The Payroll Podcast

Payroll Entrepreneurship, Running your own successful payroll business and understanding Payroll API Technology with Stuart Hall – #06

Stuart is an experienced payroll services company director with over 40 years’ experience within the payroll and HR sectors and has successfully founded and developed three payroll businesses, two of which he has successfully sold.

Stuart boasts a wealth of expertise in payroll services, payroll bureau management and payroll software and is Non-Executive Director at The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) and founder of his new API Software business, Payrun.io

In this episode of Payroll Podcast, we learn more about the key Payroll Entrepreneurship skills required to successfully launch your own payroll business.  Stuart takes listeners on a journey through the pitfalls, traps and learning curves he has encountered that provided him with a platform for his success.  In addition, Stuart offers us practical steps payroll professionals can implement right away to put you on the right path to payroll career success.

Having been in payroll since 1980, Stuart has also witnessed significant change within the payroll industry.  In this episode, we discover just how far the industry has progressed during this time and also Stuart’s views on the route he believes the payroll industry will take moving forward.  The future of payroll is intrinsically linked to advances in payroll technology and payroll software and with this in mind, we also uncover more information about Stuart’s latest business venture,  Payrun.io, which is focused on companies implementing and embracing Payroll API technology.

It is fantastic to welcome such an experienced expert to Payroll Podcast show!  Stuart Hall is highly knowledgeable on new payroll technology, payroll entrepreneurship, payroll business management and bureau payroll services, so this is one Payroll Podcast you don’t want to miss!  Listen or download it today and you can find out more about the core components required to successfully develop your own payroll business.

In addition to all of the above, we also unearth some of Stuart’s other hidden talents including his passion for the Trombone and a newfound love for Caligraphy!

We recommend you save this episode of Payroll Podcast into your favourites so that one day, when or if the time comes when you decide on a new payroll career trajectory, you can listen to this episode and set yourself up on the right path to payroll entrepreneurial success.

Save this episode to your favourites, share it with your friends and subscribe today!

To find out more about Stuart’s latest Payroll API Software, please visit  Payrun.io (please let him know you heard about it thanks to this payroll entrepreneurship episdoe of The Payroll Podcast)!

This Payroll Podcast includes:

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• Launching your own payroll business
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• Payroll Entrepreneurship
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• Core Components that allow you to develop a platform for payroll success
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• Practical advice for successfully developing a payroll business for sale
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• How the industry has changed over the past 30 years
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• What will the industry look like in the future?
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• Discover what Payroll API Software Technology is.
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• The opportunities RPA (Robotic Process Automation) may bring to the payroll industry
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• How Stuart see’s the Payroll Industry changing with the introduction of AI technology
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The Payroll Podcast has one primary aim. To cut through the complex legislation, technology and compliance issues that can affect a payroll operation and provide practical tips and advice that you can implement immediately. We aim to take our listeners on a journey through subjects such as GDPR, workplace wellbeing, SaaS, global payroll compliance, payroll entrepreneurship, leadership, learning and development, recruitment, best practice, workplace psychology, payroll training, process improvements and career planning and who knows what else! I try to do it with a little bit of humour and with information that I hope can make your payroll function better!

Featuring leading industry experts, we interview Payroll Business Owners, Global Payroll Directors, Payroll Trainers, Payroll Managers, Payroll Software Professionals. However, we will also be speaking with Wellness-at-Work Practitioners, HR Managers, the HMRC, CEO’s, Recruiters and even Talent and Leadership Psychologists!

The Payroll Podcast is a niche podcast, so if you like the show, please subscribe to it, review it (on iTunes) and please, please share it with as many of your payroll colleagues as possible!

If you wish to get involved with The Payroll Podcast or indeed if you would like to suggest a topic or tell us what you think about it, then please email me at [email protected] – I would love to hear from you!

You can also Tweet us with your comments!

Previous Podcasts Episodes Include:

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2. Raising the Profile of Payroll – Kate Upcraft #05
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5. Wellness and Working Well by becoming “Super-Human” – with Hari Kalymnios. #04
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8. Global Payroll & Jurisdictional Compliance with Adrian Morrissey from Immedis #03
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11. Preparing Payroll for GDPR with Richard George #01
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14. The Future of Payroll and the CIPP with Vickie Graham #02
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Thanks for listening!

In the meantime, if you have any payroll or HR recruitment requirements that JGA Recruitment can assist with, please do reach out to us on 01727 800 377 or email [email protected] You can also find out more about us at jamesgray.wpengine.com.  We are specialist payroll and HR Recruiters with over 100 years specialist recruitment expertise.  Whatever your requirements, if you get in touch and quote “The Payroll Podcast” then you can receive a 20% discount on all JGA Recruitment Terms of Business.   Contact us today to find our more.  Tel: 01727 800 377. Email [email protected]

Brought to you by Nick Day of JGA Recruitment, host of The Payroll Podcast, comes this one-off Rural Tax & Accounting Podcast Special.  Featuring Catherine Vickery (CTA) – Rural Services, Tax and  Mark Seager (FCCA) – Rural Services from Old Mill Accountants and Financial Planners, we discuss effective rural tax and accounting planning in relation to farming diversification projects.

With many farmers having to think laterally to survive and with farm diversification becoming increasingly commonplace I am excited to find out more about some of the challenges they face.  In fact, more than half of England’s 57,000 farms have diversified in some form or another according to new figures released by Defra.

Of course, diversification can also bring with it opportunities – particularly through additional revenues!  However, these can come with various tax consequences and so it is important that landowners and farmers are made aware of the possible tax implications that may arise.

Farming often brings unique tax reliefs and the tax rules within the sector are complex and constantly changing, and diversification makes that no easier.

However, in this special podcast, Catherine and Mark help us to navigate through the diversification traps by highlighting the considerations rural businesses need to be aware of before they embark on a new diversification project.

Whether you are considering the conversion of buildings into a bed & breakfast, opening a farm shop, hosting a fishing event or develop solar or wind power, this Podcast will help you to discover where the invaluable tax reliefs exist.

Old Mill – Accountants, Tax and Financial Planners who are an award-winning business success story.

Formed by a buyout in 2006 the practice has more than doubled in size since then through organic growth and now boast four offices across the West Country in Yeovil, Wells, Exeter and Melksham supporting over 5,000 private and business clients.

If you are a tax or accounting professional interested in working for Old Mill then please contact [email protected] as are assisting the business with the recruitment of a number of opportunities and we would love to hear from you.

If you want to find out more about Old Mill Accountants…

Old Mill is an award-winning business success story. Formed by a buyout in 2006 the practice has more than doubled in size since then through organic growth.

We now have four offices across the West Country in Yeovil, Wells, Exeter and Melksham and look after over 5,000 private and business clients. We have 250 highly trained and qualified staff offering service at the highest level.

For you and your family and your business, Old Mill offers a personal but comprehensive range of professional service and advice where you as a client are at the centre of our attention.

Whatever your financial or business needs please come to Old Mill to explore how we can help you. Our first meeting is at our cost and without obligation and we pride ourselves in providing constructive solutions.

Listening – Understanding – Advising

Life-enhancing Rural Tax, Accountancy and Financial Planning for you, your family and your business

Listening to you to ensure a complete understanding of your affairs.

Understanding your financial position to ensure the best recommendations are made.

Advising you soundly by using our knowledge, experience and imagination.

https://www.oldmillgroup.co.uk/about-us/ 

CAREERS AT OLD MILL:

Leading accountancy, financial planning and tax planning firm, we’re passionate about helping our 280+ people and 5,000+ clients to become more successful.

With extensive coverage across the South West, we provide a wide variety of high-quality services together with innovative, bespoke advice to both individuals and businesses.

Our teams proactively work with our clients to help them achieve their goals, which include growing their businesses, long-term investment strategies and retirement planning.

Award-Winning business and major success story, Old Mill was created by a management buyout in 2006. Since then we’ve grown organically, more than doubling in size.

Today our team of over 280 highly trained and qualified employees provide high quality financial advice and services to over 5,000 private and business clients.

Passionate about helping our clients to succeed, we listen, understand and deliver wide-ranging accountancy, financial planning and tax planning advice to meet their individual needs and aspirations.

We believe in building lasting relationships with our clients and making a long-term investment in our people. It’s why we’re so proud of the fact that many of our people gained their professional qualifications here.

Raising the Profile of Payroll: High-level management, Government legislation lobbying and the steadfast pursuit of improving the payroll profession for all – with Kate Upcraft #05

Probably the UK’s most prominent payroll expert, Kate Upcraft of Kateupcraft.com Consultancy discusses managing large-scale payroll operations, government legislation lobbying, consultations and practical steps everyone should take to help raise the public profile of payroll.

Kate is a renowned lecturer, consultant and writer and a contributing editor for the Global Payroll Association with proven lobbying skills at the highest level developed with government and industry figures.  Kate has worked on numerous payroll audits and consultancy projects across multiple industry sectors where she has utilised her extensive payroll industry expertise. With ever-changing new and complex obligations being devolved to employers, Kate is increasingly sought after for her payroll and HR consultancy skills by both agents and employers.  Kate taps into her experience of managing one of the largest payrolls in the country (65,000 employees) to help advise on developing high performing payroll and HR teams.

Kate Upcraft is widely respected as an expert on all aspects of payroll and HR legislation and has always worked tirelessly to improve the payroll industry for all.  In this episode of The Payroll Podcast Kate takes us all on a journey from her time as payroll manager for one of the largest payrolls in the country to the steps she took to successfully launch her highly-regarded consultancy service.

In her interview with host, Nick Day of JGA Recruitment, Kate provides practical steps in this podcast that could help project your career to the next level.  We also discover what motivates Kate, we find out about a forthcoming trip that will whet your appetite, and we uncover a self-confessed truth about Kate that even I had no idea about (because she hides it so well)!

In addition to all of the above, this podcast is jam-packed full of excellent advice, tips, hacks and guidance provided by Kate that we hope you will find motivating, practical, thought-provoking and above all, entertaining!

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• Managing high-profile payroll & HR teams
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• Making the transition from HR to Payroll
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• How to prepare for the impact of RPA (Robotic Process Automation)
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• Advice on more effective networking
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• Managing government policy-makers 
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• How you to maintain your relevance in payroll as the industry changes
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• How to mitigate payroll risks when undertaking payroll improvements
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• The importance of training and how to ensure your HR or Finance Director supports your quest to develop your skills
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• What you can do to help influence change at government policy level
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• Why Payroll should be considered a critical function
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• Why you should love payroll.
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We believe this is one episode that you may want to listen to again and again to take away as much from it as possible.  So please save it to your favourites, share it with your friends and subscribe today!

To find out more about Kate Upcraft, where you can sign up for her Kate Upcraft newsletter and learn about the many fantastic health-check, training, keynote speaking and consultancy services she provides, please visit http://kateupcraft.com/.

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The Payroll Podcast. For Payroll Professionals. Subscribe Today!

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The Payroll Podcast has a primary aim. To cut through the complex legislation, technology and compliance issues that can affect a payroll operation and provide practical tips and advice that you can implement immediately. Over the coming weeks, we will journey through subjects such as GDPR, workplace wellbeing, SaaS, global payroll compliance, leadership, recruitment, best practice, workplace psychology, payroll training, process improvements and career planning and who knows what else! I try to do it with a little bit of humour and with information that I hope can make your payroll function better!

Featuring leading industry experts, we interview Global Payroll Directors, Payroll Trainers, Payroll Managers, Payroll Software Professionals. However, we will also be speaking with Wellness-at-Work Practitioners, HR Managers, the HMRC, CEO’s, Recruiters and even Talent and Leadership Psychologists!

The Payroll Podcast is a niche podcast, so if you like the show, please subscribe to it, review it (on iTunes) and please, please share it with as many of your payroll colleagues as possible!

If you wish to get involved with The Payroll Podcast or indeed if you would like to suggest a topic or tell us what you think about it, then please email me at [email protected] – I would love to hear from you!  You can also Tweet us with your comments!

Thanks for listening!

In the meantime, if you have any payroll or HR recruitment requirements that JGA Recruitment can assist with, please do reach out to us on 01727 800 377 or email [email protected] You can also find out more about us at jamesgray.wpengine.com

Previous Podcasts Episodes Include:

1. 
   
2. Wellness and Working Well by becoming “Super-Human” – with Hari Kalymnios. #04
3. 
   
4. 
   
5. Global Payroll & Jurisdictional Compliance with Adrian Morrissey from Immedis #03
6. 
   
7. 
   
8. Preparing Payroll for GDPR with Richard George #01
9. 
   
10. 
    
11. The Future of Payroll and the CIPP with Vickie Graham #02
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Hari Kalymnios is a wellness expert and author of three thought-jarring books – “The Thought Gym”, “The Super Journal” and more recently, “Working Well“.

With Health Awareness month upon us, I felt that this would be a great time to release this podcast as I get to witness first-hand just how stressed payroll and HR professionals are right now and I appreciate the pressures you are facing. In fact, the reality is that across all professions of the industry many employees are working under increased levels of stress.

We are in the grip of a stress epidemic.

However, there is hope! In this episode of the Payroll Podcast, Hari offers efficient and practical steps for changing habitual patterns that may be affecting our state of wellbeing. You will hear about several strategies you can implement right not to improve your wellness.

As our lives get busier and busier, boundaries between work and leisure blur and we spend less time thinking about what we’re putting our bodies through. If you work in payroll or HR, you are probably reading this and thinking “that’s me”!

The reality is that this fast-living is resulting in a pandemic of ‘ill-being’: from general weariness and ‘feeling under the weather’ to prolonged bouts of sickness, lethargy and sharp increases in stress, depression and mental health issues. Cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung diseases are now the four main causes of non-communicable disease death, making up around 70% of all deaths (around 17 million) across the world each year. By the year 2030, the figure will top 24 million.

The way we’re working isn’t working.

Hari teaches listeners on the Payroll Podcast how they can “unlock your inner superhuman” and be “on point” – mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually so you can be the best payroller, HR leader, entrepreneur, employee, colleague, parent, friend or human that you can be. To do this Hari shows you how first, you can need become the master of yourself.

Changing your thinking is the first step towards any change – especially if you want to achieve high performance.

Hari has trained corporates and entrepreneurs across the world to help them achieve improved focus, productivity, resilience, relationships, happiness, health, vitality and energy.

Here is what Phil James (https://twitter.com/philjms), CEO of the Institute of Leadership & Management had to say about Hari’s most recent book, “Working Well“:

“It’s time we took ourselves, that is our mind and bodies more seriously. Working Well asks us to do just that. Read this book, crease its pages, wear it out, share it and most of all act. Do something different and start working well today.”

To find out more about Hari Kalymnios: http://harikalymnios.com/

Hari puts it like this – “train the mind…and the rest will follow”.

The Payroll Podcast. For Payroll Professionals. Subscribe Today!

The Payroll Podcast has a primary aim. To cut through the confusing legislation, technology and compliance issues that can affect a payroll operation and provide practical tips and advice that you can implement immediately. Over the coming weeks, we will journey through subjects such as GDPR, workplace wellbeing, SaaS, global payroll compliance, leadership, recruitment, best practice, workplace psychology, payroll training, process improvements and career planning and who knows what else! I try to do it with a little bit of humour and with information that I hope can make your payroll function better!

Featuring many industry leaders, interviews will include meetings with Global Payroll Directors, Payroll Trainers, Payroll Managers, Payroll Software Professionals. However, we will also be speaking with Wellness-at-Work Practitioners, HR Managers, the HMRC, CEO’s, Recruiters and even Talent and Leadership Psychologists!

This is a niche podcast so if you like the show please subscribe to it, review it (on iTunes) and please, please share it with as many of your payroll colleagues as possible!

If you wish to get involved with the Payroll Podcast or indeed if you would like to suggest a topic or tell us what you think about it then please email me at [email protected] – I would love to hear from you!  You can also Tweet us with your comments!

Thanks for listening!

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20. Multi-country international payroll and tax services available that can support complex international payroll operations
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Listen in to find out more about Adrian’s hidden talents  (including International sporting success).  Discover what actions you can take now to enable you to get a seat at the strategic board table in the future.  Adrian also reveals how he views the industry changing as technology and RPA (Robotic Process Automation) continues to advance to improve international payroll efficiency.

The Payroll Podcast.  For Payroll Professionals. Subscribe Today!

The Payroll Podcast has a primary aim.  To cut through the confusing legislation, technology and compliance issues that can affect International payroll operations worldwide and provide practical tips and advice that you can implement immediately.  Over the coming weeks, we will journey through subjects such as GDPR, workplace wellbeing, SaaS, international payroll compliance, leadership, recruitment, best practice, workplace psychology, payroll training, process improvements and career planning and who knows what else!  I try to do it with a little bit of humour and with information that I hope can make your payroll function better!

Featuring a number of industry leaders. interviews will include meetings with International Payroll Directors, Payroll Trainers, Payroll Managers, Payroll Software Professionals.  However, we will also be speaking with Wellness-at-Work Practitioners, HR Managers, the HMRC, CEO’s, Recruiters and even Talent and Leadership Psychologists!

This is a niche podcast so if you like the show please subscribe to it, review it (on iTunes) and please, please share it with as many of your payroll colleagues as possible!

If you wish to get involved with the Payroll Podcast or indeed if you would like to suggest a topic or tell us what you think about it then please email me at [email protected] – I would love to hear from you!  You can also Tweet us with your comments!

Thanks for listening!

Vickie Graham takes The Payroll Podcast listeners on a journey through the history of the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals – more familiarly known as the “CIPP”.

Since Vickie Graham joined the CIPP in 2003, the Institute of payroll professionals has evolved significantly, gaining chartered status in 2011.  In this Payroll Podcast episode, Vickie discussed the opportunities that the CIPP offers to aspiring payroll professionals.  We discuss qualifications, training and other products and services offered by the CIPP and more!

The CIPP website has become a hub for payroll professionals to access information on all aspects of payroll and in this Payroll Podcast, you will learn about Vickie’s instrumental role in developing the business enabling the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals to become what it is today.

Vickie also provides The Payroll Podcast with a valuable insight into why it pays to be a CIPP member and she gives some amazing tips on how existing members can get more out of their current memberships.

Discover how Vickie believes the payroll industry will change in the next 5 years and learn about what she believes is currently holding the payroll industry back.

We will also find out something that perhaps not many people know about Vickie as well who inspires her and why!

The Payroll Podcast.  For Payroll Professionals. Subscribe Today!

Over the coming weeks, The Payroll Podcast will be featuring a number payroll industry leaders.  Interviews will include meetings with Global Payroll Directors, Payroll Trainers, Payroll Managers, Payroll Software Professionals.  However, we will also be speaking with Wellness-at-Work Practitioners, HR Managers, the HMRC, CEO’s, Recruiters and even Talent and Leadership Psychologists!

The Podcast is available for download on iTunes, Google Play, Android, Blubrry and Stitcher.

If you are a payroll professional or if you provide services to the payroll industry and would like to be featured in a future Payroll Podcast episode then please contact [email protected] or visit us: www.jamesgray.wpengine.com 

We would also love to hear what you think of The Payroll Podcast!  Please Tweet us with your thoughts on the latest Payroll Podcast at https://twitter.com/jgarecruitment

Richard George, Director of Education at The Learn Centre takes Payroll Podcast listeners on a journey through the complexities of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations).  Richard provides practical advice to help you prepare for GDPR and avoid common mistakes to help you develop a robust plan for payroll compliance.

Join Nick Day, Managing Director of JGA Payroll Recruitment as he asks Richard the tough GDPR questions that payroll and HR professionals need answering.  Discover the practical payroll steps you can take right now to get your payroll department on the route to GDPR compliance in just a few short weeks.

Richard is an experienced Global Payroll Manager, find out the one piece of advice he would give any new payroll professional working in the industry right now.  Also, discover how Richard he views the payroll industry changing in the future.  You can also learn what he would do if he was confronted by aliens!

The Payroll Podcast.  For Payroll Professionals.

Over the coming weeks, The Payroll Podcast will be featuring a number of payroll industry leaders.  Interviews will include meetings with Global Payroll Directors, Payroll Trainers, Payroll Managers, Payroll Software Professionals.  However, we will also be speaking with Wellness-at-Work Practitioners, HR Managers, the HMRC, CEO’s, Recruiters and even Talent and Leadership Psychologists!

The Podcast is available for download on iTunes, Google Play, Android, Blubrry and Stitcher.

Please Download or Subscribe to The Payroll Podcast today!

If you are a payroll professional or if you provide services to the payroll industry and would like to be featured in a future Payroll Podcast episode then please contact [email protected] or visit us: www.jamesgray.wpengine.com 

For more information on Payroll GDPR compliance, you can download our free JGA “Preparing Payroll for GDPR” Whitepaper

We would also love to hear what you think of The Payroll Podcast!  Please Tweet us with your thoughts on the latest Payroll Podcast at https://twitter.com/jgarecruitment