{"id":1615,"date":"2017-07-17T11:33:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T11:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/our-free-guide-to-managing-your-people-payroll\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:06:21","slug":"our-free-guide-to-managing-your-people-payroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/our-free-guide-to-managing-your-people-payroll\/","title":{"rendered":"A guide to managing your people and payroll"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/category\/people-leadership\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">People &amp; Leadership<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA guide to managing your people and payroll\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2017-07-17T11:33:45+01:00\">17 July, 2017<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"A guide to managing your people and payroll\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/our-free-guide-to-managing-your-people-payroll\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/author\/bryancollins\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/Bryan-Collins.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" fetchpriority=\"high\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Bryan Collins<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>People are the most important asset to any business. Invigorate, energise and inspire your employees and your business will prosper. Getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/payroll-software\/\">payroll<\/a> right every time for your employees is the first step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you manage a business, you know that there&#8217;s more than just your day job to keep on top of. Keeping your people happy has to be a priority, after all they are the lifeblood to your businesses success, but you also have payroll to consider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than just simply paying your employees, having the right payroll software means you can dig deep into data, view employee performance and keep on top of everything from absence to salary review forecasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also stay one step ahead of new legislation such at auto enrolment and the National Living Wage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our small business guide to people and payroll covers everything you need to know from managing you people and using the right payroll software for a winning business, to understanding the fundamental components in developing and growing you company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-our-free-guide-to-people-and-payroll-covers\">Our free guide to people and payroll covers:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Developing and sustaining a winning business culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using staff incentives for business victory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zero hours contracts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why winners invest in payroll software<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tackling auto enrolment like a winner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Healthy cashflow: the lifeblood of a winning business<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conquering business growth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boosting productivity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"single-cta gated-content\">\n\t<div class=\"single-cta__positioner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__wrapper has-dark-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"single-cta__title h3\">The guide to people and payroll<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Want to motivate your employees, manage the run-up to payday and improve your payroll processes? 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