Written on 13 Jun 2010 by Alison Clynes

Businesses such as pubs, hotels and restaurants carry particular difficulties when they are using payroll outsourcing. Hotels, for example, will have rapid and weekly turnaround…

Written on 27 May 2010 by Alison Clynes

Workers from any EU country can work in any other country in the Union. Many take up casual or short-term contracts with others in permanent posts. Payroll services administrators…

Written on 20 May 2010 by Richard Rowell

2010 has been a fantastic year so far for Dataplan. The number of recommendations, referrals and enquiries we receive has grown enormously. We have noticed a trend this year…

Written on 19 May 2010 by Alison Clynes

How flexible is your payroll services department? If the Government suddenly announced a different tax rate for two categories of workers, could your wage administrators respond…

Written on 09 May 2010 by Alison Clynes

Data security matters. Employers have a duty of care and legal responsibility to keep all staff information confidential and secure. No-one wants to think details of their salary…

Written on 06 May 2010 by Alison Clynes

M.P's expenses and 'perks' have been much in the news, causing outrage and amusement. Benefits in kind, however, feature in many employees' remuneration packages. From cars, fuel…

Written on 09 Jan 2010 by Richard Rowell

We are now in the run up to the 2009/10 tax year end on 5th April and a number of businesses turn their attention to payroll year end. This year is the first year when all…

Written on 14 Nov 2009 by Richard Rowell

70% of 2000 people questioned admitted that they would commit a fraud if they knew that they could get away with it. That was the finding of a 2003 survey by the University of…

Written on 04 Oct 2009 by Richard Rowell

Well not exactly but at a recent BACS inspection we scored top mark grades. We were ranked as excellent in each of the five areas assessed. To be allowed to operate BACS…

Written on 01 Oct 2009 by Stewart Waddell

Before you know it, It won't be long before we are all thinking of Christmas and the impact this can have on arranging pay dates early for your employees. At Dataplan Payroll it…