Classic Top 10 – If Christmas Films Did Payroll

December 3, 2018
In our light-hearted ‘If Christmas Films Did Payroll’  blog we look at some classic Christmas films, and the payroll issues they might create in the UK. And back in the real world if you want to know our Top Ten Payroll issues for 2019 you can find them here And h ...
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Christmas Payroll Health and Safety

Would you let your Christmas payroll go up in smoke?

November 30, 2018
Payrollers, you might not have Health & Safety high on your payroll agenda. But don’t let the Christmas payroll, one of the most important payroll runs of the year, go up in smoke, or fail to deliver for that all important festive cheer for employees. It may sound daft bu ...
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IRIS FMP secures Investors in People accreditation

Who has secured Accredited People Management success?

November 28, 2018
Good people make a great business, and this is the case at the IRIS FMP group, who have just secured Accredited People Management success with Investors in People. Becoming an accredited people management company has been a core aim for the IRIS FMP Group. The group includes ...
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5 Tips for Charity Success – Key Considerations

November 22, 2018
Top Key Considerations 1. Do your research The first area that’s necessary to consider is the purpose of your charity. What is your drive? What is the issue and how do you intend your charity to help or change this? Make sure you think carefully about the scale of the problem ...
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Improving the health of your staff and the nation

November 15, 2018
­ Britain’s Health and Social Care Secretary, Matt Hancock, has suggested that employers should provide free fruit to their staff. This is one of  the new measures that make up an initiative to encourage employers to “help improve the health of their staff and the nation”. He ...
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Top 10 Payroll Issues Critical To Success In 2019

November 13, 2018
Our Top 10 Payroll Issues is back for a fourth year, highlighting the critical things that should be on your radar in the coming twelve months. Payroll is constantly changing. So, what’s in store in 2019? We enter the New year with a long list of issues for many payroll manag ...
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What are the Benefits of Flexible Working?

November 12, 2018
A recent survey of 1800 workers found 9 out of 10 workers in the UK are not working the standard 9-5 week. Additionally, 6 out of 10 of workers would choose to work earlier than 9am if it meant they could leave earlier than 5pm. These findings highlight the growing demand for ...
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Micro employer HR software steals SME show

October 26, 2018
A new modular HR software designed specifically with micro and SME businesses in mind, has stolen the show at its launch at SME Live at the NEC on 16th October. Amity Essentials, from industry leading HR and payroll provider IRIS FMP, is a flexible HR software, completely fre ...
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Ethnicity pay gap reporting may come to the UK

October 15, 2018
For a while now companies in the UK with more than 250 employees have been required by law to report their gender pay gap statistics on a public government website. This initiative looks to provide transparency and hold companies accountable by revealing the mean and median h ...
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Helping SMEs to overcome their business struggles at SME Live

October 1, 2018
SMEs often have a big task ahead of them. Cultivating a growing business is hard for any company, but when you are on the smaller side the challenges faced can seem even larger and have higher stakes. By their very nature, SMEs have fewer employees, a smaller turnover, and ru ...
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