The benefits of outsourcing
There are only so many hours in the day and neither you or your team have the capacity to do everything without dropping the ball from time to time. Outsourcing can save you time and money, but there are many other reasons to consider outsourcing certain business functions.
Minimum wage increase from 1st April 2017
From 1st April 2017, the National Living Wage (NLW) for employees aged 25 and over will increase from £7.20 to £7.50 per hour.
Changes to the National Minimum Wage from October
From 1st October, the National Minimum Wage rates will increase, make sure you’re not caught out!
Your 7 step guide to Auto Enrolment
Retirement saving is an important issue, especially as the law has changed and is now very much in force in the UK. People are living longer and need more money in retirement, it really is that simple. Millions of us not are not saving any money at all, let alone putting money away for our retirement, and that’s exactly why automatic enrolment was introduced. Find out more about auto enrolment, and what you need to do as an employer.Read More
Why you need to look at Automatic Enrolment now
The law on workplace pensions has changed and is now fully in force. Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK must put certain staff into a pension scheme and contribute towards it. This is called automatic enrolment.
Whether you’re a hairdresser, an architect or employ a personal care assistant, if you employ at least one person you are an employer, and you have certain legal duties and obligations.
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Optimising directors’ remuneration and R&D
It’s generally more tax efficient for a director shareholder to extract the majority of profit from a company as dividends rather than take it as a salary. But what if the company is undertaking R&D? Is this still the optimum remuneration strategy?Read More
Payroll and auto-enrolment news you can’t afford to ignore
As far as key responsibilities for employers to consider currently, there aren’t many more pressing than payroll and auto-enrolment. Both are critical considerations that you as a business owner simply cannot afford to get wrong. In this blog, Kirkwood Wilson Accountants gives you the latest news and advice to keep you ahead of the game.
National Minimum Wage Regulations 2016
The government has now published the National Minimum Wage (amendment) Regulations 2016. They confirm that the new national living wage (NLW) – which must be paid to all workers aged 25 and over – will officially come into force on 1st April 2016.
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Auto-enrolment explained by EasyPAE
With an ageing workforce, and the number of retirees predicted to rise by a third by 2050, many of us are simply not saving enough to enjoy a comfortable retirement. So the UK government launched the Pension Act to make it compulsory to save for the future with a scheme known as auto-enrolment. EasyPAE give you the facts.