Businesses enjoy sticking to what they know. If you’re comfortable with something, sticking by it often seems like the best way forward, even when it has glaring issues. This is often the case with company payroll. Many businesses still have company executives...
At Horsfield & Smith, we understand the unique challenges of managing agency workers. Ensuring compliance with employment law and auto enrolment obligations can be particularly difficult. The Agency Workers Regulations, introduced in 2011, set specific rules...
As a business owner, you will find that few things in your line of work are as precious as your time – time that would be better spent doing something other than accounting. Many people come to us asking for help with tasks that usually result in time slipping through...
Is managing payroll one of the pain points on your to do list that keeps you awake at night? It’s fair to say the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we work, including how businesses manage and process their payroll. When you are tied up running your business,...
The government is introducing a new Job Retention Bonus to provide additional support to employers who keep on their furloughed employees in meaningful employment, after the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends on 31 October 2020. The Job Retention Bonus...
The IR35 rules had been set to take effect from 6 April 2020, however, they are now on hold until 6 April 2021. This is to help the business community cope with the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19), and the government emphasises that it is a ‘deferral, not a...
