Ten employers have been awarded the Payroll Quality Partnership (PQP) accreditation from The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).

The accredited businesses include: Account Matters, Duncan and Toplis, Global Payments, Mouchel (Lincoln), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Royal Mail, Selima, Shropshire Council, West Midlands Fire Service and the University of Lincoln.

Launched in July 2007, the PQP provides a standard for performance management in payroll, encouraging organisations to maintain professional competence while enhancing and developing payroll skills and knowledge.

Alison Needham, pay services manager at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "We are pleased and proud to have been awarded the PQP accreditation. We feel that through firm commitment to staff development and education we can provide the highest quality service to our colleagues in the trust."

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