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Half the week gone again, and those of you that have been working outside this week have our sympathy. Supposedly the weather will be better by the weekend, I have my fingers crossed.

As Lynne mentioned in this blog a few weeks ago our seasonal newsletter "The Bottom Line" is due out in the Autumn and this time we're after your input on what you'd like to see in it. We've received a number of suggestions through the blog, but are always eager for more, so if you have any ideas or preferences you can get in touch here.

In the spirit of finding out more about what you want to see we've put together the poll below, asking what you would like to see more of on the Gabem site itself. We're very interested to see the results.

On Friday we're sending out more information about the pension scheme that we negotiated with Friends Provident on your behalf a while back. It's worth considering, as even if you continue to work part time, we are all living longer, are generally fitter later in life and therefore have more active leisure interests.

One of the advantages of this scheme is that you don't pay tax or NI on your contributions so more money goes into your fund and you pay less tax overall. Somebody asked if Gabem make any money from the scheme, and the answer is no. We set up the pension scheme purely as a benefit for you.

That's all for today, I'll have another post for you tomorrow, covering a bit about expenses. Thanks for listening, if you want to get in touch you can here, we're always happy to hear from you.

Hugo
14/08/2008