How our HR consultancy works

We work flexibly and can offer a number of options depending on your needs. This may be on a retained basis providing you with access to regular support and prompt employment advice tailored to your business and its people, or occasional advice only when a difficult case arises. Alternatively we can operate on a fixed price basis for a set of employment documentation.

Free consultations

The initial consultation is provided free of charge. As a result of this discussion, you will be given an estimate of the cost of the services you require.

An HR policy and process health check are provided free of charge to review what is happening at the moment in your organisation and identify any priority areas for change.

Retained contracts

A retained contract allows you and your managers to access expert employment advice tailored to your business whenever you need it, without incurring costs every time you pick up the phone. A set monthly fee is agreed on an individual basis depending on the size and nature of your employee group, and your requirements from an HR service.

Retained clients receive their own contract of employment templates, a tailored employee handbook, automatic updates, appraisal forms, guidance notes, and on-call HR advice. We also spend time getting to know your business and its people in order to add more value and advise you on the implications of legal changes.

To free you and your managers up from the detail, we explain complex rights such as shared parental leave direct to individual employees and calculate everyone’s holiday entitlements including part-timers and zero-hour contracts.

Pre-set fees

To help clients with budgeting, we pre-agree a fixed price for completing everything within a set piece of work, for example:

• A start- up bundle of contracts of employment for all your employees, tailored to each individual and to your company, plus minimum written policies – £150

• A recruitment bundle for developing the person specification, selecting the best advertising media, writing the advert, screening CVs, and telephone shortlisting – £200

• An employee handbook with policies tailored to your culture, targeted to your workforce, and keeping you legally compliant, plus updates when the law changes – £300