Earned Wage Access UK: Complete Employer Guide 2026

When employees are financially stressed, that stress doesn’t stay at home — it walks through the door with them every morning. Zellis’s 2025 Financial Wellbeing Report revealed that 92% of UK employees experienced financial stress in the past year, with 89% saying it directly affected their work performance. Nearly half struggle to focus. Over a … [Read more…]

Help! MTD for Income Tax has started! A practice plan for the year ahead

You know what MTD for Income Tax is. You know it’s happening. The question from this point onwards is: will your practice actually be able to handle it? MTD is a permanent rewiring of how your practice operates. The firms that thrive will be those that treat this as an operational challenge, not just a … [Read more…]

HR Software for Growing Companies

You’ve got 220 employees. Maybe 300. You’ve been on your current HR platform for two years and it mostly works. But something’s changed. The payroll errors are getting more frequent. The workarounds your team built to manage multiple cost centres are getting harder to explain to new starters. Someone in finance asked last week why … [Read more…]

Budget forecast: methods, tools and examples

Consider the role of a manufacturing CFO importing raw materials. Using budget forecasting, you run scenario modelling to understand potential cost pressures: No tariff or duty changes (baseline scenario) A 10% increase in material costs A worst-case 20% increase, combined with extended lead times due to customs or border delays With this analysis in place, … [Read more…]

How to Use AI in Recruitment & Resumes Screening

Artificial intelligence or AI in recruitment is rapidly transforming the way businesses hire. It promises faster processes, smarter decision-making and improved candidate experiences. Talk about setting high expectations. Yet, according to Employment Hero’s research, the Work That Works Report, the adoption gap is striking. Businesses that have not invested in tech advancements are 58% more … [Read more…]

What is ERP? ERP explained for businesses

One of the biggest business challenges in today’s fast-paced world is maintaining real-time connection and integration between teams. Enterprise Resource Planning provides a foundation for business operations and growth strategies and should be a key focus for any business, especially SMEs. The ERP software market is projected to reach a staggering $117.09 billion by 2030, … [Read more…]

How to Eliminate Manual Pension Uploads in UK Payroll

Why are you still logging into NEST every pay run? If you’re downloading contribution files from your payroll system, manually uploading them to your pension provider and then reconciling payments, you’re spending valuable time every single pay run on a task that shouldn’t exist anymore. With 1 in 3 businesses (35%) spending 3+ days a … [Read more…]

Financial forecasting guide: Methods and best practices

Discover the essentials of financial forecasting and learn to create effective projections that drive business success. Gain expert insights to guide your strategy. When key exports from the UK to the USA were subject to American tariffs, many businesses were caught off guard. Costs surged, supply chains buckled, and margins narrowed. Yet some businesses modelled … [Read more…]

South West named UK’s most locally loyal business region as Employment Hero deepens commitment to Bristol

BRISTOL, 18 March 2026: Six in ten (61%) business leaders say they would recommend the South West as the best place to start a business, data from Employment Hero, the global leader in HR, hiring and payroll software reveals. The findings come as Employment Hero deepens its ties in Bristol through partnerships with Bristol City … [Read more…]