Case Studies

Business Information Management rescues SKF from payroll hell

Based in Luton, Bedfordshire, SKF. (UK) Limited is part of the Swedish SKF group – the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of roller bearings. No longer prepared to accept the costs associated with running an in-house department for its 500 monthly paid employees and 1,750 pensioners, the company opted for bureau processing. However, its first encounter with outsourcing was to prove “disastrous”.

Outsourcing the payroll frees up time for University of Portsmouth Students Union

Part charity and part commercial enterprise, the University of Portsmouth Students Union is involved in a delicate balancing act that needs to marry responsibility for the welfare of 20,000 young people with a requirement to generate the revenue needed to fund the wealth of services and facilities it prides itself on delivering.

Motor racing heritage

Owned by the US-based Dana Corporation, one of the world's largest suppliers of automotive components and systems, Glacier Vandervell, was spawned in the 1950's by British industrialist Tony Vandervell. It was his passion for motor-racing that led to the development of the famous F1 Vanwall racing car, which, with legendary drivers such as Stirling Moss at the wheel, successfully took on the likes of Ferrari and BRM.

BIM saved bus company more than £80,000

For London Central, one of the problems arising from privatisation was how to cope with the complex, 1,500-strong payroll that had formerly been handled centrally by London Underground.

It soon became clear that establishing an in-house payroll department was neither cost-efficient nor practicable and with confidentiality also an issue, outsourcing was the only way forward.

Payroll success for Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education

When its contract with the local education authority came to an end, the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education decided to assume responsibility for its own payroll.

Head of Finance & Administration, Gerry Whittle market tested the service and received proposals from half a dozen providers. Business Information Management "won on all criteria" he said "And with the high quality of their references were very definitely our first choice".