Services

Outsourced HR Services for Small Businesses & SMEs

Some businesses need one employment contract reviewed properly. Others need outsourced HR support, a monthly HR retainer or a fractional HR director in the business every week. Most sit somewhere in between. I provide as much or as little HR support as makes sense for your business, from one-off employee relations casework to an ongoing HR function.

  • Retained HR support
  • Fractional & on site HR
  • Advisory and casework
  • HR documentation
  • New employer setup
  • HR audits
  • Breathe HR
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What I Provide

Retained & Outsourced HR
Support for Small Businesses

Proactive, not reactive

Most HR problems arrive with warning signs: an employment contract that has not been reviewed after the law changed, a manager handling something informally, or an issue that should have been documented from day one. A monthly HR retainer gives small businesses and SMEs ongoing outsourced HR support, so I am close enough to catch problems early rather than being called in after a grievance or claim has already landed.
Your monthly HR support package includes unlimited phone and email access to senior HR advice, so managers can ask questions early and small problems are less likely to become expensive ones.

Support is unlimited by phone and email, and that matters more than it sounds. When every question carries a fee, people stop asking. That's exactly how small problems quietly become big ones.

  • Monthly retainer, priced by headcount
  • Unlimited telephone and email support
  • Documents kept current as legislation changes
  • Ongoing access to senior HR advice

Businesses with staff but no HR function  where the responsibility currently sits with the owner, the office manager, or nobody in particular.

Fractional HR & Part Time HR Director Support

In the room when it matters

Fractional HR gives SMEs a senior HR presence in the business for a set number of days per week or month — effectively a part-time HR director without the cost of a full-time hire.
For restructures, difficult hearings, consultations, manager coaching and change projects, I can work on site and alongside your leadership team when a phone call is not enough.
  • A set number of days per week or month
  • Hearings, investigations and consultations
  • Restructure and change support
  • Manager coaching

Businesses that need senior HR capacity regularly, but not a full time salaried appointment.

Employee Relations & HR Advice for Employers

One off, end to end

Sometimes you do not need ongoing HR support  you need one employee relations issue handled properly. I provide practical HR advice for employers and can run or guide disciplinary and grievance processes, dismissals, redundancy, restructures, settlement discussions and ACAS conciliation from first conversation to outcome and appeal.

  • Disciplinaries and grievances support
  • Dismissals, redundancy & restructure support
  • Settlement negotiations and ACAS conciliation
  • Employment status and payroll compliance reviews
  • Urgent HR advice for employers facing a live employee issue

Businesses facing a specific issue right now, with no retainer in place.

Employment Contracts, Handbooks & HR Policies

Written properly, kept current

Employment contracts, employee handbooks and HR policies that hold up when they are tested. I offer employment contract reviews, employee handbook writing and HR policy writing from scratch or as a full rebuild, tailored to how your business actually runs and updated for current employment law.

  • Contracts of employment
  • Comprehensive 32 section employee handbook
  • Individual policies and procedures
  • Health and safety documentation

Any business whose paperwork has not been reviewed since the law last changed.

HR Setup for New Employers & First Time Employers

Taking on your first employee

Becoming an employer for the first time brings legal and practical HR obligations from day one. My new employer HR support puts the foundations in place before your first hire starts, including the employment contract, core policies, onboarding process and payroll setup guidance, so you are not trying to fix gaps a year later.

  • Contract of employment
  • Core policies and procedures
  • Payroll setup guidance
  • Onboarding process

Sole traders and growing businesses about to take on staff for the first time.

HR Audit & HR Health Check for Small Businesses

Find the gaps before someone else does

A structured HR documentation audit and HR health check covering employment contracts, employee files, policies, processes and manager practice against current legislation. You receive a clear findings and actions report, prioritised by risk, so you know what needs fixing first.

  • Full HR audit
  • Employee file audit
  • Right to work document checks
  • Prioritised findings report

Businesses that suspect there are gaps but don't know where they are  and would rather find out on their own terms.

Breathe HR Setup & Implementation

Breath HR: One place for everything

Breathe HR setup and implementation for small businesses that want one place for holiday and absence, employee self-service, secure documents, performance and one to ones. I configure the system, load employees and documents, build holiday rules and train your team so it works properly from day one.

Please note: Breathe is not payroll. It does not run PAYE or file with HMRC.

  • System setup and configuration
  • Employees and documents loaded
  • Holiday rules built
  • Team training

How it works

01

Talk

A free 30-minute call about what’s keeping you up at night.

02

Plan

A clear proposal, fixed price or retainer. No surprises.

03

Fix

Documents drafted, processes run, problems resolved.

04

Protect

Ongoing support so the same problems don’t come back.

Not sure which of these you need?

Start with a free 30-minute call. We’ll work out what you actually need, and I’ll tell you if that turns out to be nothing.