Access HR is a UK HR consultancy providing fractional HR and HR strategy to agencies and scaling modern businesses. We become your fractional HR team, or the senior HR support behind the team you already have, so you can grow without becoming the HR department.
When founders and leaders are the default HR department, time that should go on clients, revenue and growth goes on people issues instead. Agencies and scaling businesses rarely struggle with HR through lack of care. They outgrow the informal way of doing things.
Whether you have no HR function yet or an established HR and People team, we bring senior HR expertise without the cost of a full-time HR Director.
Your fractional HR Director and HR specialist, embedded in the business. We own your HR strategy and run day-to-day HR, so your leadership team can focus on clients, revenue and growth.
Senior strategic HR support behind your in-house HR or People team. We advise, challenge and deliver specialist HR projects, while your team stays the face of HR.
Every piece of HR work is tied to a business outcome: more leadership time, better managers, clearer expectations and stronger performance.
An HR and people plan tied to your commercial goals: structure, capability and culture.
New hires productive faster, with a 90-day onboarding process managers can run every time.
Clear expectations, regular reviews and issues handled early, not left to escalate.
Job levels and progression paths that make promotion and pay decisions fair and clear.
An in-person, progressive series that equips your managers to lead, delivered as a standalone project.
Keep your best people longer, with a clear picture of why they stay and why they leave.
Structure, roles and reporting lines for the next stage of growth, and change handled well.
Complex ER cases, contracts, policies and HR systems, handled expertly from the start.
A free, no-obligation call to talk through your business, your team and where HR is holding growth back.
We look at your current HR setup, priorities and growth plans, and work out what will make the biggest difference.
You get a clear, prioritised list of next steps, and our recommendation: fractional HR or support for your in-house HR team.
Once you're happy, we start delivering, and stay until your HR runs without you.
Low-cost HR providers often lock businesses into five-year contracts for reactive, email-only advice. We work differently.
Since partnering with her team she has supported my agency group, which means supporting multiple businesses simultaneously… We couldn't recommend her more!
The problem: a fast-growing agency with no HR function.
What Access HR did: became their HR team, built the HR foundations as they scaled, and now supports HR at group level across multiple businesses.
If you are looking for assistance with your HR, or just want to improve how your people perform… You'll notice a difference straight away.
The problem: an acquisition brought a period of significant change, and the business needed HR infrastructure and senior support to manage it well.
What Access HR did: our fractional HR team built the HR infrastructure the group needed and guided leaders through the change, from performance and people management to the decisions that couldn't afford to go wrong.
I got introduced to Georgia and her team, they’ve been a great asset to the company, always responsive to messages and super proactive – they’ve won me time back and filled in the gaps we needed to improve.
From recruitment, training the team to be better managers, handling queries from staff and aligning our HR goals with the direction the business is going -she's played a great part in the company's success thus far.
Hugely impressed with Access HR, Georgia engaged well with all members of the team, quickly understood our specific needs and created a detailed bespoke solution for the agency. Hugely knowledgeable &straight-talking, would certainly recommend & use it again.
One thing that sets Access HR apart from the others is its personalised approach. They took the time to understand our business needs and tailor their services to fit our requirements perfectly. Overall, I highly recommend Access HR for any business looking for top-notch HR services. Their professionalism, expertise, and dedication to their clients are second to none. Thank you, Access HR, for all your support and assistance.
We used to try and manage HR-related things in an old, archaic fashion - not anymore and we're super grateful to Georgia for all her help and continued support. Would recommend Georgia to any business owner!
Georgia has been very helpful to us as a company, providing valuable HR advice and support. She was professional and provided clear insight. I would very much recommend Georgia's services.
Founders of growing businesses are often the default HR team. Put in four numbers to see what staff turnover and leadership time on people issues cost you each year, and the return senior HR support could deliver.
Access HR is a UK HR consultancy that provides fractional HR and HR strategy to agencies and scaling businesses. We work as a business's fractional HR team, or as senior HR support for an existing in-house HR team.
Fractional HR gives a business senior HR leadership, such as a fractional HR Director or Head of People, on a part-time basis. You get HR strategy and day-to-day HR support without the cost of a full-time senior hire.
Outsourced HR usually means reactive advice and admin from a provider. A fractional HR team is embedded in your business, owns HR strategy and outcomes, and works as part of your leadership team.
Agencies, technology, creative and other scaling modern businesses, from founder-led teams that need their first senior HR support to established businesses with their own HR team.
Yes. We provide senior HR strategy, specialist expertise and project delivery behind your in-house HR or People team. Your team stays the face of HR and keeps ownership of the work.
No. We keep you compliant and include access to employment lawyers as standard, but our focus is the HR strategy and frameworks that help a business grow: onboarding, performance, progression and manager capability.
Access HR is based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, and works remotely with businesses across the UK and internationally.
Book a 30-minute strategy call with Georgia Dixon. We'll tell you which route fits, or whether you need us at all.
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