3 Tips for Picking the Right Umbrella Company
3 Tips for Picking the Right Umbrella Company An umbrella company is an organisation that self-employed contractors can join rather than setting up their own limited company. Furthermore it’s a convenient option as it will ease the workload for the company. An example would be all income tax payments are taken care of, so there […]
How Will The National Insurance Increase Affect You?
If you’ve worked in the UK, you’ve encountered national insurance. National insurance is paid by all employees, employers and those who are self-employed. Employees pay it on their wages, employers pay extra contributions for their staff and the self-employed pay it on their profits. Recently, changes have been announced that will alter national insurance paid […]
Guide to the Cycle-to-Work Scheme
The cycle-to-work scheme is a tax incentive created to encourage companies’ employees to ride bikes to work. This scheme was introduced originally back in 1999. This scheme has environmental and health benefits. As it encourages people to start riding a bike that can improve their health and helps to decrease the amount of air pollution. […]
Employees Mental Health Matters
Mental health can be a very difficult subject to talk about, whether it’s due to cultural stigma, social stigma, or even fear of treatment. So, what happens when 1 in every 4 people in the UK suffers from a mental health disorder? We end up with a different kind of pandemic. One that takes a […]
Tips to perfect your performance at work
Tips to perfect your performance at work What does your performance at work mean? Work performance is how effectively and efficiently an individual performs their assigned task by using all the essential technical and non-technical traits. It is important as an employee to ensure your performance at work is always to the best of your […]
Schemes to Increase Living Wages
Living wages help support workers with their basic needs such as food, housing and other essentials. With the way the pandemic left things, many people have become reliant on the national living wage to cover their expenses. Following recent changes to the price of living wages. Many are worried about being thrown out onto the […]
National insurance numbers hit record high – why do we pay NI?
National Insurance is a type of tax that helps funds state benefits such as a pension, unemployed and other benefits. This is a guide about why we need to pay National Insurance. Why do we pay NI National Insurance is used to pay for the NHS, benefits, sickness, disability allowance and state pension. By law, […]
Why PAYE Maxi can keep your employees happy
PAYE Maxi can benefit employees in certain ways. With PAYE Maxi, employees could claim back their expenses such as lunch and travel. Low paid workers or temporary workers would have full access to the umbrella benefits. Read more about PAYE Maxi here. Who needs PAYE MAXI? There are certain workers who can be benefitted from […]
Why Umbrella Service is ideal for temporary workers?
For businesses that take on temporary employees, an umbrella service is designed to help both the employer and employee. This service includes processing pay and maximising benefits. Read on to find out what this service is about. What is Umbrella service? First and foremost, it is a type of payroll service for businesses that take […]