Why Payroll Outsourcing Makes Sense

Not only do businesses save time & money when they outsource their payroll to Payrolls Direct, they also get lots of useful tools to manage their staff better. 

Our Payrolls Direct platform has been designed by experts with over 10 years experience in developing cloud based systems.

In our Cloud based Payroll & HR platform, we provide our customers with:

1) Employer & Employee Control Panels – our web based platform, with Employer and Employee control panels, is very powerful & simple. The employer can manage their payroll, bonuses & commissions. They can also keep tabs of & approve employee time sheet submissions, holiday requests, expense claims etc.


2) Project & Task Management tools – Project & Task Management system makes it easy for businesses to manage their staff. They can set budgets & completion dates, & get real-time updates instantly.

3) Our Event Management and Shift Scheduling system, with automatic email notifications – makes employee scheduling easier, regardless of size of workforce.

4) Free HR library – HR documents like company handbooks & workplace policies can be created, using our templates & then shared quickly with employees. Businesses also get an automatic date & time stamp when they are read!

No other payroll company provides businesses with all the tools we do!

See what the FSB – National Federation of Self Employed & Small Businesses – UKs largest small & medium size business organisation – which is our target market – says about payroll outsourcing:

Payroll is becoming an increasingly complex process. Unless your business has no choice as regards whether or not it should manage its payroll ‘in-house’, consideration should be given and a decision made as regards potentially outsourcing this important function. 

“Another development which is set to become the next catalyst for a further shift to outsourcing payroll is the need to comply with Pensions Auto Enrolment regulatory requirements.”

“The costs and practicality of properly supporting and maintaining the professional competence of internal staff members managing and processing the payroll are huge.”

“The potential consequences of getting payroll wrong are: Upset and demotivated staff members AND fines for non-compliance with HMRC requireme

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