• A Good Time to Change Payroll Provider

    Written on 26 May 2015 by Stewart Waddell

    So when is a good time to change your payroll you ask? At Dataplan we say anytime! First of all let's ask why customers decide to move from one provider to another, we find new…

  • Your new tax code for the 2015/2016 financial year

    Written on 14 Apr 2015 by Carly Boyd

    With the start of the new financial year comes several changes to your payroll including the rate at which you get paid SSP, SMP and SPP but the biggest change is the tax code…

  • Ed’s Pledge to New Fathers

    Written on 14 Apr 2015 by Sam Woods

    Currently, new Fathers have an entitlement of two weeks paternity leave subject to working for their employer for 26 weeks. Labour Party statisticians have reported that at least…

  • Workplace Pension Timebomb - are you safe?

    Written on 24 Mar 2015 by Richard Rowell

    At a recent conference on Automatic Enrolment there was a great deal of discussion on what happens when the smaller employees begin to stage their workplace pensions. The feeling…

  • Changing payroll once you’ve launched your Workplace Pension

    Written on 22 Mar 2015 by Richard Rowell

    Okay, so my business has staged for auto enrolment but I want to change payroll provider, isn’t that going to be a lot more hassle? At Dataplan this is a question we are often…

  • Eclipse of your payroll

    Written on 20 Mar 2015 by James Kitching

    On a day when we will see a total eclipse, make sure you’re payroll is not being hidden from you. When working with an outsourced payroll provider the last thing you want is to…

  • Workplace Pensions - Quality of advice for smaller employers

    Written on 19 Mar 2015 by Richard Rowell

    To date the introduction of workplace pensions under the new automatic enrolment has been a relative success with millions of employees enrolled. The number of employers affected…

  • Under 21’s catch an NI break

    Written on 12 Mar 2015 by Ben Fearn

    The new tax year is fast approaching, and one of the more interesting changes the Government has announced will happen from 6th April 2015 onwards is the abolition of Employers…

  • Payroll accreditation for Dataplan

    Written on 07 Mar 2015 by Stewart Waddell

    Dataplan have had a super week, we are thrilled to inform all our customers that Dataplan have been awarded with the PQP payroll accreditation for the 3rd year running. The…

  • 2015-16 Tax Codes have started landing on doormats

    Written on 10 Feb 2015 by Stewart Waddell

    It is that time of year again. The time of year when HMRC flick the big ‘issue’ switch on their tax code computer and millions of employees disappear under a mountain of paper.…