HMRC – Personal Digitisation Test Case for Big Change

February 15, 2016
HMRC’s plans to shift individuals from paper tax returns to an online portal and moving from annual to quarterly reporting is a significant task, and a real test for a new incoming HMRC CEO. As Neil Lagden, Managing Director, IRIS FMP Payroll Services, insists, the first phas ...
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Happy Valentines Pay!

February 11, 2016
You know how much we love payroll, but Valentines Day is always about sharing the love. So to honour February 14th we’re offering a meal for two if you refer someone to us who subsequently signs up to our award winning managed payroll services. Now friends, colleagues a ...
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How Can Businesses Fill The Leadership Pipeline?

February 11, 2016
New research from people management business Penna has unveiled that UK businesses are failing to plan their future leadership pipelines. The poll of 1,000 senior professionals revealed that 63% do not know if their organisations have in place a plan for future leadership. Ou ...
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Is your payroll falling foul of illegal employment?

February 11, 2016
We have all witnessed the chaotic scenes on the news where seemingly waves of migrants are trying to cross borders looking for a better life. Some are seeking sanctuary but others are economic migrants looking for a job in the UK. Unsurprisingly, the government is now crackin ...
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Wake up call for SME auto enrolment?

February 10, 2016
An interesting statistic appeared in my inbox today suggesting just under 5000 non-compliance notices were issued by the TPR since AE started in 2012. What’s more interesting however is the fact that over 50% of these were issued in the last three months of 2015. Worrying for ...
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National Living Wage – Friend or Foe for businesses?

January 29, 2016
George Osborne’s first post-election budget showcased the arrival of the National Living Wage. In theory this sounds great – a higher wage which sees employees be able to keep up with the cost of living, however the repercussions for businesses and the economy as a whole coul ...
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Payroll Data theft delivers £300,000 loss for delivery firm

January 26, 2016
An employee within the payroll department at delivery firm Yodel, who defrauded the company out of £300,000, has again highlighted the need for companies to review their payroll data security procedures both in house or externally through an outsourced payroll provider. While ...
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Payroll Outsourcing ? Don’t sign until you’ve read this

January 25, 2016
Hindsight “An understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed” What do you wish you had asked, before you signed on the dotted line with your current payroll outsourcing company? Or perhaps you are thinking about outsourcing your payr ...
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