the email you never want to send…..or receive.. from payroll

Email subject line: Late payroll ‘Dear Colleague, the management team hope you are looking forward to the weekend, thanks for all the hard work this week, we managed to exceed our target. Unfortunately due to an unforeseen technical issue, we regret to inform you that the payroll file was delayed...
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Prevent missed payroll

Every month some company somewhere in the UK will have a problem sending their payroll file for processing. When you look at all the component parts involved in sending a Bacs files, I’m not surprised companies are missing deadlines. There are 5 main components of a successful Bacs process. Finance...
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the curse of the smart card….

Back in 2010 I was having a meeting with a large company talking about how to make their payroll more secure and efficient. While we were talking about having and testing a disaster recovery plan their fire alarm went off. Naturally as a visitor to the building I looked at...
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Spring clean your payroll data for HMRC

Everyone’s talking about RTI and how it will affect UK employers, payroll bureaux and software developers in the lead up to its introduction in April 2013. What’s RTI? It stands for Real Time Information and will be the new way to submit data about your employees to the tax office. ...
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Employer Services at the Payroll World Awards 2011

A glittering evening, this was the inaugural Payroll World Awards event. The Employer Services Team were honoured to both present an award and to be nominated as finalists. Over 300 of the UK’s payroll elite attended the evening at the Hilton London Bridge last night. Chris Fitzgerald, MD at Payroll World...
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It’s Christmas already at Employer Services!

Just look at all these fabulous presents ! A BIG thank you to everyone who made a contribution to this year’s Operation Christmas Child. This year the payroll services teams at esl packed 34 boxes with goodies so well done to everyone who either provided a shoe box, wrapped a shoebox, filled...
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Stuart makes the Top 10!

Stuart Hall, Managing Director of Employer Services Ltd (esl) in Brentwood, has this week been named as one of the top 10 payroll professionals in the UK in 2011 by Payroll World magazine. Stuart, who has recently developed and launched a pioneering online payroll service aimed at small businesses, is...
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More Business Awards for esPAY

We did it again! Well, what an embarrassment of riches! We had no idea we would receive such an incredible recognition of our work when we entered these awards. It really is a fantastic endorsement that we are developing our products for the market of the 21st century. Both the...
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A Qualified Success!

Congratulations to Debbie Baker on achieving her Degree in Payroll Management from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals. Debbie, a senior member of our team of payroll professionals here at Employer Services,  has been studying hard for the past three years to gain her degree qualification. We are exceptionally proud of her....
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esl win top Innovation Award in Essex

esl were named as Essex’s top innovators at the Essex Business Excellence Awards held Stock Brook Country Club, Essex, last week. The award came for the company’s pioneering SaaS payroll system, esPAY, designed to ‘take the pain out of payroll’ for small businesses, conceived and developed by Managing Director Stuart...
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