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  • Cost-effective HR retainers for streamlined support
  • Support for disciplinary, grievance and appeal panel members
  • HR Platform to store and manage employee data

HR Consultancy Services For Businesses

Our HR Consultants can provide you with expert HR support, ensuring you are compliant from a HR best practice perspective. This gives you the time and confidence to focus on managing and growing your business.

We provide a competitively priced HR retainer or can provide you with ad hoc support when you need it. Our experienced consultants can also work with you when you have projects which need HR support and input. If you don’t have an in-house HR function, we can look after your HR for you, providing regular on-site support as and when you need it.

We work with you to understand your businesses’ needs and requirements. We won’t just tell you what you can and can’t do, we will work collaboratively to find a solution that works best for you.

How Can We Support Your Business

  • Contracts & handbooks

    Creating your employment contracts and handbooks.

  • Day to day support

    HR retainer to provide support with your day to day HR issues.

  • Identifying problems

    Auditing your HR situation to identify problems and suggest improvements.

  • Undertaking investigations

    Undertaking investigations into disciplinary, grievance or other sensitive issues.

  • Providing support

    Providing support or decision making at disciplinary, grievance or appeal hearings.

  • Redundancy support

    Supporting you with redundancy process or restructuring, with on-site support as you need it.

  • Staff training

    Training for your staff on a range of HR topics including Essential HR for line managers, unconscious bias, appraisals, interviewing skills and more.

In most cases, we operate on a fixed fee basis so you can budget accordingly.
If you would like to find out more, please get in touch.

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We understand the time pressures faced by growing companies, and how you need authoritative, timely and cost-effective HR advice. Whether you need a complete HR solution, guidance and support for a one-off project or to use us as a sounding board when you need us, we offer flexible HR solutions tailored to suit you needs.

Whether it is managing your current employees, reassessing your workforce levels, or taking on more staff to deal with growth in your business, Narrow Quay HR provides a flexible and practical range of HR solutions to assist you with day to day HR issues and challenges.

Testimonials

“Andrew, with his expertise in education HR, was just so good. Knowledgeable, efficient and supportive. A good listener and adviser. The other Panel members agree that the process went so smoothly due to Andrew’s expertise and careful guidance. Andrew needed to refer some matters to your legal team as the issue was sensitive. That advice came back promptly and clearly. This gave all of us confidence in the decision Andrew guided us towards – which it what we thought but having Andrew’s reassurance was invaluable. Cannot commend Andrew Miles highly enough.”

Education Client

“We have used Narrow Quay’s retained HR service for the last year, and it has been transformational for us. Our senior managers now feel supported when navigating some often complex HR issues, and know that there is a professional yet empathetic voice at the end of the email or phone. The advice provided has been nuanced to our organisation, pragmatic, in-depth and salient. Requests have been responded to in a very timely way and frequent communication over the phone is always much welcomed – it is much easier to talk HR issues through. We are delighted with our relationship with Narrow Quay and look forward to another year of working together.”

Fiona FrancombeDirector of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

“Massive belated thank you to Simon Martin for delivering a tailored session for our managers at Phoenix on employment law and HR challenges. A really engaging session providing fundamentals and stories of where things can go wrong if you don’t keep employees at the heart of your organisation. Great to be back working together again – creating healthy work cultures”

Anne MonningtonHead of People at Phoenix Learning & Care Group

“This is essential training for any organisation. The content was well delivered by staff with well-grounded knowledge and expertise, and the session was dynamic and interactive. It really got the staff team to think about their personal biases and our institutional practice. It has heightened our awareness and further opened the door for us to continue the discussions about our organisational culture.”

Charity Client

“Narrow Quay HR were recommended to me to help with a complex and sensitive consultation process. I was immediately impressed with their professional, friendly and proactive approach. They had a keen understanding of the education sector and as an independent school I found their expert assistance invaluable”

Education Client

“Participants’ feedback was overwhelmingly positive with every session being rated either Good or Outstanding. This was one of the best professional development days that we have had from an external provider and I can recommend Sarah and Caitlin without hesitation.”

Tim McCarthyCEO Aurora Academies Trust

“It was a constructive and positive experience working with the Narrow Quay team. We were provided with expert contextual advice and the professional, fully-engaged service helped us resolve a number of complex HR issues, aiding whole School strategic development. Highly recommended.”

Matthew JuddHead of Leighton Park School

“Caitlin always considers our situation holistically, taking the bigger picture view, and delivers a creative, original and well considered opinion.”

Director of HR

“Sarah’s advice has been excellent throughout.”

Education Client

“We have used Simon on occasions to meditate between colleagues. We were very pleased with the resolution and the parties have a much-improved working relationship. We would happily use Simon and Narrow Quay’s services again.”

Education Client

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Get in Touch

Complete our contact form to get in touch with one of our experienced HR Consultants, or call us on 0117 992 9200.

Head Office

Narrow Quay House
Narrow Quay
Bristol BS1 4QA
United Kingdom