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The latest news and advice about payroll

Why Outsource your Payroll?

Calculating pay can be complicated. The key, of course, is for us to take everything off our clients’ desks and deliver what they need quickly and accurately, so they can get on with running their business. We have the experience and expertise to deal with every aspect of your payroll ensuring that the regular legislative changes that HMRC brings in are acted upon. Calculating pay is only straightforward if your employees are on the same pay week after week or month after month, never need to...

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HMRC’s Employers’ Bulletin – Essential Payroll Reading

A bi-monthly magazine for employers and agents that gives up-to-date information on payroll topics. HMRC's Employer Bulletin gives a detailed update on all current and future guidance, not least because things are forever moving and changing quickly. If you are a client of ours, of course, you don’t need to worry about any of this. We get these bulletins and make sure all the changes are implemented, so you don’t have to. The latest Employer Bulletin (updated August 19th 2026) contains many...

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Is In House Payroll a good idea?

Is In House Payroll a good idea?

Here’s one reason why you might want to outsource to the professionals! A client left us in May 2023 (weekly payroll week 9), because they were struggling financially and thought by taking Payroll back in house, they would be able to cut some of their costs. Eleven months down the line, February 2024, they approached us asking if we could help them again and take over management of their payroll. What had happened: To facilitate the payroll in house, the Director appointed their administration...

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The Most Common Payroll Errors with the Minimum Wage

As always with payroll, there are times when you might think you are doing things right when in fact you're not. This is particularly true with the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage. With changes to these coming in soon, it is interesting to see that HMRC have just published the top ten ways that employers might not be paying the minimum wage even though they think they are. The Top 10 Mistakes Employers make with the Minimum Wage 1. Failure to apply the increase from 1 April each...

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    We have been using JLP Payroll for several years now, they offer an excellent and professional service and are always willing to help in any way they can. Even in the times of lockdown and COVID they … More have been a brilliant source of information and always ready to answer any questions or queries.
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    Julie and her team provide an excellent payroll service for our company. Julie is very knowledgeable and helpful and we feel in safe hands.