brothers Pensions research 2014, November 2014)
  • 6% of UK staff are on track for their retirement income (Source: Aegon UK Readiness report, November 2014)
  • One in four employees do not know how much they pay in to pensions (Source: Scottish Widows pensions report, October 2014)
  • 23% of employees are saving the most they can afford for retirement (Source: UK Retirement savings map , Friends Life, October 2014)
  • 3.4 million Britons rely on their employers for retirement advice (Source: Baring Asset Management, September 2014)
  • 39% of employees do not have a financial plan for retirement (Source: Retirement readiness survey , Aegon UK, August 2014)