If you're looking for HR support for your business, you'll quickly find there's no shortage of options. Employment law firms, HR generalists, specialist consultants, fractional HR leads, people and culture consultancies. The market is busy, and it's not always obvious how to tell them apart. So here's a practical guide to evaluating your options, and a slightly more honest take on what separates genuinely useful HR support from the kind that may just about keep you complian

One of the most common things we hear from founders and leaders of growing businesses is some version of: "I know we need to sort our HR, but I don't know where to start, and I don't want to overdo it." That's a completely reasonable place to be. HR has a habit of feeling either too vague ("culture transformation") or too bureaucratic ("policy for every scenario"). What most small businesses actually need is something in between — practical, proportionate, and relevant to w

If you've started googling "do I need HR support" or "HR consultant for small business UK", there's a good chance you've come across the term fractional HR. It's one of those phrases that sounds more complicated than it is. Here's what it actually means - and how to work out whether it's what your business needs. So what does fractional HR actually mean? Fractional HR means bringing in a senior HR professional to work with your business on a part-time or flexible basis — ra

We know about micro-aggressions but how about... MICRO-INCLUSIONS?⁠ ⁠ I don't mean including people 'a little' but the small, easy...