Employer National Insurance in 2026: Why Payroll Costs Still Feel So High

If you employ staff and your payroll costs feel noticeably higher than they did two years ago, you are not imagining it. From April 2025, the rate of employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) rose from 13.8% to 15%, and the threshold at which you start paying it dropped from £9,100 to £5,000 per year. That […]