Does Market Run do payroll?

No. Market Run does not run payroll, calculate deductions, or issue payslips. It is order-to-cash software for a wholesaler, and payroll is a separate, regulated job with its own specialists.

What does a wholesaler actually need from payroll?

Correct pay for hourly warehouse staff whose shifts often start before dawn, night-shift and overtime rates that move with the season, drivers paid on a different structure from pickers, and the statutory deductions and records - PAYE, pensions, holiday pay - done on time and correctly.

What are the real options for running payroll?

Broadly three: cloud payroll software run in-house, an accountant or payroll bureau running it on the wholesaler's behalf, or a payroll module inside a wider HR platform. Which one fits depends on headcount, complexity, and whether someone in the business already runs payroll. Market Run does not recommend a specific product - it is not one of them, and has not tested them.

What does Market Run hold that a payroll system needs?

The hours worked against each round, who drove which van, and which drops were made - a real record of the night's work that a payroll system can be fed, rather than a timesheet reconstructed from memory.

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We don't run payroll. We hold the hours it needs.

Hourly warehouse staff, night shifts, overtime, drivers on their own rates. What payroll for a wholesaler actually has to handle, and where Market Run stops.

Payroll for wholesalers means paying hourly warehouse staff, night-shift and overtime rates, and drivers on different rates, correctly and on time. Market Run does not do payroll. It holds the hours worked against each round, who drove which van, and which drops were made, and connects that record to whatever payroll system the wholesaler already runs.

Hands packing celery into a crate. — The hours somebody has to pay for

What payroll for a wholesaler actually has to handle

Warehouse and driver payroll is not a simple hourly rate applied to a clock-in and a clock-out. A picker's shift often starts well before dawn to have the buy list ready for the vans, which usually means a night or early-shift premium. Busy seasons mean real overtime, which needs to be tracked accurately rather than estimated. Drivers are often paid on a different structure from warehouse staff - a base rate plus something for the round, or a day rate regardless of the traffic - and getting that wrong, even once, costs trust with the people loading the vans at 4am.

Underneath all of that sit the statutory rules that never move: PAYE deducted and reported correctly, pension contributions made on time, holiday pay calculated properly for people whose hours vary week to week. None of it is optional, and none of it forgives a rough estimate.

The real options, as a category

There are, broadly, three ways a wholesaler runs payroll today. Cloud payroll software, run in-house by whoever already handles the books, suits a business with someone who has the time and confidence to run it directly. An accountant or a dedicated payroll bureau running it on the wholesaler's behalf suits a business that would rather pay someone else to carry the liability and the deadlines. A payroll module inside a wider HR platform suits a business that also wants contracts, absence and onboarding held in one place. Each is a real, working option, and which one fits depends on headcount, complexity, and who in the business already has payroll experience.

Market Run is not any of these, does not recommend a specific product among them, and has not been tested against any of them for this purpose. That is a genuine gap in what it does, stated plainly rather than worked round with careful wording.

Plainly

What it will not do on its own

It does not run payroll, calculate PAYE or pension contributions, or issue payslips.
It does not hold employment contracts, HR records or right-to-work checks.
It does not calculate statutory holiday pay or sick pay.
It does not file anything with HMRC.

Questions people ask

Does Market Run do payroll?: No. Market Run does not run payroll, calculate deductions, or issue payslips. It is order-to-cash software for a wholesaler, and payroll is a separate, regulated job with its own specialists.
What does a wholesaler actually need from payroll?: Correct pay for hourly warehouse staff whose shifts often start before dawn, night-shift and overtime rates that move with the season, drivers paid on a different structure from pickers, and the statutory deductions and records - PAYE, pensions, holiday pay - done on time and correctly.
What are the real options for running payroll?: Broadly three: cloud payroll software run in-house, an accountant or payroll bureau running it on the wholesaler's behalf, or a payroll module inside a wider HR platform. Which one fits depends on headcount, complexity, and whether someone in the business already runs payroll. Market Run does not recommend a specific product - it is not one of them, and has not tested them.
What does Market Run hold that a payroll system needs?: The hours worked against each round, who drove which van, and which drops were made - a real record of the night's work that a payroll system can be fed, rather than a timesheet reconstructed from memory.

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