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HR expertise and support 
HR that grows with you

Whether you've just taken on your first employee or you're building a management team, our retainers give you expert HR support without the cost of an in-house HR team. You pay a fixed amount each month and avoid surprise bills. 

HR Essentials
Your HR safety net

Best for: Businesses with 1–10 employees, or owners who manage their own people day to day and want an expert on hand when they need one.

 

For when you want peace of mind that you're doing things right. You get HR advice whenever you need it, clear guidance on employment law, and a named consultant who knows your business.

 

What's included:

 

  • Unlimited HR advice by phone, email and video call (fair use applies)

  • A monthly check-in call with the business owner

  • An HR health check to start: a review of your contracts, handbook and compliance gaps, with a clear action plan

  • Employment contracts and a starter set of essential HR policies

  • A library of template letters and forms (probation, absence, holidays, flexible working and more)

  • Plain-English updates on employment law, including the Employment Rights Act 2025 changes

  • Guidance on handling difficult conversations, with scripts and talking points

  • Rolling monthly contract with 3 month minimum term

HR Partner
Your hands-on HR team

Best for: Growing businesses with 10–30 employees and businesses where managers need help handling people issues properly.

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Everything in Essentials, plus practical, hands-on help. We don't just tell you what to do: we provide the foundations for your letters and guide you through each process from start to finish.

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Everything in HR Essentials, plus:

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  • A full employee handbook with policies tailored to your business and kept up to date with changes in the law

  • Step-by-step support with disciplinaries, grievances, absence, performance and probation with invite and outcome letters drafted for you

  • Support with flexible working requests, family leave and return to work

  • A monthly catch-up with your people managers, so issues are dealt with early

  • Management guidance documents so your managers handle HR consistently

  • Onboarding support: offer letters, contracts and right to work guidance

  • An annual HR compliance review

  • Rolling monthly contract with 6 month minimum term

HR Department
Your outsourced HR department

Best for: Established SMEs with 25+ employees, multiple managers or sites, or businesses going through change.

 

Everything in HR Partner, plus a senior HR professional embedded in your business. We handle employee relations cases from start to finish and support your longer-term people plans.

 

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Everything in HR Partner plus:

 

  • A monthly on-site visit

  • Full management of employee relations cases from start to finish: investigations, hearings, outcomes, appeals and all the paperwork

  • All HR policies and documents written as needed

  • Support with restructures and redundancies

  • HR admin support: contract changes, references and leaver processes

  • People planning:  performance reviews, retention and culture

  • Management training sessions, for example on handling absence or difficult conversations

  • A quarterly people report and strategy review with the leadership team

  • Rolling monthly contract with 6 months minimum  term 

Need something different? Bespoke retainer
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Seasonal workforce, a big project, or cover for parental leave? We'll put together a retainer that fits.

 

Optional add-ons for any package: HR health check / audit · Employment Rights Act readiness review · Workplace investigations · Recruitment support · Management training · HR software setup

 

Pricing depends on the number of employees and the level of support you need

 

Book a free 20-minute call and we'll recommend the right package, with no obligation.

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