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Stewart Waddell
In the daily rhythm of business life, payroll can sometimes feel like just another task, numbers, deadlines, deductions, submissions. But at Ascend Payroll, we know it’s far more than that. Payroll is about people, trust, and doing the right thing,...
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Paul Chappell
April 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most significant moments for payroll compliance in recent years. Two changes are landing at the same time, and together they raise the stakes considerably for employers. The first is R-day...
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Stewart Waddell
Acquiring a care home is rarely a simple tick-box exercise. It’s often fast, messy, and incredibly stressful. Whether you are a large care group expanding your portfolio or a management company stepping in to turn around an ailing care home,...
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Paul Chappell
The first wave of employment law reforms is here. Are you ready? If you’ve been tracking the Employment Rights Act 2025 journey, you’ll know it became law on 18 December 2025 after a sometimes turbulent passage through Parliament. Now, we’re...
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Paul Chappell
The government released a critical update on 3 February 2026 about their Plan to Make Work Pay. This is the biggest change to employment law in a generation, and it’s going to affect every UK business over the next couple...
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Paul Chappell
The landscape of benefits administration is set to change significantly. From April 2027, (it was to be April 2026 but the date when all employers were to comply was postponed until April 2027) the government will make payrolling of benefits...
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Paul Chappell
Nobody wants a nasty surprise from HMRC. Yet every year, thousands of employees overpay tax or discover they owe money simply because they didn’t check their tax code was correct. Annually, around a third of all tax codes issued by...
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Paul Chappell
P45s don’t have to be confusing. In this Payroll Simplified blog, we cut through the jargon and explain exactly when you need to issue one, including those tricky situations where an employee hasn’t actually been paid. What is a P45?...
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Stewart Waddell
When you’re choosing a payroll provider, cost and technology usually top the list. And fair enough, they matter. But there’s something else that’s becoming increasingly important to businesses evaluating providers, and that’s staff consistency. Recently, I was talking to a...
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Paul Chappell
The Government has announced the new statutory payments rates for April 2026, and if you’re thinking this is just another routine annual increase, think again. While most of the changes follow the expected CPI rise, there’s a fundamental shift happening...
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