Pensions - Articles - Fitness First appoints NOW: Pensions as AE provider

 Fitness First has appointed NOW: Pensions, the independent multi-employer trust as the provider of its workplace pension under auto-enrolment. From August 2013, NOW: Pensions will be responsible for delivering workplace pensions for nearly 700 Fitness First employees who are eligible for auto-enrolment.

 Founded in Bournemouth in 1993, Fitness First is one of the largest gym, health and fitness clubs in the UK with 84 fitness clubs and 180,000 members throughout the country.

 Neil Tune, HR Director, Fitness First said: “Finding the right partner to deliver autoenrolment was a top priority for us and NOW: Pensions made the decision easy. We were impressed with the simplicity of its scheme which is high quality but low cost. The ease of implementation was also a big plus for us and has removed much of the administrative headache."

 Morten Nilsson, CEO of NOW: Pensions said: “Fitness First thought long and hard about the needs of its workforce and selected a high quality scheme which will help to ensure maximum engagement and participation. Implementing auto-enrolment can seem daunting so we do our best to make it a straightforward process for both employer and employee.”