Narrow Quay HR Consultancy

NQHR Club – Navigating difficult workplace conversations
2025-05-15 09:00 - 10:00 UTC | Virtual Online Event
Avoiding difficult conversations can lead to bigger problems down the line. Join our free one-hour session designed for HR managers, business owners, and anyone responsible for HR.
We will share best-practice insights on:

What happens when tough conversations don’t happen early
The common barriers that hold managers back
Practical tips to build confidence and skill in handling these conversations.

Don’t miss this chance to gain valuable strategies to support you and your teams. Reserve your spot now.

NQHR: Building Resilience: Essential Employment & HR Insights for the Creative Sector
2025-05-06 16:30 - 19:00 | NQHR Office, Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA, United Kingdom
We are delighted to be joined by guest speakers Charlotte Geeves (Executive Director – Bristol Old Vic) and Clare Reddington (CEO – Watershed) – both of whom will share the challenges their organisations face and how they have adapted to address them. They will also share the innovative approaches to the work done by their organisation.
VWV’s Gareth Edwards and Narrow Quay HR’s Caitlin Anniss will share updates on key employment and HR issues and will discuss how to effectively build resilience in your organisations.
Don’t miss this great opportunity to come along to this informative session to help prepare for the months ahead, network and connect with fellow leaders in the sector over drinks and canapés.

NQHR Club: Navigating Consultations
2025-02-13 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual Online Event
We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming Quarterly HR Club, where we’ll focus on a topic that’s front of mind for many organisations in today’s challenging economic environment: Consultations.
As organisations navigate difficult decisions and adapt to evolving business demands, the need for effective consultation processes has never been greater. Whether managing collective consultations or addressing smaller-scale changes, these situations can be complex, sensitive, and demanding for HR teams.
In this session, we will:

Share practical insights: explore case studies that illustrate common challenges and how to overcome them.
Answer your questions: participate in our interactive Q&A surgery by submitting your questions in advance, ensuring we address the issues most relevant to you.
Provide guidance: learn tips and strategies to make consultation processes run more smoothly and minimise disruption.

Our aim is share the benefit of our experience of supporting clients through consultation processes in order to provide you with actionable insights and tools to support your organisation through these challenging times while maintaining fairness, clarity, and compliance.
We would encourage your questions before the event. Please submit any questions you may have to support@narrowquayhr.co.uk.
Who should attend this session?
This session is designed for HR professionals and those managing change across all sectors.

NQHR Club: Taking reasonable steps to prevent workplace sexual harassment
2024-12-05 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual Online Event
Join us for an HR Club session on the new duty to take ‘reasonable steps’ to prevent workplace sexual harassment, effective from 26 October.
All employers need to be aware of this important change in the law. This session will provide a high-level summary of the legal requirements, led by Jessica Scott-Dye, an expert professional support lawyer from VWV.
Jessica and Sarah Martin, HR consultant and director of Narrow Quay HR, will also provide insights on the practical steps organisations can take to mitigate risks and foster a more positive workplace culture, such as:

Employee listening
Strategic planning
Risk assessments
Workforce learning and development

There will also be an opportunity for questions. Don’t miss this essential update – We look forward to seeing you there.
Who should attend this session?
This webinar is aimed at Business leaders, HR teams and anyone responsible for people and culture within their organisations.

NQHR Club: Developing a reward strategy
2024-09-19 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual Online Event
Why do employees choose to work for you and what can you do to recruit and retain the best?
Salaries and benefits are critical in attracting and retaining the people you need, and by aligning your Employee Value Proposition (EVP) to your organisation goals you can demonstrate that you are taking visible action to support its success. Key to this is your reward strategy; having a plan, aligning it to the future and engaging your people.
In this HR Club, we’ll introduce you to the key principles of developing a reward strategy that is strategic and ensures your EVP supports your organisation goals. This session will help you identify what to include in your reward strategy, and the stakeholders you need to engage with to ensure that your strategy delivers what your organisation needs. If your EVP needs an overhaul, then now is the time to ensure that you are taking a strategic approach to the future.
We’ll focus on the key principles you need to develop and also introduce the different types of pay structure and why they do and don’t work in different scenarios.
Join Sarah Martin and Jane Baalam from Narrow Quay HR to find out how a reward strategy could support your organisation.

NQHR Club: How you can use Executive Coaching in your organisation
2024-05-16 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual Online Event
In the ever-evolving landscape for organisations, the need for exceptional leadership has never been more crucial. Executive coaching stands tall as a powerful tool to harness the potential of key leaders and offers a unique opportunity for skill development, career advancement, and self-discovery. It’s a strategic investment that yields substantial returns and it’s not just for leaders.
In this HR Club, Sarah Cook will tell you everything you need to know about executive coaching. Taking it back to basics, Sarah will explain what executive coaching is, how an organisation might go about introducing an executive coaching programme, how it works in practice and what a coaching session might look like.
She’ll also talk you through what you might expect to see as an outcome and how it might benefit your organisation.
In order to bring it to life, Sarah will look at some scenarios involving some of the issues she sees from individuals such as imposter syndrome, procrastination, perfectionism and people pleasing, focusing on how she uses the coaching process to tackle these.
Join NQHR and Sarah Cook to find out what opportunities executive coaching could provide your organisation.

NQHR Club: Artificial Intelligence in HR
2024-02-29 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual Online Event
In our next HR Club we will be looking at the topic of Artificial Intelligence. We are delighted to welcome Sue Turner OBE, who is the founding director of AI Governance, a Bristol-based consultancy with the mission to inspire leaders to use AI with wisdom and integrity.
We know that a lot of HR professionals will be grappling with this topic and thinking about how AI can be used within their organisation but may feel they don’t have enough understanding of what’s involved and have concerns about whether the use of AI in areas such as recruitment could give rise to unfairness.
Sue said:
“I predict that this year HR leaders will be bombarded with suppliers offering third-party tools that purport to be using AI. It’s vital to know what the opportunities and pitfalls are of using AI so you can ask the right questions to ensure in-house and external tools deliver value for you.”
In this session Sue will share insights with us on:

What is AI anyway?
Opportunities to use AI in HR
Risks that this brings
How to move forward with AI in your team.

Who should attend?
Those with responsibility for HR within their organisation and anyone with an interest in the topic.

Sue and the team from Narrow Quay HR will welcome your questions too. We think this session will be extremely thought-provoking and really popular so we highly recommend you book early to secure your place.

NQHR Club - Women's Health and the Workplace
2023-12-07 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual Online Event
In our December HR club, we are discussing women’s health. We will be looking at the breadth of this topic – from menstrual health, gynaecological conditions, pregnancy and fertility treatments to menopause, mental wellbeing and domestic abuse. We’ll consider why it is important for businesses to focus on supporting women’s health and finish with practical steps that employers can take to raise awareness, break the taboo and stigma associated with women’s health issues and effect real change.
We’ll be joined in the session by our expert colleagues at VWV, who will be explaining the relevance of legal frameworks, how women’s health issues interact with the current Equality Act framework and areas of focus in the Women’s Health Strategy for England. They will also be outlining how employers can mitigate risk.
This will be a really good session for HR professionals and business leaders who are looking to review existing workplace practices or to implement new strategies.

NQHR Club - Restructures
2023-09-14 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual Online Event
Narrow Quay HR has been involved in supporting clients on various restructures over recent months and will be covering the key insights gained at this quarterly HR club webinar.
Why you should attend?
We’re collaborating with our expert colleagues at VWV, who will provide valuable insights into the legal aspects of restructuring and change management. This includes explaining the legal frameworks and regulations that organisations must adhere to during such processes.JE
They can also delve into the concept of ‘fire and re-hire,’ which has gained significant attention in the media lately. This concept refers to the practice of terminating employees’ contracts and subsequently rehiring them under new terms and conditions, which can be a contentious issue. VWV can discuss the legal implications, best practices, and potential pitfalls related to this approach.
Narrow Quay HR will focus on planning and process. This involves carefully evaluating the organizational needs, defining clear objectives, and devising a comprehensive strategy. We will also share practical tips and real-life experiences on how to effectively engage with employees. Employee engagement is critical during periods of change, as it helps mitigate resistance, foster a positive work culture, and ensure the success of the restructure.
This will be a really good session for HR professionals who are about to lead on a change project or restructure within their organisation or for senior leaders and managers who will have ‘on the ground’ responsibilities for implementing a restructure.
