Newport's mix of manufacturing, distribution, retail and professional services keeps the city busy, and every business with employees carries the same payroll obligations. We handle those obligations for Newport employers from our office in Pontypridd, close by in the middle of South Wales, so payroll stops being a monthly worry.
The Newport business landscape
Newport has long been a working city, and its economy still leans on making and moving things. Manufacturing and engineering sit alongside a strong distribution and logistics base, helped by the city's position on the M4 and its large industrial and business parks at Duffryn, Imperial Park, Queensway Meadows and out towards Llanwern. Warehousing and transport operations here run varied shift patterns and overtime, which makes accurate, timely payroll especially important.
Around that industrial core is a busy retail and professional scene: the city centre and Friars Walk, the retail parks at Spytty and Newport Retail Park, and a growing number of offices, agencies, care providers and small firms across the city and out into Gwent. Whether the work is on a factory floor, in a warehouse, behind a till or at a desk, the payroll rules are the same, and getting them right every cycle takes time most owners would rather spend elsewhere.
Why Newport businesses use a nearby bureau
As a South Wales bureau, we give Newport and Gwent businesses a close, personal service. You get a named contact who answers the phone and explains things in plain English, rather than a national helpline that has never heard of your business. Being local means we understand the employers here, from shift-based distribution operations to city-centre professional firms.
That personal service earns its keep when something needs dealing with: a batch of overtime on a busy week, a new starter mid-cycle, a query about a deduction, or a message from HMRC. We are backed by 60+ years of combined payroll experience, so those things get dealt with quickly and correctly. Many of our Newport clients moved to us for exactly that reachability and stayed for it.
What we handle for you
We provide fully managed, outsourced payroll so the whole job comes off your plate. On every pay run we handle:
- Processing weekly, fortnightly, four-weekly or monthly pay runs, including shift and overtime pay.
- Filing Real Time Information (RTI) with HMRC on or before payday.
- Auto-enrolment and workplace pension administration, including assessment and uploads.
- Clear payslips for your staff, plus P45s, P60s, and starter and leaver processing.
- Producing payslips, P45s, P60s and reports and sending them to you each pay period.
- Statutory sick, maternity and paternity pay, calculated correctly.
As a CIPP-member bureau, with CIPP-qualified people, ICAEW-affiliated and ICO registration for data protection, your payroll is handled accurately and securely.
Transparent pricing
Our pricing is clear and easy to budget for. Fully managed payroll is a fixed £5 per employee, per month, plus VAT, with no long tie-ins and no hidden extras. The price covers processing, filing, payslips and support, so there are no surprises at the end of the month. See how it works on our pricing page, or tell us how many people you pay and how often and we will send a clear, no-obligation quote the same day.
Free, straightforward switching
Moving payroll provider is simpler than it sounds, and switching to us is free. We take your current figures, check the year-to-date totals, set your people up and make sure the first pay run under us goes through cleanly, with no gap and no disruption for your staff. If you are in Newport or anywhere in Gwent and thinking about a change, get a quote and we will handle the rest.
Areas we cover near Newport
As well as Newport, we look after payroll for businesses across the surrounding area, including Cwmbran, Caerphilly, Chepstow, Risca, Pontypool and beyond. Wherever you are, your payroll is run the same way: accurately, on time, and off your plate.