Employee Benefit Solutions and Rewards

Employee Benefit Solutions and Rewards

Employee Benefit Solutions and Rewards

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About us Scrutton Bland is a leading provider of financial services to both business and private clients. From our offices in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk we deliver specialist advice on employee benefits, tax, insurance, accountancy, audit and independent financial planning to a broad range of clients from owner-managed companies through to large corporate operations.

Employee Benefits Before we make any recommendations, we will always take the time to understand your current arrangements. By reviewing which benefits, if any, you have in place we can work with you to identify any gaps or risks. Working collaboratively with you, we will design, implement and deliver a competitive rewards package for your business and its employees.

Our Services Employee benefits audit and review

Health & wellbeing

Understanding your business and your employees’ needs is vital to creating the right package. By offering a free

Absenteeism and ill health can be both costly for a business and have a negative impact on staff morale. A well designed

initial meeting we can work with you to identify the services you need. By understanding what you currently offer employees and assessing the costs and charges, we can benchmark and audit your existing benefits and make competitive and valuable recommendations tailored to you and your employees.

group protection, health and wellbeing plan can help limit the impact of long term sickness or injury and manage absenteeism. We can deliver tailored solutions including: employee assistance programmes, private medical insurance, occupational health, cash plans and absentee management systems.

Financial education and communication

Flexible benefits

Employee engagement is reliant on good communication. It is important that employees are kept informed about

Using a combination of online portals and specialist professional

advice, we will work with you to build a bespoke package for you. Our experience and tailored approach means we can create a flexible scheme which suits the needs of your organisation and your budget, whilst at the same time giving your employees the power to make their own choices.

their benefits packages and the options available to them. Through our Knowledge Academy we can deliver training specifically designed to help employees better understand their benefits packages and support them in making the right decisions and plans for their financial future.

Pension schemes

Company protection

Tax advice & share schemes

Current legislation requires all employers to offer a workplace pension. It is important that you get the right scheme in place which works effectively and efficiently for your business. Offering a great pension scheme can play an important role in attracting and retaining staff. We can help you with all types of pension schemes from defined benefit through to auto enrolment. Our team will work with you at every stage, from day to day administration through to how to wind up existing schemes and support you in setting up new ones.

It is not something that anyone likes to think about, but without the right financial protections in place your business could

With an in-house team of tax specialists, we regularly advise organisations on how to deal with issues ranging from

be impacted if a key member of your team were to become seriously ill, or suffer a fatal accident. Our business protection insurance specialists can help you put safeguards in place and work with you to identify and mitigate risks from shareholder protection to key person insurance and death in service arrangements. 

corporation tax through to completing the P11D. We can manage your payroll, auto enrolment assessment and HMRC reporting. Our tax and employee benefits teams can advise on, and implement, share schemes for your employees and advise executive boards on personal finances and investments such as personal tax returns, inheritance tax and trusts. Our approach is to work alongside you and your HR and Finance teams to create the right package for you, your organisation and your employees.

Individual financial planning

Benefits consultancy & management

In the past there were no decisions to make at retirement. Employers provided pre-determined pension rights, the

Our team can deliver a range of services from administrative support for trustees to the drafting and presentation of your

State provided a weekly pension and if you had any pension funds it was a matter of choosing the best annuity. Today the choices facing the retiree are enormous. Our team of chartered, independent financial advisers can offer expert advice for your staff to help them plan for their future. 

employee communications. We will regularly benchmark your benefits package against the market to ensure your benefits remain competitive. By analysing market trends and assessing new offerings we can ensure that your scheme is up to date and achieving the right results for your employees.

Our team Our team of employee benefits and rewards specialists are all experienced professionals in their fields. Our team of Chartered Independent Financial Advisers have the technical knowledge to be able to advise you on a range of topics from how to deal with auto enrolment to individual financial planning. 

We understand that for many HR teams, creating and implementing rewards and benefits programmes can be a challenge, that’s why we offer an integrated approach working as an extension of your team.

Our approach is to support our clients by regularly reviewing and improving our pensions and benefit packages to ‘future proof’ them against legislative changes and so that we can remain competitive in our charges, performance and support. 

Contact us

Milton Hall Ely Road Milton Cambridge CB24 6WZ

820 The Crescent Colchester Business Park Colchester Essex C04 9YQ

Fitzroy House Crown Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 3LG

Merrick Hill Victoria Road Diss Norfolk IP22 4HZ

email: [email protected]

Call: Cambridge: 01223 928065 Colchester: 01206 838400 Ipswich: 01473 267000 Diss: 01379 643444 Visit: www. scruttonbland .co.uk

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Scrutton Bland Employee Benefits Services are provided by Scrutton Bland Financial Services Limited (Company number 01288848). Scrutton Bland Financial Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). 0158/09/2017/ECG