HR FOUNDATIONS BUILD
Your business, properly set up from a people perspective.
HR foundations for growing businesses: contracts, handbook and policies.
A fixed-fee project that rebuilds your employment contracts, writes a lean staff handbook and gets your core HR processes documented. Four weeks, delivered by one named person, and walked through with you.
£1,800 + VAT
up to 15 employees
£2,500 + VAT
16 to 30 employees
Fixed fee · four-week delivery · headcount confirmed at scoping call
You've grown. Your HR hasn't kept up.
"We've grown past the point where I can keep doing this the way I have been."
The contracts are outdated, or were downloaded from the internet years ago. The handbook is a generic template that does not reflect how your business runs. A small incident, a disciplinary that nearly went wrong or an absence you are not sure you handled correctly, has made you realise the paperwork is not protecting you the way it should.
You are not in crisis. But you know this needs sorting before something bigger happens. And you are not behind, you are exactly where a lot of growing businesses are.
The HR Foundations Build fixes all of it in four weeks. Bespoke documents, written for your business, walked through with you so you know how to use them.
What you get, fixed fee, four-week delivery:
All existing employment contracts reviewed and rebuilt (to your headcount tier)
A lean staff handbook written for your business, reflecting how you run, not a generic template
Seven core policies: holiday, sickness, probation, disciplinary, grievance, flexible working, equal opportunities
Onboarding process documented (what to do before someone starts, on day one, in their first week)
Absence and probation management process set up
One-hour walkthrough session, where we go through everything together so you know how to use it
Four weeks from scoping call to final handover.
What this doesn't cover:
TUPE or redundancy documentation
Complex casework or live employee issues in progress (see ER Crisis Support)
Ongoing HR advice after handover
HR system setup (included in the Backbone Programme)
Once your foundations are in place, most clients move to the Retained HR Partner, so there is always someone there when something comes up.
Which tier applies to you?
Up to 15 employees
£1,800 + VAT
16 to 30 employees
£2,500 + VAT
Not sure which applies? We confirm headcount at the scoping call. Your tier is fixed before any fee is agreed. No surprises.
Documents that reflect how you run.
Not templates that need editing to fit. Not a solicitor's standard-form contracts that bear no resemblance to your working arrangements. A proper, bespoke set of employment documents, built for your business, with your policies, walked through with you at handover so you know exactly how to use them.
How does this compare to the alternatives?
Option | What you get | Typical Cost |
|---|---|---|
What If HR Foundations Build | Bespoke documents plus implementation walkthrough | £1,800–£2,500 |
HR consultant at day rate for equivalent work | 15–20 hours of document work | £2,250–£6,000 |
Employment law solicitor (15-person business) | Bespoke documents only, no implementation | £2,000–£5,000+ |
Template packages (commodity providers) | Generic contracts and handbook, not bespoke | £350–£750 |
More than a template pack, less than a solicitor's bill, and it comes with the walkthrough neither of those gives you.
Common Questions
Where this leads
Most owners pair the Build with one of these.
ONGOING SUPPORT
Retained HR Partner
Once the foundations are in, a named partner stays in your corner month to month.
DO IT ALL AT ONCE
HR Backbone Programme
Documents, systems and processes built, embedded and running in 90 days.
NOT SURE WHERE YOU STAND
People Risk Profile
A traffic-light audit first. The £395 comes off your Build if you go ahead.