How we can help
Options available to agencies for their contracting and payroll requirements can vary depending on sector (including GLAA-regulated sectors), pay rate, employment status of the workforce, whether any accreditations are preferred, including FCSA and Professional Passport, or whether specific insurance is required, including Driver’s Negligence Insurance (DNI).
We can guarantee that we will save you time whilst suggesting reliable labour suppliers. Instead of correspondence with multiple labour supplier and laborious, lengthy meetings to form a Preferred Supplier List, you only need to deal with Central Outsource. We will do the hard work and you will reap the rewards.
Central Outsource are completely impartial and don’t favour one intermediary over another. Any options offered to you through the tendering process, will be selected solely on your business requirements, as we understand that every business works differently. I can consider what your current labour suppliers currently offer and ascertain whether there are better options for your business.
All of the intermediaries that we may suggest to you have excellent customer service and, importantly, undertake a high standard of due diligence so you can be sure that you know your labour supply chain.
Central Outsource will provide you with options tailored to your business, whilst acting as a safety blanket ensuring that compliance with statutory obligations (including due diligence) is a priority of all intermediary companies. All of the contracting intermediary companies that Central Outsource works alongside offer a free benefits package to their employees/contractors.
How can your business operate more efficiently?
Since the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the majority of work undertaken by Central Outsource has been a result of recommendations and client referrals as business want to make changes to maximise profit. The effect that Covid-19 has had on supply chains has been the crucial factor that forced many companies to re-evaluate, re-strategise and transform their supply chain. It has already exposed the vulnerabilities of many organisations and we imagine this will continue for some time.
BPO
A lot of businesses have had time through the pandemic to sit back and look at their in-house strategies. Outsourcing to BPO companies saves agencies circa 30-40% of a salary and less office space is required, keeping well-earned profit in the business. BPO is purely tailored around you, your requirements and your staff and you can have as little or as much involvement as you wish whilst ultimately maximising your profit and allowing your business to offer a 24/7 approach to its market.
Invoice Discounting/Funding
Working with a number of providers in this sector, we offer recommendations that will provide assistance to your business, from funding support to guidance on starting or growing your business. You can even take advantage of the back-office support offered by some providers.
Cash flow is particularly important to a recruitment agency – discuss how you can ensure you have the flexibility of keeping your cashflow flowing.
Payroll Bureau Services
We often recommend a standard payroll bureau option whether that be for temporary labour in the GLAA-regulated sectors, or a stand-alone business that wants to outsource its payroll to reduce the cost and HR burden of staff to form a payroll department in-house. Each business has their service tailored, whereby you can keep your costs to a minimum whilst outsourcing to a bureau who can run all of your payroll, make the payments, or do all the calculations and advise you of the payments to make.
Banking for both businesses and workers
In the current climate, it is more important than ever to mitigate Modern Slavery risks in supply chains and our view is that each worker must have control of their own finances via their own bank account. We can recommend a banking provider that can set up a bank account within 24 hours for both businesses and workers.
Employee Benefits
Free employee benefits can be offered directly by employers all over the UK, regardless of the size of your business and number of workers that you pay. If motivating your employees is of interest to you, Central Outsource can provide you with options.
HR, Tax & Legal Advisory
It is key to have a go-to advisor that can assist with any employment-related queries you receive from your temporary or permanent workers, or to simply keep you updated on any changes in legislation to ensure your business remains compliant.
Co-employment
Co-employment is an arrangement where two companies both have rights and responsibilities as an employer—the business receiving the workers’ services maintains responsibilities for the worker’s job duties and day-to-day functions, whilst the co-employer manages personnel-related functions, such as payroll.
In the world of independent contracting, co-employment commonly occurs when staffing agencies engage independent contractors for their clients. While the business is primarily responsible for HR functions such as recruiting, hiring, and payroll, the company handles the work agreement. In this situation, because the staffing agency and the client have obligations to the contractor, they can both be viewed as an employer.
Labour supply chains
Outsourcing in temporary labour supply chains has allowed businesses to remain competitive by providing flexibility, cost savings and keeping their workforce happy via exceptional service levels and the provision of employee benefits.
New labour supply chain options are emerging that dramatically improve visibility from start to end in the chain, and support a business’ ability to be resilient and survive the eventualities that cannot be planned for.
Temporary labour supply chains were crucially important in helping businesses recover post-pandemic. Now is the time for businesses to plan for longevity, with resilience in mind. Key decisions will need to be made around whether labour supply chains should be optimised in businesses for cost, speed, agility, variety, or innovation.
Training
Having spent a number of years within the payroll/recruitment sector, we often carry out regular training updates with recruitment agencies and end hirers. This could be aimed at new consultants within the business, or details on new legislation and how it effects all of us in the labour supply chain. Furthermore, we work with a number of trusted software partners, and are equipped to support with rollout and training of their solutions to ensure you have the best technology from the outset to help your business scale effectively.