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Paul Chappell
Here’s an uncomfortable truth. Millions of people hand HMRC more than they need to every year, usually because nobody told them what they’re entitled to. We’re payroll people, so spotting money that should be in your pocket is what we...
- Paul Chappell
October 2026 brings the second big wave of the Employment Rights Act 2025, in 2 parts – 1 October and 30 October. If April’s changes felt like a warm-up lap, this is where the race starts. The Act received Royal...
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Alison Clynes
For 19 years, J.O. Sims, the Spalding-based fresh fruit and fruit ingredients supplier, stayed with the same outsourced payroll provider, and for most of that time, things worked well. “Across the course of those years, things worked very well,” Steve...
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Josh Donner
Last night, Ascend Payroll was named the winner of the Team Excellence Award at the Reward Strategy Awards. An award that celebrates a team demonstrating outstanding collaboration, expertise and dedication to its clients. We are especially delighted to have won...
- Alison Clynes
At Ascend, we spend our days buried in payroll data, so we’re used to spotting the small errors that quietly turn into big problems years down the line. National Insurance is a classic example. Get a few years wrong, and...
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We’re proud to announce that Ascend Payroll has been named a Partner Champion for the ICB Future Skills Challenge. Every year, payroll software does more of the heavy lifting. Compliance checks, calculations and reconciliations keep getting faster and more automated,...
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Victoria McKay
After 22 years working in payroll, across both military and civilian roles, I can honestly say that if I had the chance to go back and choose my career all over again, I would choose payroll. Every single time. I’m...
- Josh Donner
Calculating a payment and actually getting the money into the recipient’s account are two separate jobs. For payroll, you can calculate every salary correctly, produce the payslips and make your HMRC submissions on time. Someone still needs to create the...
- Alison Clynes
Tracey Ellis has been running payroll at Richard’s Chassis, the Rotherham-based Land Rover chassis manufacturer, for years. They first moved payroll outside the business around three years ago and they found a small, friendly bureau that delivered a good service,...
- Paul Chappell
The Fair Work Agency has published its first delivery plan, covering 2026 to 2027. For payroll teams, this is more than another piece of employment law reading. It’s the clearest signal yet of how enforcement of pay, tips and holiday...
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