A pension to be proud of

Your employees are invested in the Dolphin Shopping Centre in Poole, Dorset through their pension contributions, managed by us here at Nest and invested in UK property via our fund manager, Legal & General (LGIM).

As part of an initiative to regenerate the Dolphin shopping centre in Poole, 10 local entrepreneurs were offered the opportunity to move into a physical shop on Kingland Crescent, completely free from rent and business rates for 2 years. This helped get many businesses off the ground and, today, some are expanding, creating local jobs and revitalising the area – all while giving good financial returns to your employees through property investments.

Hope Dean is one of them.

During lockdown, Hope Dean turned to houseplants to create a personal oasis at home. Inspired by her love of plants and nurtured by her green-fingered family, she conceived Wild Roots – a small business that channelled her passion for plants. Thanks to the initiative, Hope’s dreams of owning a shop became a reality and Wild Roots is now in its fifth year of trading.  

‘If it wasn’t for this initiative, I wouldn’t have been able to open the shop.’

As a rookie, Hope had to learn everything from scratch. Knowing she had to sort out pensions for her employees, she chose the Nest pension scheme after recommendations from other local business owners. Now, she understands the importance of looking after her staff and her community. 

‘I was never aware that pension schemes kind of invested into local communities. So, being a part of that has been wonderful. And we're going full circle and giving back as well as supporting our employees’.

The scheme has been such a success for Hope that she’s now expanding her shop into the unit next door.  Your support of Nest has been a huge part of this success. 

‘I'd say anyone who has a Nest pension, thank you so much for funding and being a part of Nest. It's amazing really to think that they also invested in us here at Wild Roots. 

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We’ve invested more than £8.5 billion in British businesses and projects. It doesn’t stop there though – we plan on investing £20 billion by 2030.

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