Drive In Demand Creates Growth For North East Hr Consultancy

North East-based HR consultancy, Hadrian HR has bolstered its team after changes in Government policies and regulations resulted in an increase in demand for outsourced HR services in the region.

Hadrian HR, which specialises in providing personalised HR services to businesses across the North East, has welcomed Alistair Smith and Luiza Robson to its team after securing a number of new clients. Since January 2017, the business has seen a surge of enquiries with 18 new small businesses joining Hadrian HR’s roster of clients, resulting in a 40 percent growth in profits (compared to the same period in 2016). Now in its fourth year, Hadrian HR is headed up by HR consultant and employment law specialist Deb Tweedy.

She said: “It has been a real achievement to see Hadrian HR’s client base grow and the expansion of the team. However, more importantly, it has been a pleasure to assist clients through what, for many of them, can be extremely difficult issues in an area of an ever-changing legal landscape. “With a shift in policies and regulations coming into force, such as new employment legislations in the wake of Brexit, HR is becoming an increasingly important service for many North East SMEs. Business owners are looking for up-to-date and reliable legal advice to aid with the welfare of their employees and the running of their companies. “In the coming months, we will also be on hand to assist small businesses with the new General Data Protection Regulations, which come into force in May 2018.

Initiating preparations for these changes now will be crucial to all businesses that collect and process data on a regular basis, whether this be client information or employee information.” Following Alistair and Luiza’s appointments, the Hadrian HR team is now developing a cloudbased portal that will allow clients to access all of their HR documents at their convenience in a single location, whilst also offering access to legal updates. One of the region’s businesses to have already benefitted from Hadrian HR’s support is Naylor’s Chartered Surveys.

Gavin Hennessey, team member at Naylor’s Chartered Surveys, added: “Hadrian HR has been a huge help to us, particularly during the last 18 months. The team has helped us with everything from the updating of contracts of employment through to advising on employment issues. “We have received both one-to-one assistance as well as being invited to a number of training sessions, and knowing the team has a bank of employment law knowledge is a huge bonus to both myself and our directors.” Hadrian HR assists micro and small businesses across the North East with HR issues including full audits of documentation, implementation of employment contracts and polices as well as managing redundancies, disciplinary action and grievance matters. Its no-nonsense flexible HR consultancy offering has proven vital to the smooth running of many North East SMEs, while its team has also assisted with talent management programmes, the delivery of equality and diversity training and mental health awareness.