Bristol, UK 1st August 2025: Zellis, leading provider of HR and payroll software to the UK and Ireland has been shortlisted four times at the CIPP Annual Excellence Awards. These prestigious awards will take place on Thursday 2 October 2025, at the Celtic Manor Resort, Wales, and are the longest-running, independent awards in the industry.

We are extremely proud to announce that Zellis has been successfully shortlisted on four counts, across three categories:

The awards look at payroll, pensions and reward professionals who have made an impact to the industry with the work that they do. Alongside our nominations, we are delighted to see our customers Durham County Council, Serco and Housing 21 also shortlisted.

We look forward to seeing everyone on the night. Good luck to everyone taking part.

About Zellis 

Zellis powers organisations to achieve better outcomes through exceptional employee experiences. We are the leading supplier of AI-enabled human resources (HR), payroll, and workforce management (WFM) software, and managed services, for UK and Ireland-based midsize to large size employers. In 2025 we acquired elementsuite, bringing together their AI enabled HR and WFM suite with our own award-winning payroll and HR platform. Combined, we offer best-in-class tools and expertise through an end-to-end solution which delivers the AI-enabled HR, WFM, and payroll outcomes our customers need. Zellis was named Payroll Software Supplier of the Year at the Global Payroll Awards 2024 and 2025. Our flagship solution, Zellis HCM Cloud has won the Payroll Software of the Year Award (CIPP 2020, 2021, and 2024) and Payroll & HR Software Product Award (The Rewards 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024).