Dorset company named UK’s 2016 Payroll Team of the Year

Best in Britain: Mandy Gardiner, Head of Payroll Services, (second left) and Ben Pilley, Payroll Manager (second right) with the award-winning team at PW Payroll Solutions.

Best in Britain: Mandy Gardiner, Head of Payroll Services, (second left) and Ben Pilley, Payroll Manager (second right) with the award-winning team at PW Payroll Solutions.

A Dorset company has been named as the UK’s Payroll Team of the Year.

PW Payroll Solutions beat off competition from six other finalists to lift the trophy in the category for bureau/service providers at the 2016 Payroll Awards.

Mandy Gardiner, Head of Payroll Services, received the prestigious award in front of 600 fellow payroll, human resources and finance professionals at the Hilton London Bankside.

In their citation, the judges said: “PW Payroll Solutions win this hotly contested category for its impressive team support against a background of considerable growth.”

Mandy, who joined PW Payroll Solutions in 2005 and was named Britain’s best payroll boss at last year’s event, said the latest award was a “huge feather in our cap.”

She added: “This is well-deserved recognition for a brilliant team who work so hard on behalf of all of our clients.

“I couldn’t be prouder that their outstanding performance has been judged to be the best in Britain by our sector peers.”

Founded more than 26 years ago, Poole-based PW Payroll Solutions provides outsourced payroll services to over 450 clients nationally and internationally.

It is owned by chartered accountants and business advisers PKF Francis Clark.

Mark Johns, a Partner with PKF Francis Clark, said the ‘Payroll Team of the Year’ award was “a fantastic achievement and well-deserved.”

He added: “This really puts PW Payroll Solutions up with the leading payroll providers coming on the back of Mandy’s ‘Best Boss Award’ at last year’s ceremony.”

PW Payroll Solutions, which employs 15 people, was also highly commended in the Payroll Manager of the Year category (Ben Pilley).

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About PKF Francis Clark

Chartered accountants and business advisers PKF Francis Clark has annual revenue of £38 million, a team of more than 580 people and 59 partners. Founded in 1919, the award-winning firm has eight offices across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset and Wiltshire. PKF Francis Clark is a member of PKF UKI which is ranked 11th in the Accountancy Age 2016 survey of top accountancy firms.

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