Payroll fraud prevention is one of the most overlooked disciplines in UK business finance. Not because organisations don’t take fraud seriously, but because payroll fraud rarely looks like fraud when it starts. It looks like a small discrepancy. An approved overtime entry that seems slightly high. A pay rate that changed without a clear record […]
Key Takeaways HMRC has confirmed payrolling benefits in kind is becoming mandatory in two phases: from 6 April 2027 for certain kinds, and from 6 April 2028 for most others. Loans and employer-provided accommodation stay outside the mandatory rules for now. For most BiKs, taxes move from an estimated tax-code adjustment to a real-time deduction […]
Holiday pay rules for irregular workers are one of the most misunderstood areas of UK employment law. So it’s no surprise that SMEs find the legislation complicated. But it’s not because business owners aren’t trying to get it right. The rules changed in April 2024. Many of the most-visited government pages still carry outdated information […]
Key Takeaways The Renters’ Rights Act brought the biggest shake-up to private home rental in England in decades—and is still being rolled out. Awaab’s Law will soon be applied to private housing, and introduces hazard categories and timelines for action. The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) has simplified the number of hazards—and you […]
Outsourced employment is when two organisations share responsibilities for the same group of workers. This business relationship usually splits up responsibilities by having one organisation manage the day-to-day work while the other is the legal employer and manages HR, payroll and other types of admin. It can be a useful arrangement for smaller businesses or […]
Late payments have long been a challenge for UK small businesses, affecting everything from cash flow and growth plans to day-to-day financial stability. But the true cost often extends beyond the invoice itself. At Accountex 2026, Small Business Commissioner Emma Jones and AAT President Lucy Cohen highlighted a less visible impact: the time spent managing […]
For many UK employers, P11D filing is an annual compliance task that arrives, gets done and gets forgotten. This year is different. The 2026 filing season is expected to be the last full P11D cycle for several key benefits before HMRC begins phasing in mandatory payrolling from April 2027, with the majority of other benefits […]
Plymouth Argyle Football Club’s community trust, known as Argyle Community Trust, has moved far beyond the boundaries of football. It has built a network of social support that touches the lives of some of the city’s most vulnerable residents. Read on to learn more about this outstanding organisation. Here’s what we cover: Team identity: A […]
Running a business is hard. A lot of SMEs right now are running on the same unspoken strategy: get through this month, then the next one, then figure out the rest. That’s understandable. But survival mode has a ceiling. Stay in it long enough and it stops being a response to difficult conditions and starts […]
Customers are the lifeblood of any business, so it’s vital you can keep generating leads and retaining your existing customers. But doing so is often a concern for businesses, with more than one in three companies saying that generating new business is their biggest worry. We spoke to two small business owners and asked them […]
