Backhouse Jones pushes ahead with early auto enrolment

Backhouse Jones, legal specialists in the logistics and transport industry, turned to Taylor Patterson when they were looking for professional advice to guide them through the auto enrolment process.

Based out of Clitheroe and with over 50 employees, the team of specialist solicitors serve transport clients across the country.

As a medium sized business, Backhouse Jones had received notification of their staging date earlier in 2014 from the regulator and with a management team keen to start the auto enrolment process as early as possible, Taylor Patterson were approached to conduct an audit to determine how ‘auto enrolment ready’ Backhouse Jones were .

Carole Meats, payroll manager at Backhouse Jones, said: “We were unsure of how long the auto enrolment process would take and luckily for us, we gave ourselves enough time to plan, process and administer the scheme. We have an uncomplicated workforce, with full and part time workers, yet we were still unsure how long things would take, and we didn’t want to be fined for late registration. The whole process took around 6 months for us to be up and running, we are very appreciative of the early start we gave ourselves.”

Carole added: "The team at Taylor Patterson, especially Craig Hugo and Keith Pressler, couldn’t have been more helpful. The team added value by providing pension clinics for all staff and a training platform that gave the workforce the confidence and information they needed to make an informed decision to join the company pension scheme. I’m happy to report that over 96% of our staff enrolled themselves in the pension scheme and are putting themselves in the best financial positions for their future. ”