CIPP update
Celebrating 40 years of supporting payroll professionals RECENTLY, GRAHAM Francis BA(Hons) FCIPP contacted the CIPP. Graham was one of the founding members and has been involved with the CIPP since the early days of the Association of Payroll and Superannuation Administrators (APSA), holding several posts over the years including: national committee member, publicity officer, APSA news editor, and finance director after APSA and BPMA merged and we were known as IPPM.
“The comments regarding the monthly APSA magazine brought back memories. The late George Merrylees was responsible for the preparation on an Apple computer in his spare bedroom, and I was the one who supplied him with the crosswords. “When APSA merged with the BPMA, I was appointed to the board, and I served in that capacity for a number of years, hopefully making a useful contribution. “In the early days of APSA I worked in local government, but in 1989 I became payroll controller for Safeway Supermarkets, a role which I held until I retired in 2002 when Safeway was bought by Morrisons. I then was responsible for a payroll of around 100,000, in five tax regimes. “Now happily retired, I have followed the continuing evolution of CIPP, and I am proud that I played a small part in its success.” Thank you, Graham, for taking the time to write, for your kind words regarding the ‘evolution’ of the CIPP, and for your significant and positive contributions over the years. And, thank you for the crossword which features on page 48.
Prompted by reports in previous issues, Graham sent an email to Vickie Graham, CIPP’s business development director, as follows: “I, too, was one of the payroll fraternity (is that a sexist term these days?) who answered George Powell’s call and attended the inaugural meeting at Kensington & Chelsea Town Hall. I went with the words of my boss ringing in my ears – ‘Don’t get involved’. But get involved I did, becoming part of the organising committee. “Over the ensuing years, I fulfilled a number of roles, including course writer, tutor, examiner and board member. I also represented APSA at the Conventions of the American Payroll Association (Boston, Washington DC (twice), San Antonio, and Honolulu) and the Canadian Payroll Association (Toronto).
CIPP and The Payroll Centre working together to promote excellence in payroll THE CHARTERED Institute is delighted to announce that it is working with The Payroll Centre with the aim of raising best practice standards in payroll. Professional payroll departments and organisations that are committed to improving standards within payroll and to identifying and developing lifelong training schemes within their teams, now have the opportunity to engage with two industry- leading, forward-thinking services: the CIPP’s flagship ‘Payroll Assurance Scheme’ (PAS), and The Payroll Centre’s unique ‘Assess, Customise, Train’ (ACT) tool. Vickie Graham said: “It made sense for the CIPP and The Payroll Centre to work together in promoting the Payroll Assurance Scheme and the ACT tool as the products complement each other in demonstrating excellence in payroll processes and development. The Payroll Assurance Scheme assesses an organisation’s payroll procedures, including the development of their payroll teams and therefore the ACT tool is a natural fit with this service. “We hope that through working together, the CIPP and The Payroll Centre can help payroll professionals demonstrate their best practice standards within the organisations in which they work, ultimately raising the profile of the profession.” Neil Hollister, chief executive officer (CEO) of The Payroll Centre, commented: “The Payroll Centre is delighted to be working with CIPP to promote PAS and ACT to the payroll profession. “We believe these offerings will help raise standards in the industry by offering payroll teams the chance to benchmark and certify their operations, and clearly identify and act on the development needs of every payroller in the team. “Together with our support for National Payroll Week, The Payroll Centre is delighted to be working with CIPP to help develop the profession.” The aim of the joint project is to raise best practice standards within the payroll sector, benefiting both companies and individuals alike. For more information visit: https://bit.ly/2YWw5xo and https://bit.ly/30WGvQ0.
Congratulations to our newly accredited PAS organisation THE CIPP Payroll Assurance Scheme (PAS) is designed to test your payroll processes in relation to payroll processing, compliance and the people skills and development opportunities. One of the most important elements is ensuring business continuity plans are in place and effective should they be required. Given recent events, congratulations to all organisations that have achieved this accreditation and will have been able to put those plans into action. Special congratulations to NHS Payroll Services on their Payroll Assurance Scheme accreditation. Ken Pullar, CIPP chief executive officer, said: “Never has it been
more important for businesses to have good payroll processes, knowledge and skills that enable them to implement new government legislation and guidance quickly. Congratulations to those organisations that have recently demonstrated just that.” The Payroll Assurance Scheme is still operating, with assessments currently operating online. To find out how the Payroll Assurance Scheme can benefit your organisation, email compliance@cipp.org.uk .
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