You've grown. Your compliance hasn't caught up.
Plain-English HR and health & safety for offices, accountancy practices, law firms, agencies and consultancies. A named consultant who tells you what a firm your size actually needs, and what you can safely ignore. No jargon, no construction-grade system you'll never use.
Why growing firms hand us the compliance side.
It creeps up on a growing firm.
You started with a handful of people and a shared sense of how things were done. Now there are thirty of you, half hybrid, and the paperwork stopped matching the business a while ago. Nothing's gone wrong yet. Here's where it usually starts to bite.
A grievance, a disciplinary or an exit lands, and you're not sure of the legally safe way through. Most tribunal losses come from getting the process wrong, not the decision.
A larger client or a procurement form asks for ISO 9001 and a health & safety policy you don't actually have. No certification, no shortlist.
Headcount crossed a threshold and hybrid working outran the rules written for an office-only team. Your contracts and policies describe a firm you no longer are.
The few things a professional firm genuinely needs.
We translate the requirements into what actually applies to an office, and we do most of it for you. Proportionate, right-sized, no overkill.
Employment contracts that reflect how you really work, a staff handbook and core policies, absence and performance handled fairly, and hybrid and remote policies that hold up. A named HR specialist on the phone when something tricky comes up, so the awkward conversation is handled right the first time, before it becomes tribunal risk.
Quality management certification is often the difference between making a shortlist and being filtered out at prequalification. We run the whole journey, from gap analysis to certification and the surveillance after it, around your deadline. No stopping at the gap analysis.
Low-hazard doesn't mean no-hazard. You still need a health & safety policy, a sensible risk assessment, display screen equipment (DSE) assessments for desk-based staff, fire safety and first aid, and home-working cover for hybrid teams. The right, proportionate version, not a construction-grade system you don't need.
One person who knows your firm, not a different voice every time.
You get one named consultant who explains things in plain English, not a call centre. As you grow they become an extension of your team: the person who already knows your headcount, your contracts and your last grievance, who you ring before a tricky conversation rather than after it's gone wrong. It's an ongoing advisory relationship, not a one-off policy pack that's out of date by next quarter.
The specialist you'll actually work with.
You get one named consultant for HR and H&S, and you keep them. They learn your firm, your people and the way you actually work.
“Most firms call mid-grievance, when the safe options have already narrowed. Get the contracts and process right while things are calm, and the hard moments handle themselves.”
Book an HR review“An office is low-hazard, not no-hazard. I put the right-sized system in place, the bits an insurer or a tender will actually ask for, and leave the rest out.”
Book an H&S review
“I run the full ISO journey, not just the bit at the front. The aim is a standard your business actually uses, rather than a folder that gathers dust until the auditor's due.”
Book an ISO reviewProblems taken off a director's desk.
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Common questions
We're a low-risk office. Do we really need health and safety?
Will ISO 9001 actually help us win work?
When should a growing business get HR support?
Our team is hybrid now. What do we need to change?
Can we get HR and H&S from the same place?
How much does this cost for a small firm?
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