What We Do
  • Payroll
  • HR System Selection
  • Software Implementation
  • Software Optimisation
  • Supporting Services
Payroll

Ensure your payroll function is accurate and compliant with the CIPP 2025 Payroll Provider of the Year.

HR System Selection

Select the right HR, Payroll and Finance software for your business.

Quicken the time it takes for you to start using a system that is fit for purpose, integrates with the software you need it to and minimises manual tasks.

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Software Implementation

Smooth HR, payroll and finance operations start with a system that is set up for success.

Our implementation specialists take the time to understand the nuances in your business, and configure your system to suit them, boosting efficiency and ease of use.

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Software Optimisation

Our consultants work side by side with your team to build capability, reduce resistance, and make sure your system becomes part of your everyday success.

From technical troubleshooting to larger projects, our team becomes an extension of your own.

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Supporting Services

For the times you need support with one element of a larger project, our client-side support services can help fill experience or capacity gaps to ensure overall project success.

Insights into the Beautiful Game

And so, it’s taken a few years, but Kate has finally learned about football!
But how does this relate back to Phase 3 and our work?
Here are my insights into that beautiful game, and how to play professional at Phase 3:

  1. Invest in coaches and not managers; our coaches step forward from the side-lines
  2. Play plenty both at home and away; but keep your colours lime green
  3. No league tables nor divisions; we prefer the friendlies
  4. Support Manchester city but stay determinedly united [Correction: suddenly we do office divisions]
  5. Match play is about the midfield; the midfield can be strikers and who needs a defence?
  6. No red cards, just red lines of business ethics
  7. Don’t defend a title; just keep on playing your best to win it
  8. A transfer window is for inbound talent only; no price on the best players
  9. Results are out on the field and not around a (pool?) table
  10. Professionals at Phase 3 build talent by egging on the amateurs; there is a future for all to play for [and, Assad, are you coaching those kids’ teams yet?].

For the best advice on how to play football, contact: Assad Ahmed


For more advice on people technology, I am free to recommend that all of my Phase 3 colleagues are an equally trusted source of professional expertise and you can contact us immediately on 0800 321 3032.
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Written by : Assad Ahmed

Assad founded Phase 3 in 2004 and is responsible for the strategy, growth and finances of the business.

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