HR Support

We understand that deciding who your outsourced HR provider should be can be a difficult decision, and we would like to help you with your decision making. When it comes to choosing an HR Consultant you generally you have two main choices, a smaller independent HR...

Is your business a hive of technology, keen to make the most of latest developments in order to maximise efficiency and productivity? If so, you might be surprised to learn that your staff are at risk from technostress, a relatively new term being coined to describe a...

Today almost all businesses can benefit from using social media to promote their products and services, strengthen their brand identity and increase customer engagement. However, when it comes to deciding who should run their social media channels, many businesses are...

The traditional 9-5pm working day has long since been redundant but the move towards flexible working patterns is quickly gathering momentum. With effect from 30th June 2014, all employees with more than 26 weeks continuous service were given new rights to request...

Concern #1: Loss of control Something that many employers fear is the loss of control of their HR responsibilities when they choose to outsource part of their processes. The fact is that although you are moving a key business process to another provider, you are still...

I wrote an article yesterday on succession planning which discussed the steps a business could take to ensure they develop talent and fill critical roles in the organisation.  You can read more here . It's coincided with the news that Manchester United have dismissed...

For large organisations with the resources to match, having an HR department to deal with the day-to-day business of managing the people in the company to get the best out of their capabilities is par for the course. However, for small or medium-sized enterprises,...

Regular readers will know I've posted a few blog posts on this subject, including a radio interview with Business 50 There's also a perception that HR is only there when things go wrong - I posted something about this previously which you can read here So, if HR is...

Bullying doesn't stop at the school gates. Thankfully this is not something I see often, and certainly, within a lot of family run businesses and young start-up organisations, it's not something I've had to deal with too often. However, there are examples I have had...

I've been talking to a number of people within my networking circle recently and one thing that I find is the perception of HR. I'm going to share some thoughts on this over the coming weeks but here's an interview I recorded for Business 50 which explains...