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Aberdeen based activpayroll shines in London, with a double win at the Payroll World Awards.

activpayroll, a leading global payroll, expatriate taxation and people management software specialist, has won the Multi-country Payroll Team Award & Payroll Manager Award at the Payroll World Awards, the leading payroll industry awards. The double award win marks activpayroll’s 10th anniversary.

The Payroll World Awards for the payroll and HR industry reward industry leaders, chosen by their peers for their professionalism, pioneering efforts and commitment to improving their profession. activpayroll was short listed for four awards, more than any other firm in the UK.

Alison Sellar, Managing Director of activpayroll said, “We are thrilled to have won two awards, it’s such a great achievement for my team, the double-win shows the hard work, energy and creativity put into work by my team each and everyday.

It’s been hard work over ten years to develop the business to support true global companies. We’ve managed to design and refine a singular global model that allows multi-nationals to deliver consistent payroll and expatriate tax processes globally. Many of the worlds largest Oil & Gas firms have now adopted it, and it’s beginning to attract lots of attention around the globe. The Multi-country Payroll Team Awards recognises how far we’ve come in developing this unique service.”

For demonstrating significant growth and performance improvements, activpayroll won the Multi-country Payroll Team Award in recognition of significant international growth to deliver payrolls in more than 70 countries around the world. The judges were impressed with the innovative global model designed by activpayroll to support multi-national companies around the globe; providing a joined payroll and expatriate taxation service.

Katy Christiansen, activpayroll’s Global Payroll Implementation Manager won the Payroll Manager Award for demonstrating outstanding performance in the industry. Katy joined activpayroll when it launched in 2001, as a Payroll Administrator. Through hard work she has enjoyed several promotions, now holding her senior position.

Katy Christiansen, Global Payroll Implementation Manager said, "It’s such an honour to have won this award. I’m privileged to work with an amazing team of people everyday, in a rapidly expanding global business. The opportunities within activpayroll have allowed me to develop my professional skills, and get involved in amazing projects all over the world.”

activpayroll was also shortlisted for two further awards:

Best Use of Technology Award: for development of our activ8 technology – a set of online HR software tools - to enhance the payroll function. Innovation Award: for innovation that has provided significant benefits in payroll processing and payroll service provision, again for our in-house development of the innovative activ8 tools.