Turning the 2025 NI increase into cost savings for your business

Time strapped? Key takeaways from the blog: From April 2025, employer NI contributions rise to 15% (from 13.8%) with a new £5,000 threshold The average business faces increased costs of around £900 per employee annually Implementing salary sacrifice through Maji can reduce these increased NI costs by 30-60% Quick implementation means you can start saving […]

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3 reasons financial planning matters for your employees – and how employers can help

For employers, supporting financial planning in the workplace is a powerful way to create a more engaged, productive, and resilient workforce. By empowering employees to take control of their finances, you’re not just helping them individually – you’re strengthening your organisation as a whole. Financial planning is a critical building block of financial wellbeing. The […]

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Stay ahead of the budget: Save on rising NI costs with salary sacrifice

As the Chancellor announced an increase in National Insurance (NI) rates from 13.8% to 15% on 30 October 2024, many employers are facing higher costs on the horizon. But there’s a silver lining: salary sacrifice schemes can offer significant savings opportunities for your business, helping to offset these new expenses and keep costs neutral. Here’s […]

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Saving money with salary sacrifice: beyond pensions

electric car salary sacrifice

As the Chancellor announced an increase in National Insurance (NI) rates from 13.8% to 15% on 30 October 2024, many employers are facing higher costs on the horizon. But there’s a silver lining: salary sacrifice schemes can offer significant savings opportunities for your business, helping to offset these new expenses and keep costs neutral. If […]

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Savings + pensions = foundations for financial security

We are fast approaching the annual celebration of UK Savings Week and UK Pension Awareness Day. It would be remiss of us not to acknowledge the current financial landscape; where many of your employees are struggling to save due to rising costs of living. Yet, the importance of saving for retirement through pension contributions remains […]

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Case studies: how Maji is supporting tech companies to save money and support employees

At Maji, we’re proud to support forward-thinking companies in supporting their employees with financial wellbeing. We also help them make a tangible financial difference to their companies and their employees’ payslips through salary sacrifice (otherwise known as salary exchange). We’d like to highlight two case studies from the tech sector that showcase the benefits of […]

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What is ESG investing?

ESG and sustainable investing in a nutshell It’s easy to get jargoned-out when learning about investing, but ESG is one acronym you might want to remember. So, what is ESG investing? It’s also known as ‘sustainable’ or ‘responsible’ investing, but the ESG title (Environmental, Social and Governance) helps to pin down what that covers in […]

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Choosing an investment platform

By Catherine Thomas-Humphreys (www.thefinfluencer.co.uk) Think of an investing platform simply like a financial supermarket.   In the same way you go to Tesco to buy all your food, you go to a platform to buy your investment account and then the investments within that account. It’s an online service that an investor can use in order […]

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This simple change could give people on National Minimum Wage a payrise

low paid workers salary sacrifice

The National Minimum Wage (NMW, or sometimes known as National Living Wage) was introduced in 1999, and it’s since helped millions of people by raising their pay (without destroying job opportunities, as some naysayers feared). But workers on or near NMW are missing out on a benefit their higher-earning colleagues are taking advantage of. You […]

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