Retained HRHR 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 expertise and support
HR Essentials
Your HR safety net. Best for businesses with 1 to 10 employees, or owners who manage their own people day to day and want an expert on hand when they need one.
- 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 a 3 month minimum term
Talk to usHR Partner
Your hands on HR team. Best for growing businesses with 10 to 30 employees and businesses where managers need help handling people issues properly.
- Everything in HR Essentials
- 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 a 6 month minimum term
Talk to usHR 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
- A monthly on site visit
- Full management of employee relations cases: 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 a 6 month minimum term
Talk to usBespoke retainer
Seasonal workforce, a big project, or cover for parental leave? We'll put together a retainer that fits.
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.
Optional add ons for any package
- HR health check or audit
- Employment Rights Act readiness review
- Workplace investigations
- Recruitment support
- Management training
- The right HR system (HRIS) for your organisation, set up and managed for you
HR systems we partner withBreathe HR · Workmax · WorkSmarter
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Book a free call and we'll recommend the right package for your business, with no obligation.