The Circumz blog

Field notes on running the business.

Ledgers, payroll, stock, multi-currency, e-invoicing and the day-to-day of contracting, trading, retail, property, farming and manpower businesses. Written for the people who run them.

People7 min read

How a monthly payroll run works, step by step

From attendance to the bank list, and what each stage freezes. A walk through one month in Circumz HR, with the parts we do not automate.

People7 min read

Billing manpower by the hour, and knowing the margin

A labour supplier earns the gap between what a worker is billed at and what they cost. That gap is only visible if rates, hours and cost are frozen at the same moment.