I have a client looking to start paying their staff by BACS. They bank with Lloyds and the bank manager says that they need to find a third party BACS bureau to process the file produced by the payroll software (Moneysoft) to make the payment. He'll still charge £150 set up fee & batch fees in addtion to the bureau fees. However, I have not yet found a bureau that offer this service - only ones that process payrolls that they manage (have been trying local-ish names on the bacs register).
Does anyone know of any bureaux offering such a service?
I have heard that Nat West can offer a direct processing service - so opening an account just for wages may be an option. Anyone have any experience of that?
Thanks
Tracy
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Most high St Banks offer payment file processing
When you say BACS, do you mean paying money directly into staff bank accounts? BACS is one of many solutions for this. Like Hoover it is both the name for a specific solution AND a general concept, but unlike Hoover people often confuse the two, and will think that other near-identical solutions (from the point of view of the user) aren't acceptable if you ask about BACS..
For example the client's existing bank, Lloyds, has a product called Lloyds Link which can accept a payment instruction file produced by payroll software. Most High St banks have similar solutions. Nat West for example has its Bank Line product, which is probably what someone meant when they mentioned Nat West.
BACS
We are using Moneysoft and paying via BACS - using the ICAEW/ACCA/ICAS "approved" (if that is the right word) provider Credec www.credec.com ....also now usig it to pay our own suppliers and paying suppliers for a client too.......
BACS Bureau
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BACS Services
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