We’re a multi-award winning team of HR trainers in the East Midlands
EMC Enterprising Women Awards 2022
Generation Next Awards 2022
EMC Enterprising Women Awards 2021
Derbyshire Live Business Awards 2021
We provide local HR training for East Midlands businesses
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We’ve been around as a company since 2011, with our founders having been based in Derby for nearly 30 years. We’ve seen the amazing changes that the city has undergone since then, and are proud to be part of its future.
So, we’re truly local. With a real office that you can actually visit in person. Not a ‘virtual office’. Not a distant call-centre in some far-away place. Not just a website, a collection of downloadable courses, or an anonymous voice on the phone. We’re actual people who’d really like to properly get to know you and your business, so we can fully understand exactly what you’re trying achieve and how we might best help you with that.
Our office is conveniently located at the scenic and historically interesting World Heritage site of Darley Abbey Mills, not far from Derby city centre. That’s it in the picture. Nice, huh?
Which means we’re readily available for a face-to-face chat. And since we have our own private meeting rooms, we can easily discuss the types of confidential or sensitive issues that might not be possible within a shared workspace or at your normal place of business.
So, you’re welcome to pop in if you’re passing. Or we’re equally happy to come over to your place. Or even meet online. Whatever works best for you.
We’re a leading East Midlands HR consultancy and HR training provider
We’ve already grown from a single-person business operating from home, to a 5-star rated multi-award winning company with offices and a whole team of HR consultants, trainers, and employment law experts. From our origins in HR support and consultancy we’ve diversified into HR, management, and wellbeing training, and are currently developing additional sister brands so that we can help you with a whole package of people-related support.
We’re proud of what we’ve achieved so far, and in particular, the reputation we’ve established within the local small business community. We offer you the stability of an established company, the credibility of one with a history of local clients, and the capability of one that’s grown beyond the one-person stage. You can be fully confident that we’re able to deliver what we promise, and can trust that we’ll reliably be there in the future when you need help.
But don’t take our word for it.
Just ask other East Midlands businesses what they think about our HR training.
We're a long-standing member of the East Midlands small business community
We're an active and well-respected part of the local business community, so if you're based in the East Midlands, you probably already know someone who knows us. We also undertake a number of worthwhile social projects within the local community. So go ahead, ask people what we're like. We're members of both Marketing Derby and the East Midlands Chamber, and we're regulars at many local networking events. So, if you are too, come and say hello next time you're there, and see what we're like for yourself.
Not an East Midlands business but need HR training?
Not based in the East Midlands? No problem!
Seeing as we're located pretty much bang in the middle of the country, it's easy for us to get to most places. We've delivered HR training courses in London, Bristol, and Birmingham. We've previously been all the way up to Glasgow. In fact, we've even taken our HR training as far afield as Egypt.
We're equally happy to deliver our HR training at our site in Derby, your site, or an off-site training venue. Or indeed, at any other location that you'd prefer.
And as a result of Covid, we now also offer the option of online delivery for all our HR training, which provides a flexible and time-efficient alternative solution for busy businesses, wherever they may be.
We can help you with HR training in the East Midlands!
Already know what you want? Great, let's get to it!
Not sure exactly what you need? No problem!
Our friendly and down-to-earth HR training experts will point you in the right direction. We'd love to have an informal chat to find out more about your business and so help you identify the areas most in need of attention.
We're not after a quick sale, we're all about building long-term relationships. In fact, we don't even employ any sales people. Which means that right from the start you'll be talking directly to someone who can actually help you!
We're ready and waiting, so just get in touch!
Scheduled HR training courses for East Midlands businesses
- Your Guide to Performance Managementon Wednesday 8th May, 2024
The action planning workshop will show you how to set clear objectives, hold regular review meetings and manage performance.
- Recruiting in a Tight Labour Marketon Thursday 30th May, 2024
This *FREE* webinar is limited to SMEs based in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire
- How to Resolve Workplace Conflicton Wednesday 12th June, 2024
Understand why conflict arises, discover different ways to manage issues effectively and pick up top tips for creating a harmonious workplace.
- How to Manage Day-to-Day HR Issueson Wednesday 26th June, 2024
Our online workshop is a short practical guide for HR and people managers, where we discuss the fundamentals of HR.
- How to Manage Employee Absenceon Wednesday 3rd July, 2024
Estimated to annually cost businesses £554.00 per employee, absence is a cost to the business. Post-pandemic line managers are increasingly having to deal with more complex cases. This course covers practical aspects of managing absence and deals with some of the more complex scenarios involving long-term absences.
On-demand HR training courses for East Midlands businesses
- Managing Recruitment
Most employers think recruitment is pretty straightforward it's just a chat right? But did you know from the advertisement, to the job description and the interview arrangements there are many pitfalls where the employer can inadvertently discriminate? We distill the best practice guidance from the Employment Code of Practice to enable you to recruit within the law. We share what to do and not what to do and so avoid that stomach churning moment a claim lands on your desk.
- Understanding Employment Contracts
Do you know your zero hours from your fixed-term contracts? Or your casual worker from your permanent contract? Let us decipher the complexity of contracts and unravel these in simple terms so you can work out which is best for your business. We will also soothe the pain that is varying contracts of employment and walk you through exactly how you need to go about this without the headache!
- Understanding Equality & Diversity
We look at the practical aspects of managing equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Often managers feel ill equipped to have conversations relating to a person's race, gender, or disability. In this module we guide you through a variety of scenarios and how to approach these and when it's OK to ask.
- Managing Protected Conversations
You say toh-mah-toh and I say toh-may-toh. Sometimes for whatever reason things just don't work out between an employer and employee. And sometimes a short cut may be required to end the employment relationship, without recourse to a long drawn out process. But how to approach this? How do you introduce the topic? And what should you and more importantly shouldn't you say? Let us guide you through the ins and outs of protected conversations what these are, and when to use them.
- Managing Redundancy
Redundancies can be a challenge for the most seasoned manager, fraught with high emotions and employment law pitfalls. This programme walks you through a step by step process, minus the legalese to navigate this successfully minus the stress.