by Kellie Burslem | Sep 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
The new Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng gave his mini-budget in parliament on Friday which actually turned out to contain some fairly major announcements. It contained some quite unexpected changes which the government hopes will drive growth and help with...
by Kellie Burslem | Aug 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
As I write this, we are into the last few days of summer and this time of year always makes me think of back to school and new starts, even though it’s been a long time since I was sewing name labels into clothes and will be a while yet before my grandson needs a...
by Kellie Burslem | Jul 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Finding out a new baby is expected is a really happy and exciting moment. There’s lots to think about including how maternity and paternity leave will work for the family so as a follow on from last month’s blog about other statutory payments, we thought we’d look at...
by Kellie Burslem | Jun 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Having just recovered from my short hospital stay, I thought an apt subject for this month’s blog is to give an overview of Statutory Sick Pay. Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) is a payment an employee receives from their employer if they are ill and unable to work for a...
by Kellie Burslem | May 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
National Insurance isn’t usually something we give much thought to apart from when we see it as another deduction on our payslips but as it has been in the news a bit lately, we thought it deserved a blog post all of its own. Origins of National Insurance The concept...
by Kellie Burslem | Apr 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
We’re in that special time of year where it feels like there is always a holiday on the horizon – we’ve just had Easter, May Day Bank Holiday is just around the corner and then it’s not long until the special long Jubilee weekend at the beginning of June. We all...