Our blogs
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Paul Chappell
If you have been keeping one eye on employment law over the last year or so, you will have seen the Fair Work Agency coming. It launched on 7 April 2026, and for the first time, the enforcement of workers’...
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Paul Chappell
Most employers know the basic idea of salary sacrifice. The employee gives up some salary and gets a benefit instead – everyone saves on tax and National Insurance. Unfortunately, like many things in payroll, salary sacrifice isn’t as simplistic as...
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Paul Chappell
UPDATED 15th JUNE 2026 following HMRC announcement of phased implementation Mandatory payrolling of Benefits in Kind (BiKs) is now to be phased in, with the most common benefits of company cars, vans, fuel and private medical and dental benefits coming...
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Paul Chappell
If you have been thinking about installing EV charging points at your workplace, you are in good company. As more of your team make the switch to electric, the question of whether to put chargers in at the office, the...
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Alison Clynes
If you have been running a hospitality business for any length of time, you will know that the legislation rarely leaves you alone for long. The Allocation of Tips Act in October 2024. The employer NIC hike in the April...
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Victoria McKay
Learning at Work Week is a good moment to stop and think about what learning actually means in practice. Not just in theory, but day to day, in the middle of a busy payroll operation, whilst juggling multiple clients, hard...
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Lucy Brewitt
Workplace pension contributions might seem straightforward on the surface – an employer pays in, an employee pays in, and the pension pot grows. But the mechanics of how those contributions are calculated are more nuanced than many payroll teams, and...
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Alison Clynes
If you run a hospitality business today, your payroll is rarely simple and predictable. It is a constantly moving target. You’re working with a mix of salaried managers, weekly paid bar staff, casual workers covering seasonal shifts and often agency...
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Josh Donner
As a charity or not-for-profit organisation, every donation counts; it not only goes to fund your cause but also keeps the lights on, wages paid, and storefronts open. Making sure that your costs and outgoings are well managed is essential...
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LIam Ridgill
Every year on the first Thursday of May, the security community marks International Password Day. This year’s theme goes further than encouraging stronger passwords. It is about moving beyond them altogether. For those of us working with payroll data, that...