BUPA: Employers should help staff with debt worries by Finance News Bulletin

Published: 28/12/07

Moving accounts from one store to another is "easy", according to the British Bankers' AssociationThe value of Christmas presents can "considerably" affect home contents insurance, warns NFU MutualAxa is launching My financial plan Day on November 21st in an attempt to give confidence people to take control of their financesThe health organisation says that more workers are calling helplines about financial problems than trauma or substance mistreatment issues

Tony Urwin, occupational psychologist and general manager of BUPA mental Services and BUPA Wellness, comments that pressure is often a reason for calling in sick and that absence is at present costing UK businesses £13 billion a yearHe also suggests that populace with less debt concerns are likely to be more efficient in the workplace"A being whose financial prospect is uncertain is highly likely to feel pressurised and unable to manage," he explainedSome employers offer low-interest loans that can be paid back through salary deductions, he claimed, whereas others introduce helplines and additional habits of giving financial recommendation

According to research by Thomas Charles and YouGov, 82 million British adults are in serious money owing and 21 million

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