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Simple routes, visible compliance and a real team behind the service.
For nearly 20 years we’ve engaged, paid and cared for agency workers on behalf of recruitment agencies. We work with you, not just for you, with in-house legal expertise and a free, no-obligation payroll compliance analysis.
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Why People Group
The payroll experts
For nearly 20 years, we have perfected our skills in engaging, paying, and caring for agency workers, establishing ourselves as industry leaders. What truly sets us apart is our unparalleled client care and legal expertise, allowing us to provide invaluable advice and guidance to agencies, significantly enhancing our payroll services.
Partnering with agencies, we go beyond merely working for you—we work with you. Our suite of payroll solutions is not only accredited, compliant, and award-winning but also tailored to meet diverse needs. We offer three distinct solutions: PEO, Umbrella, and CIS, recognizing that each client is unique and deserves a customized approach.
Why choose us?
The payroll experts
Our expertise and actions set us apart as a solution provider that you can trust, always.
Legal support & expertise
We work in partnership with our clients to understand your needs and use our in-house legal expertise to enhance your services and contractor relations.
Product solutions for you
Solutions that are right for your business. Driving productivity, enhancing processes and making work easier.
The most compliant
Offering total transparency throughout the onboarding process, with complete visibility of key information.
Happy, loyal contractors
Great service and gold-standard solutions make happy contractors which enhances loyalty and drive.
Future proofing
Innovative and compliant solutions that protect your business now and in the future.
Adding value to your business
Payroll Compliance Analysis
We offer a completely free consultation with no obligation where we will take an in-depth look at your business and payroll processes with you and make recommendations to ensure you are optimising your efficiencies, whilst remaining compliant. Why not contact our team for a consultation at any time?
New agency & payroll switching packages
We understand that implementing a payroll solution can be time consuming and difficult. That’s why we have created specific switcher and new agency packages. If you’d like to have a no obligation chat to our team, simply call 0345 034 1530 or email hello@peoplegroupservices.com.
Benchmark your payroll
Benchmark and review your payroll and worker compliance systems
Getting payroll and worker compliance checks 100% right, 100% of the time is fundamental to maintaining the morale of your workers and the reputation of your business. Which is why it’s vital to know how well your payroll and compliance processes are performing. Using sub-standard processes or putting up with a service that isn’t as good as it should be, is likely to be costing your business both time and money.
Regularly reviewing and benchmarking your payroll and compliance ensures that you can maintain quality throughout this essential piece of your supply chain.
In CIPP’s Future of Payroll Report (2019) 57.84% of respondents said they’d been with the same payroll provider for more than five years. Think how much has changed in the past year, let alone 5!
Why review payroll and compliance?
- Identify areas for efficiency improvements
- Stay ahead of legislative changes
- Improve brand experience for clients and contractors
- Improve productivity to either increase throughput or reallocate/reduce headcount
- Increase contractor motivation, engagement and retention
- Minimise risk and ensure supply chain compliance
- Update outdated processes and eliminate errors
We can help you to answer some of the following questions:
- Do you have access to the information you need when you need it?
- Is an audit more stressful and time consuming than it should be?
- Are consultants spending time on payroll and compliance related queries?
- Do your systems and practices meet the current legislative requirements?
“By reviewing our payroll, we’ve significantly improved our cash flow, increased contractor loyalty and reduced our payroll enquiry levels by 90%”Marie, Managing Director, Educated Recruitment
About People Group
The People Group mission is to simply make work easy, fulfilling and productive for everyone. We achieve this by optimising the processes that underpin work. Offering a range of award-winning and value-adding solutions mean that we work differently with our clients. We ask questions, listen and understand before making informed recommendations that best serve their circumstances and priorities.
New agency?
Starting a recruitment agency?
Get a helping hand from People Group Services
Starting a new recruitment business can be challenging.
At People Group Services we help new recruitment businesses by taking away much of the administration surrounding payroll. We can put you in touch with the right people to support your business in other areas too.
Why not get in touch to have a chat about how we can help you?
“The support provided by People Group when we started back in 2013 was invaluable and continues to be today.”Marie, Educated Recruitment
Additional Support
People Group have been providing weekly payroll for the past 15 years, so we’re pretty good at it. And in that time we’ve built up contacts and grown our knowledge base, both of which we are happy to share with our business partners to support their growth.
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MD – Terry Hillier
Our MD Terry has an extraordinary level of knowledge in his subject and is passionate about people and the industry. But what sets him apart is his energy, innovative mind, and constant aim of being exceptional.
Pointing you in the right direction
We are proud to be part of the most respected trade bodies in the recruitment industry. With each having rigorous annual accreditation processes, this will give reassurance and confidence in our compliance credentials and high standards of service. But more than that – they provide a wealth of experience, expertise and advice in the sector. Giving new agencies a helping hand and the perfect start.
Agency feedback
Don’t just take our word for it
We could tell you how good we are, but it’s better to hear it from others. Check out some of our recent case studies and testimonials from our clients. As an APSCo Trusted Partner, we take pride in the services we provide to both our B2B clients and our dedicated contracting professionals.
Joint Employment – Spencer Ogden
Spencer Ogden, a global recruiter in the energy and infrastructure sector, has leveraged joint employment to make tangible gains to contractor wellbeing. Candidates were made to feel more secure with fewer complaints and issues when paid via People Group’s PEO model.
PEO Payroll – Educated Recruitment
Educated Recruitment are an award-winning agency from the south of England. Using People Group PEO payroll their contractors have benefitted from clear and transparent payslips. Reducing the need for pay queries and notably increasing candidate retention.
I have been very impressed with People Group Services. We had 50 candidates who needed to switch urgently and they were able to move all 50 across with no issues and in only a couple of days. I’ve worked with lots of payroll companies and they are easily the most flexible and efficient I’ve worked with. Any amendments or mistakes we’ve made, they’re no problem at all and are actioned within minutes by the team. We even had a candidate receive funds within the hour when they had forgotten to submit their timesheet – something I’ve never seen happen before. The quickest way to lose temps is to not pay them, but I have now been given 100% confidence that my temps will always be paid on time, no matter what happens.
What do our clients think?
BumbleBee Education are incredibly impressed with the outstanding customer service provided by People Group Services. Their team is exceptionally knowledgeable and always goes above and beyond to address our needs promptly and efficiently. It’s clear that their expertise and dedication set them apart in the industry. Having recently switched to using People Group Services exclusively its clear to see their commitment to excellence is evident in every interaction. I highly recommend their services to anyone seeking a reliable and innovative partner.
I would highly recommend People Group Service to anyone looking to outsource their payroll having been a client for over 15 years. The team are knowledgeable, service orientated and always available. We are kept well informed of any industry changes and consider PGS to be a pioneer for compliance in the sector.
We have worked with People Group Services for many years now – their customer service and service they provide to our contractors is second to none, they provide a seamless payroll solution assisting with queries immediately and also providing additional support in terms of training to our workers – we have been happy to partner with them and continue to do so.
The partnership between Create Education and People Group Services has been invaluable, especially in terms of customer service and outsourced payroll delivery. Their team consistently provides exceptional support, addressing our needs promptly and accurately. This collaboration ensures seamless payroll processing, allowing us to focus on core business activities. People Group Services’ expertise and dedication have greatly enhanced our operations, making them an indispensable partner. We highly recommend their services to any business seeking reliable and efficient payroll solutions.
People Group are amazing, every single person who I’ve interacted with has been so helpful and quick.
The right mix of support, education and working to achieve our objectives. The team is always friendly and eager to help. We trust their professionalism when speaking to ‘our’ contractors.
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Just wanted to say a big thank you for how efficiently and proactively you’ve dealt with the environment, during furlough – appreciate the stress and the levels of work that has gone into this.
Amazingly responsive and everything is dealt with efficiently – not something you can say about every company. It’s important that we partner with businesses that protect our client relationships and brand reputation.
With your immediate response to JRS all our candidates were paid. You’ve made a massive difference to a lot of people who would have been lost without your support.
Communication has been exceptional and we are very thankful for everything you have done to get things in place smoothly for our contractors and all your help and advice.
Educated Recruitment and Somerset Education Alliance have been working with People Group services since 2014 when they were still RACS. We have always had an excellent working relationship with the company and have recently moved into an exclusive contract with them. During the transition period, the team at People Group were extremely thorough and helpful with candidates when we moved over to them. We worked closely with Karen, Ben, and Mark to liaise with candidates, and the process was almost entirely without issue. Every query we had was answered quickly in a user-friendly manner. No matter how simple the question was, we were always met with friendly responses. When signing up new teachers, People Group are quick, efficient, and very clear on their processes. We have never had to chase them on a candidate and always receive regular updates on candidate progress at each stage of the registration process automatically. The registration form online is very simple and easy to use. Their online portal also allows you to keep an eye on all of the applicants you have outstanding, check up on KID documents, and run reports. If you do struggle at any point, the team are always on hand to assist. People Group always process our candidates’ payrolls on Mondays quickly. They are consistently patient when we inevitably email several more times with several more requests throughout the week, making the whole process easy and stress-free. They provide friendly, personable, and considerate service, going above and beyond to make us feel genuinely appreciated as their client. Their approachable and compassionate team makes them wonderfully easy to communicate with.
I just wanted to take my time to say thanks to you and all of your staff at People Group Services. I never have any complaints; everything is on time and the candidates always seem happy – which equals us being happy. I’ve worked with numerous payroll companies in my 16-17 year recruitment career and you are without a shadow of doubt, yourself in particular and People Group Services are the best I have come across.
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