Companies Resources

Small businesses are increasingly looking to outsource their payroll externally. Sam Skyring of TaxAssist Accountants looks at the reasons why outsourced payroll services make sense for SMEs.

​As the year heads into its final quarter, Abigail Hubert of Birketts LLP looks at five important employment law changes every business needs to be aware of heading into 2020.

With employees being any company’s most valuable asset, associate director of advisory at Peninsula, Kate Palmer explains the importance of retaining skilled staff and how small businesses can achieve it. ​

Following the collapse of Thomas Cook, Paul Holcroft of Croner looks at the HR implications, including the redundancy rights of the travel firm’s employees.

CEO of BrightHR, Alan Price investigates whether excess annual leave entitlement can be carried over to a new employment year in the UK.  ​

​Ian Garland of Comparitech.com looks at why encrypted email services are so important for businesses, and how you can implement email encryption easily and quickly. 

Martin Traynor OBE has been appointed as the government’s new Small Business Crown Representative. In this blog he explains his priorities for the new role and how small businesses can win public sector contracts.

Debt can place employees under significant levels of stress, impacting their overall performance and potentially leading to long periods away from work. David Price suggests ways in which employers can help their staff to stay financially stable.

Fewer than a third of employers paying the new levy intend to increase their training spend, as apprenticeship numbers drop.