Atlas has all of their ducks in a row

Recently an expectant duck decided that the garden at Atlas’ Head Office in Nantwich would be the ideal place to build a nest. The pleasant garden surroundings attracts different types of wildlife all year round, but we rarely receive a visit from ducks. With the high walls protecting her from wind, traffic and most predators, and the pond conveniently available for a quick dip; the Atlas team adopted her and she became affectionately known as 'Jemima'.


Jemima made her nest in a quiet corner just outside the techies office and not too long later she was incubating some eggs. One colleague reported that they heard the duck quack “have you tried turning it off and on again” as a consequence of sitting within earshot of the technical helpdesk team. The Atlas team spoilt her with bread several times throughout the day. On Monday afternoon we were delighted to spot that all eight of Jemima's eggs had successfully hatched. Jemima was particularly protective over the ducklings in the first few hours but now she is frequently seen going for a waddle with her babies all following not far behind in a nice neat row.

Payroll Event calms RTI nerves

Atlas ran 3 successful payroll workshops at the end of March and beginning of April. Despite the challenging weather conditions over 30 customers joined us to hear all about the Real Time Information (RTI) and Auto Enrolment pensions legislation changes as well as the year end process. The sessions were interactive with a lot of delegates raising their concerns regarding specific challenges that they face. Director Diane Lonsdale did a very good job at answering questions and calming people’s nerves. The workshop received almost exclusively 9s and 10s out of 10 customer feedback scores, and payroll managers returned to their office feeling significantly more confident on the subject matters.

Feedback included:

"Great course, Diane made it interesting as well." - Steve from Amberline.

and

“Thanks for a brilliant training session" - Ruth from Horizon Community College.

Attached are some photographs from the first Leeds event where 20 people squeezed into the Saluté suite.

There is sNOw Payroll Workshop Today

Unfortunately due to the adverse weather conditions we have had to postpone our customer Payroll Workshop event.  We have listened to our customers who had telephoned to raise their concerns regarding the snowy road services, and in particular whether they would be able to make it back home again!!

The re-arranged 1/2 day workshop will take place on Tuesday 26th March at our Nantwich Head Office.  We ran the same event in Leeds on Monday and it has received excellent feedback.  If you use Access Payroll and would like to learn more about RTI, Auto Enrolment and the Year End procedure then it is not too late to book your place.

Click here or call 0333 666 3330 to reserve your seat.

Customer visit results in pink hats for John & Joe

On a recent visit to a customer in the North West, Director John Bilyj and Sales Manager Joe Jardine were required to suit up and boot up in accordance with the factory hygiene regulations of our customer. They didn’t mind the boots they had to wear, or the overcoats, or the washing of their hands three times, or the alcohol antiseptic gel that was required, but the pink hats ruined their day.

Seriously, though, this is an indication of our experience and understanding of the requirements and customs in the food industry. Our BarRed product is used by companies all over the country to provide traceability and the logging of parametric tests against batches of product, and allows our customers, with a minimum of effort, to view what batches of ingredients went into which production batches, and where they were shipped to.

This is very relevant to all food manufacturers and processors in these times where the content of foods has to be verified and provable. Give Joe or John a call to discuss this exciting product. Tel: 0333 666 3330.