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AWD Chase de Vere launches online SME payroll and benefits system
AWD Chase de Vere has launched an integrated payroll and benefits online system for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).The firm has partnered with The Briars Group to provide a bespoke approach to managing payroll, while enabling employers to improve the benefits service they offer to staff and reduce costs.Jason Walker, ...
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City and Guilds introduces online voluntary discounts
City and Guilds has introduced an online voluntary discount scheme for employees.The vocational qualification awarding body introduced the new scheme when it changed flexible benefits providers to Thomsons Online Benefits in August 2010.The portal, provided by Asperity in partnership with Thomsons, opened to City and Guilds’ 900 UK employees in ...
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Jelf Employee Benefits launches online knowledge centre
Jelf Employee Benefits has launched a new knowledge centre on its website, which will provide HR and benefits professionals a broad range of information on current legislation, technical updates and industry news.The knowledge centre will focus on the firm’s core market of small- to medium-sized organisations.It includes: an improved news ...
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Derbyshire Probation Trust signs up for new HR and payroll system
Derbyshire Probation Trust has signed a five-year contract with NorthgateArinso to provide its web-based ResourceLink Aurora HR and payroll system.The probation trust required a system that would support the transformation of the probation service to increase efficiency savings.Its new system will enable Derbyshire Probation Trust to reduce the resources required ...
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Regent’s College implements new HR and payroll service
Regent’s College has implemented a new web-based HR and payroll service to support its plans for growth over the next five years.The higher education institution has appointed NorthgateArinso to provide its ResourceLink Aurora system in order to streamline processes and cut down the amount of administration required.A range of working ...
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HMRC publishes consultation on PAYE system
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has published a consultation document called Improving the operation of Pay As You Earn: Collecting Real Time Information.Pay as you earn (PAYE) real time information means employers will send HMRC information about tax and other deductions from employees’ pay when the employee is paid, rather ...
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Historic Scotland to implement HR self-service system
Historic Scotland has signed a five-year contract with NorthgateArinso for a combination of systems and outsourcing services.The Scottish Government agency responsible for Scotland’s historic environment will adopt NorthgateArinso’s ResourceLink Aurora system including the HR self-service modules, from an anticipated implementation date of March 2011.The system will also include an interface ...
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Thames Water re-appoints pension scheme administrator
Thames Water has re-appointed Capita Hartshead as administrator to its two pension schemes.The renewed contract will run for six years from January 2011.The two schemes, which are both defined benefit (DB) arrangements, have a combined membership of around 13,000.As well as administration, Capita Hartshead will be providing pension payroll and ...
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AWD Chase de Vere launches outsources HR function
Independent financial advisors AWD Chase de Vere has teamed up with The Briars Group to offer outsourced HR, tax, finance, administration and IT functions for small employers.It claims the service, which allows employers to partially or fully outsource one or more of these departments, could potentially save small and medium-size ...
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AWD Chase de Vere awarded top marks in benefit platform survey
AWD Chase de Vere, the corporate advisers, achieved the highest overall score and was awarded the prestigious triple ‘e’ rating in the inaugural Corporate Adviser Benefit Platform Survey.The survey is believed to be the most exhaustive study of employee benefits technology propositions ever carried out in the UK.AWD Chase de ...
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Three employers sign up for SchemeHub
Mueller Europe (Wednesbury Pension Scheme), the Ruston Bucyrus Pension Scheme and the MESL Pension Scheme have signed up to SchemeHub, the virtual pensions manager and document storage tool from Atkin & Co.SchemeHub allows managers and trustees to access scheme documents immediately over the web, it also enables them to review ...
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Asperity is behind the 'Benefits Revolution'
Asperity Employee Benefits is the provider behind the much-talked-about 'Benefits Revolution'.The revolution refers to its latest version of its Reward Gateway platform, names Reward Gateway 4.This new a fully-integrated voluntary benefits website is expected to challenge the flexible benefits platform marketplace due to its integrated voluntary and salary sacrifice facility. ...
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Origen and Staffcare form partnership
Origen Financial Services and Staffcare have formed a partnership agreement.Origen, the national firm of independent financial advisers, will be using Staffcare's software platform to launch the Origen Benefits Portal, which will include a new suite of online tools to help employers with benefits communication and administration.Each module of the online ...
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Charities Aid Foundation implements new HR and payroll system
The Charities Aid Foundation has signed a five-year contract with NorthgateArinso to implement its web-enabled HR and payroll system.The system’s self-service functionality will enable employees to manage some of their own affairs, such as booking holidays and reporting sickness.Managers are also encouraged to take responsibility for HR procedures in their ...
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Carval launches new payroll bureau service
HR and payroll software provider Carval has launched a new payroll bureau service to deliver traditional or secure electronic payslips.The service is aimed at employers that use Carval’s Unistaff HR software. In addition, employees in organisations that use Carval's Employee Self-Service Software will be able to access current and historic ...
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Online travel portal launched for public sector staff
Barringtons International has launched a travel portal exclusively for organisations and employees within the public sector.PublicSectorDirect.com will give public sector employees and procurement departments the flexibility to book travel in a convenient way with the potential for savings of up to 58%. The site can be used for both work-related ...
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Welplan appoints Xafinity Claybrook for pensions administration
Welplan has appointed Xafinity Claybrook to run pensions administration for its defined contribution scheme.The project will improve member services, such as access to information over the web, and achieve efficient service delivery through greater automation.Bruce Kirton, chief executive of Welplan, said: “We are driving the business forward and preparing for ...
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Towergate Financial teams up with Staffcare to launch benefits portal
Towergate Financial has teamed up with Staffcare to launch a corporate benefits portal which it has used to offer flexible benefits to its own employees.The portal 'Your Benefits Solutions' will provide new and existing clients of the financial advisory firm with a total reward statement capability, a flexible benefits platform ...
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Thomsons Online Benefits launches new benefits service
Thomsons Online Benefits has added a new service to its employee benefits software platform.The addition, Darwin Dashboard 2.0, provides a visual and statistical breakdown of each element of an organisation’s benefits package, including how many staff logged on in the last month, have taken up childcare vouchers or have added ...
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Close enhances pensions platform
Close is introducing new technologies to boost its services in the offshore pensions and retirement marketplace.Its new developments include a workflow system to enhance the processing and administering of schemes and a new extranet to allow both advisers and employers secure access to their plans.These are the first steps in ...