Advisers to benefit from employee share plan demand

To help advisers meet this growing need, it is offering an introductory course on employee share plans. ifs research found approximately 5m UK employees are now saving thousands of pounds in some form of employee share plan. Julie Richardson, head of employee share ownership at ifs ProShare, says: “Increasing numbers of employees are recognising the benefits of employee share ownership but there is still a real job to do in terms of financial advice." She warns some employees may not be participating in a plan made available by their employers because of a lack of understanding and...