Cutting edge payroll software

The only, true real-time payroll software.

People First is cloud payroll software designed for UK organisations looking to automate payroll processing, improve accuracy and stay compliant. Whether you're searching for payroll software for a growing business or an enterprise payroll solution, our platform helps your teams process payroll faster and with confidence.

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Trusted by over 1,400 businesses

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Want peaceful pay cycles every month? Download the brochure and see how People First supports your organisation.

Get people paid on time, every time with AI-powered, real-time calculations that eliminate errors and ensure employees receive exactly what they've worked for
Empower your HR and payroll teams with no frantic administration ahead of payroll-cutoffs
Boost employees' financial wellbeing with total payroll visibility throughout the month and earned wage access
Remain compliant and stress-free with fortnightly software updates to put you a step ahead of the latest UK legislation

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Turn payroll from a monthly chore to a simple daily task with People First

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AI-based error detection: People First's anomaly detection AI continuously monitors expenses and overtime patterns, flagging outliers and breaches before they impact the bottom line by safeguarding your finances and ensuring compliance. Last-minute changes? No problem. Live customisable dashboards give you total payroll visibility to make any adjustments without disruptions.
Clarity and confidence: We provide detailed, interactive payslips for greater visibility. Employees can view their payroll information anytime, including outlined earnings, deductions and net pay.
Stress-free compliance: People First is regularly updated to ensure compliance with the latest UK legislation. Avoid the risk of fines for inaccurate FPS without lifting a finger.
Keep HR teams moving: Real-time payroll means cut-offs don't stop your HR teams from working. HR can can continue making changes and avoid backlogs. New starters can get paid the month they start, and leavers can still be processed without making retrospective changes.
Responsive expense scanning: With Optical Character Recognition (OCR) powered expense scanning, employees can simply snap a picture of their receipts, and let People First extract, verify and categorise details instantly - streamlining the reimbursement process and reducing administrative burden on your payroll teams.

“We're really excited to be moving over to the fully integrated People First payroll platform. It will save us an awful lot of time when processing payroll, through streamlining the process and minimising human error.”

Louise Embury

Head of HR

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“People First payroll allows team members to go into their profile and view their estimated pay for that month. Previously, we were often asked by team members who had worked overtime how much they were going to be paid, but now this is in the system available to them.”

Connor Clement

Senior HR Manager

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Organisation-wide benefits

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Financial wellbeing

We've partnered with Wagestream to bring you a holistic financial wellbeing platform that gives your employees the flexibility to choose their own pay cycle and build up savings without adding to your administrative burden.

Outsourced payroll

Our award-winning platforms combined with access to CIPP professionals means you can move forward with confidence, knowing your payroll is safe, secure and 99.999%+ accurate. With 40 years in the industry, we've got this.

Stress-free pensions

People First supports a variety of private and public pension schemes, where deadlines are met with no bottlenecks and legislative changes are handled automatically. Plus, our partnership with iConnect means returns are faster and easier than ever before.

The only, true real-time payroll software.

Trusted by over 1,400 businesses

Download your People First brochure

Turn payroll from a monthly chore to a simple daily task with People First

payrThe power of real-time payroll

AI-based error detection

Clarity and confidence

Stress-free compliance

Keep HR teams moving

Responsive expense scanning

“We're really excited to be moving over to the fully integrated People First payroll platform. It will save us an awful lot of time when processing payroll, through streamlining the process and minimising human error.”

“People First payroll allows team members to go into their profile and view their estimated pay for that month. Previously, we were often asked by team members who had worked overtime how much they were going to be paid, but now this is in the system available to them.”