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Stewart Waddell
Welcoming new talent and expanding horizons The Ascend Payroll journey is gathering pace with the acquisition of Payroll Savvy on 1 March 2025. Payroll Savvy is a highly regarded payroll services provider founded by Josh Donner. The business specialises...
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Richard Rowell
The power of exceptional problem resolution When you are operating in a service sector, such as managed payroll, perfection is an admirable goal but not always achievable. What really matters is how you handle things when they go wrong....
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Paul Chappell
With rising costs, the squeeze on people’s finances, whether you are an employee or self-employed, is certainly biting. So now is the time to look at ways you can save money. Tax savings is one area that people could take...
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Richard Rowell
Who can hold their hand up and say they have never made a mistake? What business is 100% efficient and error-free? It is a fact of life that sometimes problems happen. For service providers, there is often a delicate balance...
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Stewart Waddell
As we build our crack team, we are delighted to introduce our latest recruit. Jane Sleight has joined as Project Manager and brings with her 40 years of payroll experience. She started her payroll journey as a mere slip of...
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Paul Chappell
Don’t overlook new holiday pay rules if your annual leave period starts in January In January 2024, changes to the calculation of holiday pay came out of the Working Time Regulation, and case law particularly affected employees working irregular hours...
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Stewart Waddell
Outsourcing payroll is supposed to make life easier. It’s a way to save time, reduce stress, and ensure your employees are paid accurately and on time. But what happens when the firm you trust to handle this critical function quietly...
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Paul Chappell
The first Budget of the new Labour Government included a painful, if not unexpected, increase in Employer National Insurance Contributions (NIC) from April 2025. It will affect all businesses, with some sectors with higher proportions of lower-paid staff, such as...
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Paul Chappell
One of the lesser-known but more hard-hitting aspects of the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget is the change to the tax treatment of double cab pickup trucks with a payload of one tonne or more. From April 6, 2025, for income tax,...
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Paul Chappell
Think you’re treating your team to a well-deserved Christmas celebration? What may be intended as a treat and acknowledgement of your team’s hard work could actually be gifting yourself and your employees an unwanted tax bill! Here’s what every UK...
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