THE PEOPLE SYSTEM
Hire. Lead. Protect.
Your People function.
Built properly.
Cut agency spend by 40-60%. Get compliant before it costs you. Build the People function your business actually needs, without the full-time headcount.
For founders and senior leaders at 10-250 person businesses who are done guessing and ready for a proper system. Two senior specialists. One partner. No juniors. No handoffs.
The cost of doing nothing
Day-1 unfair dismissal rights. £132k bad-hire cost. £13.7k tribunal awards.
Every month you delay costs more than the fix.
Five 2026 numbers most UK founders don't know. With sources, what they cost over 12 months, and how we fix each one.
Three pillars. One partner.
Where do you need us most?
Start with the pillar that fits right now. Most clients build from there.
Your hiring is broken. We fix it before it costs you.
The true cost of a bad mid-level hire: £132,000 (REC). Agency fees on repeat. Roles that never stay filled. We score every role against live market data before it goes live, so you know exactly where it will struggle and what to fix first.
- Roles filled, then vacant again in 6 months, costing 3x what a structured hire would
- Agency bills growing with nothing to show for them
- Candidates dropping off because your process has too much friction
No People lead? Get one without the headcount cost.
A People Director costs £90k+ before NI and benefits. You get senior thinking, day-to-day manager backing, and a learning culture that holds onto the people you can’t afford to lose. Embedded. Fraction of the cost.
- No consistent HR leadership. Your best people see it and leave.
- People strategy stuck in a drawer, or never written down.
- Managers without the tools for hard conversations. Issues fester.
Get your HR foundations right. Before something goes wrong.
The mean tribunal award for unfair dismissal: £13,749, before legal fees (MoJ, 2023/24). Missing contracts, outdated handbooks, and the gaps the new Employment Rights Bill will expose. We build the foundations that protect your business. Documented, watertight, and built around how you actually work.
- Contracts that haven't been reviewed in years. Each one a live liability.
- No handbook managers will actually follow or enforce.
- Compliance exposure you can't currently see, until it becomes a claim.
Client Portal
Everything your People Department needs.
In one place.
Every client gets a dedicated portal. Hiring pipeline, compliance tracker, documents, HR analytics. All real-time. No chasing updates.
Hiring Pipeline
Track every role from brief to offer. Candidate stages, interview schedules, and role scores. One view. No chasing.
Compliance Tracker
Never miss a deadline. Due dates, status workflows, and overdue alerts by category. Stay ahead, not behind.
LEAD Module
Training needs, performance reviews, and a full skills matrix. Develop your people with structure, not guesswork.
PROTECT Module
Employee documents, absence management, and an HR dashboard. Headcount, turnover, and diversity. All tracked.
Document Library
Contracts, policies, handbooks. Versioned, organised by category, and always current. Nothing out of date.
Metrics and Analytics
Hiring performance, compliance health, salary benchmarks. One dashboard that tells you what is actually happening.
Support and Requests
Raise tickets, request HR services, track responses. Everything logged. Nothing dropped.
Reports and Exports
Live CSV reports on roles, candidates, compliance, and actions. Ready for board packs or investor updates.
Let’s talk
One conversation.
A clear plan.
One conversation with Lucy and Tom. No pitch. No slides. You describe the situation, we tell you exactly what the problem is and what to do about it.
Most clients say this is the most useful conversation they’ve had about their people function. You leave with 1-3 specific next steps you can act on immediately, whether you work with us or not.
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