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London Borough of Barking & Dagenham estimated to save £54,692 by implementing the Shared Cost AVC retirement benefit.
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As an employer of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) members, your employees are entitled to the valuable retirement benefit of a salary sacrifice Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contribution (Shared Cost AVC) scheme.
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Shared Cost AVCs enable your LGPS members to access a cost-effective way to create additional income for retirement, thanks to savings on Income Tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) on whatever they pay into the scheme.
However, as any contributions your employees make into the scheme are taken from gross salary (‘salary sacrifice’) – your organisation can make an extra saving of 14.3% per contribution due to a reduction in employer NICs.
Based on an estimated LGPS workforce of 6,400 members, this means London Borough of Barking & Dagenham could see savings of £54,692 in the first year of launching a Shared Cost AVC scheme (based on an average employee contribution amount of £250).
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We understand the cost pressures that public sector employers are facing. So far we’ve helped our partnered organisations save over £29,000,000 collectively by implementing Shared Cost AVCs – and we want to help London Borough of Barking & Dagenham save too.
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Shared Cost AVCs
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Retirement Education
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AVC Wise were established in 2018 to help public sector employers support the financial wellbeing of their employees by offering the valuable retirement benefit of salary sacrifice Shared Cost AVCs, alongside comprehensive pension education.
Our team help employers launch and promote their benefit effectively, providing administrative support from day one and a full employee communication service.
Who are we?
Investing in Tomorrow
Explore the landscape of public sector retirement benefits with our new documentary, in collaboration with Cornwall Council. We delve into the valuable benefits of the salary sacrifice Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contribution (Shared Cost AVC) scheme and how it's helping employers and employees make valuable savings towards the future.
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LGPS
Take a look at our brochure for more information on launching a Shared Cost AVC scheme.
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Investment Advice
Help your employees make the best choices.
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Framework
Launching a Shared Cost
AVC scheme is now easier than ever.
We offer a fully managed solution to make the offering of the Shared Cost AVC benefit simple, with everything an employer needs accessible on a bespoke online platform.
We have a dedicated retirement education team that has over 50 years combined experience supporting LGPS members across the UK with their retirement benefits and AVCs.
Through a host of education channels, our retirement education function supports your LGPS members in learning more about their pension and how to boost their income at retirement. These channels include:
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Bespoke employee communications collateral
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A wide variety of webinars (29 topics covered in 2023 alone)
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1 to 1s with a retirement expert
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A Knowledge Hub, featuring a retirement calculator and explainer videos on the LGPS and Shared Cost AVCs.
View the resources below for more information on launching a Shared Cost AVC scheme for your LGPS members:
The fully managed solution
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Don’t take our word for it,
see what our partners are saying.
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Lisa Harrington
Senior Health and Safety Officer
“Thanks to AVC Wise’s help with employee communications and their fabulous webinars, employee take up has been strong. Best of all, introducing this scheme hasn’t caused a huge workload for us – AVC Wise have made it so easy.”
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Lyn Butler
Deputy Director of HR
“I have to admit...it just sounded too good to be true – a scheme which benefits our employees AND benefits the University. I thought that surely there must be a catch? But, actually there wasn’t. Even better, launching our Shared Cost AVC scheme was simple; AVC Wise guided us through each stage of the process – and we have made significant financial savings since its launch.”
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Yvonne Moult
Senior Pensions Officer
"AVC Wise will work with you to launch the scheme & be there as support even after you go live. They are very professional but friendly & a number of the team are ex Prudential so they do ‘know their stuff’. The AVC Wise webinars really are invaluable & now cover such a wide range of topics & information. The feedback from employees about the webinars has been nothing short of positive.”
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We help to educate your LGPS members on the basics of their pension scheme and how they can boost their income at retirement via a suite of webinars. This year alone we’ve offered 29 different topics to members.
Click the button below to visit our YouTube channel.
Do your staff understand their Local Government Pension Scheme?
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