Author name: Jack Lloyd-Lewis

A plain comparison of weekly, fortnightly, four-weekly and monthly payroll for UK employers, including week 53, changing pay frequency and how frequency affects payroll costs.

What limited company directors need to know about running a PAYE payroll for themselves, from directors’ National Insurance to auto-enrolment and year end.

A plain comparison of running payroll in-house with software versus outsourcing to a payroll bureau, including the costs that are easy to miss.

How to change payroll provider at any point in the tax year, what to collect from your current provider and how to avoid the common pitfalls.

What a UK payroll bureau does, how it works each pay run, what it costs, and how it compares with running payroll in-house.

Payroll used to be something many small businesses did themselves, with a spreadsheet and a calendar reminder. In 2026 there