PAYE – where did the time go?
As employees on a company payroll, the idea of income tax and national insurance being deducted at source is something we’re all familiar with. Money owed to HMRC never lands in our bank accounts; instead it goes directly to the government to help fund our public services. The Pay as You Earn (PAYE) system […]
Auto enrolment – how AMR can help
It’s five years since automatic enrolment in workplace pensions was introduced by the Government. According to The Pensions Regulator (TPR), by the end of March 2017 over 500,000 employers had complied with their duty to enrol employees, meaning more than 7.6 million workers are now saving for their retirement under the automatic enrolment scheme. […]
Welcome to our new recruits!
At AMR, our recruitment process is rigorous. We search for staff who are not just intellectually up to the job, but who will also fit in with our supportive culture of collaboration and teamwork. This month we’d like to introduce you to two new employees who have passed the AMR test with flying colours. Henry Blunden […]
Does YOUR business need a bookkeeper?
You’re a hard-working entrepreneur with a brilliant head for business. You love to make money but don’t enjoy getting bogged down in the finer points of accounting. Chasing late payments and dealing with payroll is a time-drain for you and your team – time that you no longer have to spare. Does this picture […]
Meet our Director – Estelle Hardwick
AMR was founded twelve years ago with a team of just two people. Now, with Estelle Hardwick at the helm, our business has grown to 14 employees. In this Q&A, we chat to Estelle about her career, her work ethic, and why teamwork is all-important to AMR . . . How did you become […]
Outsourcing Payroll: saving both time and money
The administration of a business’s payroll may have undergone huge technological advances, yet the central task of paying staff still occupies a high percentage of the relevant department’s time. It’s not just about paying your employees on time for their efforts by depositing money in their bank accounts. As well as the more obvious […]
Innovative London SMEs – how AMR helps businesses of every size
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises — known as SMEs — accounted for 99% of all UK business in 20161 and the upper limit for employee numbers in SMEs across the EU is 250. Once upon a time though, many of these SMEs started out as small businesses, before growing to meet their SME status. Take […]
Case study: Akehurst Homes
To get a full understanding of the services we provide and how beneficial they can be, we spoke to one of our clients, Akehurst Homes. The company’s owner, James Lench, explained how our help has been invaluable to the company. Who is Akehurst Homes? Akehurst Homes is a regional property developer building quality homes in […]
AMR's USP: More thank Bookkeeping and Payroll
Say ‘bookkeeping’ or ‘payroll’ and many people will have images of keeping a company’s records, or managing the employees’ salaries. At AMR Bookkeeping Solutions we pride ourselves in providing so much more: a wide variety of services undertaken by accredited staff with a highly personal approach. It’s by visiting your business environment and establishing […]
Countdown to auto-enrolment
Auto enrolment is well under way with years of planning now starting to come to fruition as businesses sign their employees into an automatic pension scheme. As their staging dates approach many businesses will have held detailed meetings with their workers, letting them know what auto-enrolment is all about and where they can choose […]
