AFC Wimbledon isn’t owned by an investor. It’s owned by the fans. It’s how the club is run, decision by decision, without a backstop to call when things get tight. That’s why, at Wimbledon, every pound must work harder: for the football club, for its charity arm AFC Wimbledon Foundation, and for the women’s team […]
Getting the go-ahead to hire is supposed to be good news. Budget approved, help on the way, someone to take work off the team. Then the applications start arriving. 200 by Friday. 2,000 by the end of the month. And the person who has to read them is doing it at 9pm, because their day […]
Employment status might sound like a dry topic, but it’s absolutely critical for small businesses. It doesn’t just affect tax obligations, but also the rights and protections available to your team. Getting this right means fewer compliance issues and a more positive, transparent relationship with your employees. In this article, we’ll guide you through each […]
Seventy percent of UK business leaders are increasing AI investment in the next six months, according to Employment Hero’s 2026 research across 1,025 UK businesses. That’s the highest figure of the four markets we surveyed. Which raises an awkward question. If nearly everyone is about to spend more, why can so few name the process […]
As a sole trader, bookkeeping and managing your accounts are the key tasks you have to deal with. But because you’re self-employed and looking after so many aspects of the business yourself, it can be easy to let the accounts slide as other tasks frequently take priority. This article offers advice on what you need […]
Right now, you’re likely hearing endless chatter about artificial intelligence. Every software vendor claims to have it, every LinkedIn guru says you need it and you’re probably wondering how to cut through the noise. What does using AI in business actually look like on a Tuesday afternoon when payroll is due, and you have three […]
Have you received a letter or online message from HMRC informing you that you’ve been signed up for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax and you’re unsure what to do now? It means you need to start using the MTD for Income Tax system because HMRC’s records show your qualifying income from self-employment and […]
On 3rd September, GOV.UK published its latest naming round. Around 660 employers have been named for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage. £4 million returned to more than 27,000 workers and £7 million in penalties. Getting national minimum wage compliance right is harder than it looks, even for employers with no intention of underpaying. […]
You can’t fix what you don’t measure, and that’s exactly why manual accounts payable is so easy to underestimate. For financial controllers and operations directors at mid-sized, growing UK B2B businesses, the true cost of manual AP rarely shows up as a single number on a report—it’s scattered across a handful of metrics that most […]
Employee experience isn’t a perk or a programme. It’s what work feels like for your people, day after day. HR teams know how much the employee experience matters. The problem for many HR teams is finding enough time to shape it when admin and process work take up so much of the week. Sage’s HR […]
