SIPP provider iPensions Group is to increase its wellbeing support for staff at it continues to build its business.
The company says it is investing in its workforce with a range of support and guidance on wellbeing and nutrition.
The Manchester-based company is collborating with specialist wellbeing consultants BetterBe to help optimise employee health.
iPensions has grown in recent years, expanding its staff numbers, and opening a new office in Edinburgh earlier this year.
Staff are being offered a range of workshops to give them “knowledge and understanding” of the links between lifestyle and mental and physical wellbeing.
They will also get tips to integrate healthy habits into busy lives.
Isle of Man-based BetterBe was founded by GP Lukas Burri and nutritionist Lisa Burri. It will also help managers at iPensions Group to support “behavioural change” among their teams towards healthy habits aimed at supporting their performance.
iPensions group CEO Sandra Robertson said: “Our people are crucial to the company’s success and investing in their health is an important focus for the business as we continue to expand.
“We are focused on delivering transparent service in a timely manner for our customers and that requires investing in our employees and providing as much support as possible for them.”
Data shows that underperformance at work costs UK companies around £4,000 per employee a year, according to iPensions.
iPensions Group has invested in technology as part of its growth and aims to innovate in the SIPP market as well as provide better support for advisers and members.
It offers a range of SIPP services to advisers market with its Adviser SIPP, Platform SIPP, USA SIPP and its Irish Transfer service.
• Curtis Banks has renewed its partnership with the Intergenerational Foundation, a research and education charity aiming to promote intergenerational fairness and protect the interests of younger and future generations.
The foundation is concerned that just 6% of self-employed young people aged 25-34 participate in a pension scheme. Through the partnership, the foundation and Curtis Banks aim to raise the profile of rising inequalities between generations.