The Investment Management Association believes that the National Pension Savings Scheme is the 'best deal for small employers looking at pensions'. They believe that it offers employers a single point of contact in respect of all their staff, and a 'one-stop shop' for all their needs under the scheme, and that it could also offer some form of protection for them should things go wrong.
Our view
The National Pensions Saving Scheme is the new compulsory pension that most of us will either be forced to join and pay into or opt out into another private scheme very soon. Your employer will also be required to pay into it. On whether it is easier for smaller employers, the devil is always in the detail. If the administration of any such scheme is good then we see no reason for smaller employers to do anything else.