Kevin Welch adds ‘heart’ to payroll services

FORT COLLINS — Barton Palmer likes that the payroll processing services he receives now from Journey Payroll & HR have the same small-company feel they did when he became a client in 2011.

A year earlier in 2010 when Kevin Welch, chief executive officer and shareholder, founded the company in Fort Collins, he started with Sue Shirley, and quickly hired one employee and now is hiring one to two a month to add to the staff of 30.This year, he reached 1,000 clients and hopes to hit 1,500 clients in the first quarter 2021.

“What Kevin…