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04:05 GLOBAL PAYROLL AWARDS 2025

Five Top tips when entering The Global Payroll Awards 2025 1) Plan ahead and Start early - Consider the awards criteria when planning your projects. Set clear objectives and ensure that your achievements meet them and Give yourself plenty of time to prepare your entry. Find out the entry deadline and make a start on gathering the information required for your chosen category at least 4-6 weeks ahead. 2) Get buy-in - It’s all about teamwork…so make sure your peers and senior managers are aware of the awards and garner their support with the entry. They can provide you with useful information and invaluable feedback to help you create the best possible entry. 3) Keep it simple - Focus on what the judges are actually asking for in the judging criteria. Don’t just fill your entry with the contents of existing sales and marketing materials. Make sure the entry is succinct, clear and easy to understand. 4) Prove it - Demonstrate how you have achieved clear benefits to the business, its employees, your customers and the general public. Always back up your claims with hard evidence, especially statistical and testimonial. Provide compelling before and after data, and quotes from third parties, wherever possible 5) Learn from the experience - If you don’t win at the first attempt, learn from the process and try again next year. You are welcome to ask for feedback on your last entry and gain insight into what the judges felt was missing.

Automation and Integration Award 2025 Does your organisation provide a central platform that allows third-party payroll providers to connect to allow visibility, control and consolidated reports? Do you make a significant difference by your presence in our industry? If yes this award is for you.

Payroll Team of the Year 2025 Do you have the best payroll team in the world or are you part of an outstanding payroll team? We want to hear about your team and the individuals within it that make it worthy of celebrating. What great achievements and improvements have your team and its members made over the last 18 months?