Almost 100 employers have already signed up to use Nest ahead of auto-enrolment next year.

Nest, the national employment savings trust, is due to be implemented for large to medium-sized employers between October 2012 and July 2014.

At the Nest Live event, which was held in London this week, three firms gave case studies of their early experience of using Nest.

The three were F2 Chemicals in Preston, Metal Assemblies in West Bromwich and Positive Support in Hartlepool.

Larger firms considering using Nest are Travelodge, Sodexo and Spirit Pub Company.

Tim Jones, chief executive of Nest corporation, said: “Many employers are joining Nest and getting ready for auto-enrolment well ahead of their staging dates, which is incredibly encouraging.

“Others are getting plans in place ready for auto-enrolment and using Nest as part of their solution alongside other schemes-that’s exactly the role Nest is here to play.”

Steve Webb, Minister for Pensions, said: “Our plans to get people into workplace pensions will mean that millions will be saving for their retirement for the very first time. Nest is critical to our plans, as a low cost and easy to use option that is designed for people who are new to pension saving.

“I’m very pleased to see that employers are engaging with the upcoming changes and the strong response that Nest has seen so far.”