Pay & Benefits

Managing a pay and benefits strategy is a complex task - in addition to understanding and complying with the law, you have to know industry and regional benchmarks and you need a good grasp of taxation issues.

Let us help you with all aspects of your pay and benefits policy - from understanding how much you need to pay to recruit the best people, to ensuring you have an effective reward strategy to keep them. And of course, we can help when it comes to understanding those tax issues - from PAYE to NIC, SMP and SSP.

Croner can offer the perfect solution - be it a publication, online service, business advice or consultancy or comprehensive salary and reward survey.

Publications & Information

  • British NIC Guide

  • Written by a leading expert in the field, this is an authoritative and easy-to-follow guide on all aspects of national insurance contributions law and practice including international aspects. It is updated regularly and comes with the bimonthly NIC News

  • British Tax Guide Library
  • British Tax Guide Library provides practical and clear commentary on all UK direct taxes for the current tax year in a combined loose-leaf and CD service
  • CCH Payroll Information Service
  • Presented in an accessible A-Z format, Croner’s Payroll Handbook gives clear explanations to every aspect of payroll law, regulations and procedure. All the relevant areas are dealt with and it provides examples where appropriate and includes guidance on how to complete relevant forms.

Consultancy & Business Advice

  • Commissioned Research

  • Perhaps you need an in-depth study of a particular sector not included in our portfolio, or maybe you employ unique staff? Why not commission our consultants to undertake research especially for you?

  • Directors' Remuneration

  • Our consultants have extensive experience of advising CEO's and Remuneration Committees on packages appropriate to both existing or new board members.

  • Employee Share Schemes

  • We can handle every aspect of a scheme from design and implementation, tax and legal compliance, communication, administration and on-going maintenance.

  • Market Rate Reports

  • Prepared to order based on criteria provided by you, individual roles are compared to the market rate to ensure that individual pay and benefits match the market.

  • Overseas Pay Advice

  • If you are establishing activity outside the UK or already have existing offices and need any pay and benefits advice, our Research Consultants will be happy to discuss your requirements.

  • Pay Benchmarking Studies

  • We use pay benchmarking to produce total reward structures and for individual positions that are either new or need updating.

  • Reward Ancillary Services

  • We undertake many other types of consulting work related to reward management. As businesses develop and organisational goals change, we can be on hand to assist you and help you grow.

  • Reward Structure Reviews

  • Providing bespoke assistance to ensure that your remuneration policy continues to fulfill the demands of your organisation whilst balancing cost control against the need to retain and attract the best staff.

Pay and Benefits Benchmarking

  • Directors Rewards

  • Directors Rewards is a unique study of executive-level pay and benefits in the UK, published in association with the Institute of Directors and their members.

  • Management Rewards

  • Comprehensive insight into pay and benefits levels for a wide range of functional management roles in the UK.

  • Marketing Rewards

  • Benchmark roles throughout your marketing department from director to clerk against the national and regional rate using the latest industry research.

  • Sales Rewards

  • Benchmark roles throughout your sales department from director downwards against the national and regional market rate using comprehensive industry research.

  • Engineering Rewards

  • Benchmark roles across your engineering function with confidence and peace of mind, using comprehensive pay and benefits data drawn exclusively from engineering businesses across the country.

  • Finance Rewards

  • Benchmark roles throughout your finance department from director to clerk against the national and regional rate using the latest industry research.

  • Clerical and Operative Rewards

  • A comprehensive picture of pay levels and conditions for Clerical, Junior Technical, Manual and Shopfloor jobs right across the UK, in business of all sizes across a wide range of industry sectors.

  • I.T. Rewards

  • I.T. Rewards is a comprehensive insight into pay and benefits in the traditionally volatile I.T. market that will give you the ability to benchmark packages within your I.T function easily and confidently.

  • Personnel Rewards

  • Benchmark roles throughout your personnel department from director downwards against the national and regional market rate using unique industry research.

  • Charity Rewards

  • One of the most representative annual surveys of salaries and benefits in the UK, Charity Rewards is an essential tool for anyone involved in the development of reward strategies in the not-for-profit sector.

  • Civil Service Rewards

  • An extensive comparative analysis of pay and benefits across all grades within the civil service with a direct comparison of how they fare against similar roles in the private sector.

  • Distribution and Transport Rewards

  • Comprehensive pay and benefits data compiled in association with The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport using dedicated industry research.

  • Electronics Industry Rewards

  • Electronics Industry Rewards is a pay and benefits report dedicated to this specialised area of industry that will enable you to benchmark your business’ reward strategy against other industry players across the country.

  • Purchasing and Supply Rewards

  • Benchmark roles throughout your purchasing and supply function from director to clerk against the national and regional market rate using unique industry research.

  • Research and Development Rewards

  • Benchmark roles throughout your research and development division from director downwards against the national and regional market rate using comprehensive industry research.

  • Travel Industry Rewards

  • A detailed study into pay and benefits within the UK travel industry, published in association with ABTA using data researched specifically from association members.

  • UK Regional and Ireland Report

  • Researched and updated every six months, these reports enable you to compare a range of costs throughout Great Britain and Ireland and are ideal for the development of relocation packages.

  • UK Regional Report

  • Researched and updated every six months, these reports enable you to compare a range of costs throughout Great Britain and Ireland and are ideal for the development of relocation packages.

  • East Anglia

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, East Anglia Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire

  • Employee Benefits Report

  • Develop benefits packages across the business in line with market and employee expectations with this in-depth insight into the provision and proliferation of added value packages.

  • Hertfordshire/Essex

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, Hertfordshire & Essex Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within the region.

  • Ireland Report

  • Researched and updated every six months, these reports enable you to compare a range of costs throughout Great Britain and Ireland and are ideal for the development of relocation packages.

  • Job Evaluation

  • Our factor-based job evaluation tool encompasses the requirements, demands and content of jobs at every level from chief executive to unskilled operative.

  • London (Central)

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, Central London Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within the capital.

  • London (Excl Central)

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, London (excluding Central) Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within the London area.

  • London Secretarial & Administrative Rewards

  • A detailed analysis of pay and benefits for secretarial and clerical roles across a wide range of responsibility levels from Telephonist to Senior Personal Assistant, focused specifically on the Greater London area.

  • North East Midlands

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, North East Midlands Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire

  • North West

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, North West Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and Clywd.

  • Northern Ireland

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, Northern Ireland Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within the region.

  • Scotland

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, Central Scotland Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within Tayside, Fife, Lothian and Strathclyde

  • Severnside/South Wales

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, Severnside & South Wales Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within Mid & South Glamorgan, Gwent, Gloucestershire, Avon and North Wiltshire.

  • South East

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, South East Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within East & West Kent, East & West Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey.

  • South East Midlands

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, South East Midlands Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, North Oxfordshire and North Buckinghamshire.

  • South West

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, South West Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and South Wiltshire

  • Thames Valley

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, Thames Valley Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within Berkshire, South Oxfordshire and South Buckinghamshire

  • West Midlands

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, West Midlands Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within Hereford & Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire & the West Midlands

  • Yorkshire and the North East

  • One of a range of 15 regional surveys that collectively cover the whole of the UK, Yorkshire & North East Rewards focuses specifically on pay and benefits issues and trends within the region.