Full Profile : Commercial Hub HR is based in The Mansion House at historical Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire. We provide nationwide services, with international HR exposure for a number of our retained Clients.

Our qualified HR Consultants have a range of specific disciplines to bring expertise to HR Projects in SME's and blue chip organisations, and to support smaller business who require outsourced HR support.

Our commercial attitude towards HR Management has established our reputation, and testimonials are available to support our claims.

If you need HR Consultancy for specific project requirements, or need HR services but your business isn't quite large enough to justify the expense then please call us for a no obligation discussion.

We provide a total solutions for strategic, and importantly, commercially driven HR Services:

~ HR Consultancy services to larger businesses, usually on a project basis, across a range of specialist areas.

~ HR outsourced services to small businesses on a flexible and cost effective basis.

We provide systems and documentation to ensure compliance to employment law, and provide regular updates according to case law changes.

Our core differentiator is that we recognise that each business has unique needs in terms of HR management and we ensure that employment law creates minimum disruption and maximum return on investment.

Services : HR Consultancy and Outsourced HR Specialists providing basic compliance as the foundation to delivering strategic HR initiatives and management to ensure maximum return on people investment.

Testimonials :
"Commercial Hub has the rare ability of providing a pragmatic solution to challenging business and HR issues. I have always found the advice to be of excellent value and delivered in a timely manner."

David Webber, CEO, PatSystems

"Commercial Hub has helped me to sleep at night! - Employment law and HR issues can be a real headache for small businesses but I am confident that by following her advice we will not fall foul of ever changing legislation. In addition to providing us with a comprehensive staff handbook and employment contract wording, which helps us present a professional image to both existing and potential employees, she has already helped us to manage a staff performance issue in a way that protects the business from any accusations of wrongful process.

They are always quick to react to any questions and goes the extra mile rather than doing the minimum you might expect. I would highly recommend her for her experience, energy and the value for money that her service represents."

Ian Hardy, Managing Director, Onyx Recruitment

"Elaine Pennell, the driving force behind Commercial Hub is a commercially savvy HR Specialist with a keen eye not just for price but for quality, service levels & sustainable business partnerships. Elaine is knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and a pleasure to work with able to bring the best out in people or turnaround challenging situations for mutually beneficial results."

Jonathan Pearson, Agile Limited

Full Profile : HR Advantage is a leading human resource services company. Our job is to help organisations achieve their objectives through their people. This can cover everything from on call advice and guidance to a full outsourced human resource management service.

We have a growing team of employed HR professionals, including an employment lawyer and support staff – 18 at the last count – working from three main locations – High Wycombe, Honiton in Devon and Shrewsbury.

Our clients are spread throughout the UK and we are doing an increasing amount of work in mainland Europe. The smallest employs just one member of staff – we produced their essential employment documentation - and the largest employs over 10,000 across Europe – we help them manage their European Works Council. We supply a growing number of listed businesses with a full outsourced HR service.

In the last month we have provided recruitment support, helped manage grievance and disciplinary matters, led HR input to acquisitions, mergers and restructuring, advised on pay and benefits design and undertaken a full HR management service to 50 different employers.

Our services our individually tailored and personally delivered. At HR Advantage you know who are working with. Our administration support is backed by leading technology. Our full range of services is unrivalled in the SME market. Clients choose us because we are expert, practical, good to work with and cost effective.

Services : HR Outsourcing, Employment law advice, Change projects (e.g Merger, TUPE, Reorganisation), Pay and benefits, Recruitment process management, Training, Employee assessments, HR administration.

Full Profile : For most companies, the luxury of a HR dept is not a realistic possibility. With qualified HR Managers commanding salaries up to £35K, most businesses go without. However, without policies, procedures and resource to keep up to date with the massive amount of employment law released each year, your business is at risk. Employers are guilty until proven innocent and the smallest non compliant area of a business can be exploited, and all too often is. We work with employers to update written statements and employee handbooks regularly, installing a HR System that allows you to manage your staff from recruitment to leaving. 24 hour legal advice and a full personnel letter writing service is also part of our remit, all of which keeps you compliant. However, should you be called to a Tribunal, we place a Barrister in court for you at no extra cost. In addition to these services, 2 unique things make us stand out from the competition. 1. There are no Call Centres! You get a named HR Manager as a contact, whom you speak to every time you need help. In this way, they know your business and can advise you far better. 2. Our HR services are on a pay as you go basis, paid monthly via standing order, with no contracts whatsoever required. As long as your situation stays the same, you continue to pay. Should you however, need to walk away, you can cancel the standing order with no quibble from us. We cater for all businesses from 1 employee to 500 and look forward to hearing from you.

Services : -Creation of all documentation -Effective Personnel System -24hr Emp Law helpline -Letter writing service -Updates on all emp law -Preparation for Tribunal Claims -Barrister Tribunal Representation

Testimonials :
'Your Employment Law service is impressive. It is hard to believe how we ever coped without your invaluable support' - Jewellery Manufacturer, B'ham. 'Thank you for the Statements, Handbooks & System, which have taken a large headache away' - Construction Co, Alfreton. 'Whenever we contact you, the response time is immediate' - Transport Co, B'ham. 'It is comforting to know, in this day and age of complex procedural issues that there is a company whom we can trust to guide us through the red tape' - Residential Home, Castleford. 'It's refreshing to know that companies still work to the ideals of pay us if you're happy - if you're not, stop. I can see why you do this, you are bloody good at what you do!' - Construction Co, Lincolnshire. 'Your support line is fast and very professional, the advice given has not been just theory, but practical and easy to understand. Your documentation is of a very high standard. The contracts and handbooks look very professional and create the image we want. The turnaround has been exceptional' - Plastics Co, Redditch.

Full Profile : Our real strength is providing a personal service through understanding of your business and its people. We have partnered many companies in all sectors of business and commerce, provided real solutions and cost saving benefits in all aspects of Human Resource management, and in house training courses. We can take care of all your requirements from contracts, legislation updates, policies, performance management, Health and Safety set up and risk assessments, strategic management and training solutions through our comprehensive training courses. We welcome an opportunity to discuss further the benefits we can bring to your business. We look forward to hearing from you.
We can operate from the South East up to East Anglia and East Midlands.

Services : HR services: Contracts of employment, legislation, policies, staff manuals, performance management systems, strategic management, Health and Safety risk assessments, training solutions

Testimonials :
Just a quick note to thank you for your support and professionalism over the last couple of years, your level of consultancy was ideal for Wentworth Rose and was a real help to the company.

Brian Clinton was contracted to provide the M6 Toll with tailor made customer service courses for approx 120 staff. His hands on , approachable coaching style gave confidence to all our staff at the time of the road opening. We constantly receive compliments in respect of the excellent customer care provided to all our staff.

M6Toll - Clinton associates provided us with a bespoke and complete training solution for all of our staff in various disciplines

Full Profile : Deminos specialise in offering HR outsourcing, Health & Safety and employment law advice for UK companies from 2 to 150 employees. We give smaller companies access to the best quality of HR and legal advice as enjoyed by the largest corporates.

Our primary aim is to make sure you are compliant with ever-changing employment law. We will issue bespoke employment contracts, employee handbooks and managers manuals. This is backed up by 24 hour telephone support to answer any questions you have. Any changes to employment law will be reflected in your documentation.

If you are unfortunate enough to be taken to employment tribunal we will take over. We will represent you, compile your defence and even pay any award. With the average award for unfair dismissal reaching £7,974 this is well worth having!

Our HR staff are all HR managers with real world experience within companies. So we do not offer dry legal advice but work with you to provide practical solutions to your problems.

Services : Employment contracts & handbooks

Health & Safety consultancy

24 hour HR and legal support line

£1 million indemnity cover included

Also we provide full HR consultancy services

Testimonials :
“The service we have received from Deminos has been superb. The attention to detail and understanding of our business has been impressive.

The Deminos team are very focussed, professional, friendly and knowledgeable and I would have no hesitation in recommending their service to any organisation.”

Mark, Recruitment Company


"After an initial consultation, Deminos sorted out our employment contracts and staff handbooks straight away.

On the odd occasion that I've needed to use the helpline I've found the advice to be practical and businesslike - these people understand how real businesses work.

Although I'm sure I won't need it, it's good to know that employment tribunals won't cost me a thing."

Simon, Design Company


"As we are just a small voluntary organisation appointing Deminos to prepare the necessary legally compliment documentation gives us peace of mind. We also have the assurance of their 24 hour advice service should any employment issues arise, as well as full legal representation should any disputes lead to an employment tribunal."

Kaye, Support Group


“After using Deminos for the first time to take us through the perils of employment contracts, handbooks and employee related issues, they made the complicated process very easy. There is always somebody on hand with all the information that you need, giving you the peace of mind that you need knowing that things are done properly, efficiently and compliantly”.

Paula, Mortgage Company

Full Profile : Year on year the introduction of new legislation in the areas of Employment and Health & Safety Law makes the life of an employer increasingly complicated. In fact it’s quite common for employers to be unaware of changes in the law or of implications of new legislation; they are, after all, trying to run a business. We help employers to understand and deal with their responsibilities, designing bespoke systems for their business and giving them the reassurance of knowing that there is a team of specialists supporting them every step of the way.

Underpinning all our advice is a legal expenses indemnity scheme. This provides protection against representation costs and compensation awards at all employment tribunals. With an ever increasing array of complaints to tribunal, and the levels of awards increasing every year, this is becoming the stuff of nightmares for employers everywhere. As well as the most cited complaint of unfair dismissal, we insure against the discrimination claims for race, sex, disability, religion or belief and dismissals in respect of Trade Union activities. To complement and support our services we have a dedicated team of advisors whose knowledge and expertise is available 24 hours a day, via our advice line.

Another challenge for employers is Health & Safety law. This is an area of the law that can have the most far-reaching ramifications for both individuals and companies. However, with all the other matters that company owners have to deal with, Health & Safety law is often pushed down the list of priorities when people are busy – which is not a wise approach.

The principals and practices for the successful management of Health & Safety are no different to those managing the core activities of a business: setting policies, organising, planning and implementing, and measuring and reviewing performance

Services : Employment System:

• Statement of Terms and Conditions
• Management and Employee Handbooks
• Employment Procedures Manual
• A 24 Hour Advice Line
• An Indemnity Scheme
• And training and bespoke support

Health & Safety System:

• A Health & Safety Policy Statement
• The organisation and arrangements for implementation of the policy
• Safety rules in respect of employees, visitors and outside contractors
• Monitoring the policy so as to ensure its continuing effectiveness

Testimonials :
‘NorthgateArinso Employer Services provide a highly professional 24 hour advice line for all employment law issues. I believe their success lies in their approach: they build key relationships with the client in order to provide practical employment law advice that is frank, open and honest and, wherever possible, relevant to the client company’s culture and ethos’ HR Manager, Building Sector
‘In the unfortunate event of a tribunal, the advocacy team are committed and efficient in reaching the most positive outcome possible for the client’ HR Director, Food Sector

‘NorthgateArinso Employer Services take the immediate stress out of any tribunal claim because as a client you have the confidence to make the right employment decisions’ HR Manager, Restaurants Sector

‘NorthgateArinso Employer Services always provides me with the support I need. Over the past 12 months I have had some complex HR issues to deal with and their support has been fantastic’ Head of Human Resources

‘I would like to take this opportunity to thank all at NorthgateArinso Employer Services for the solid, excellent service that you have provided for both Employment and Health & Safety law. In these days of ever changing legislation it is very reassuring to know that expert advice is just a telephone call away. The Advice Line staff remains friendly, supportive, informative and offer a first class service at all times’ Personnel Manager, Wholesale Sector

Full Profile : Human Resources - HR People

Never before have we faced more challenges; increased competition, globalisation, legislative and technological change are just some of the issues to confront. In this environment it is not numbers, machines or buildings that make the difference, its people!

Only through full and effective use of your human resources will your business build and sustain its organisational effectiveness. An essential component to underpinning successful management of your human resources is a flexible, responsive and dependable software system.

HRWorks is that system. It is the latest in a long pedigree of Wealden HR, Payroll and Employee Self Service Systems, extensively used throughout the UK. Modular by design, the components may be fully integrated to provide a complete People Management software tool for commercial, government and education organisations.

HRPeople makes complex matters easy. It contains intuitive user interfaces, workflow mechanisms, wizards and triggers all designed to minimise labour intensive activities such as maintenance of mandatory or repetitive data, salary modelling, recurring reports and task management. Thus establishing your HR department as not just a data repository, but a meaningful HR consultancy to the organisation.

Recruitment

The Recruitment Module organises and simplifies the recruitment process. Automated functions including document production and vacancy to candidate matching are standard features of the system.

Services : Payroll Software and Consultancy Services/Payroll Bureau Service offering fully managed Service to 30+ employees. Time and Attendance/HR Software and Consultancy Services, Employee Self Service.

Testimonials :
This is to confirm that Nacap Land & Marine (NL&M) and Wealden Computing Services (WCS) have struck a very important and successful partnership with regards to the outsourcing of our Payroll:

When we started looking for a potential Payroll service provider, we wanted a company that had good credentials, a strong track record of delivery, a number of important clients, and a company that would work with us through the transition and beyond using their undoubted system implementation and Payroll skills.
Frankly, WCS' claim that they could implement a live Payroll within a month of us placing a firm order with them (and that month included 2 weeks worth of parallel runs against our existing live weekly Payroll), were viewed with some suspicion and as a sales pitch! However, Wealden did exactly what they claimed on the tin - and more! Yes, there was much planning and hard work between NL&M's existing Payroll team and WCS, but the project went live just before the 05/06 tax year end. Infact, we went live on Week 51, which also raised some eyebrows as a strange time to go live, but that enabled WCS to prepare the P35/P60 end of year returns for all employees paid at some point during the tax year 05/06.

We now have a relatively smooth weekly Payroll of some 650 live employees, despite much change in employees as is the norm for a construction type project that NL&M are managing. Many weeks throw up something new in terms of Payroll requirements, but WCS are always there