Get expert HR support when you need it most. From practical HR advice and compliance to full outsourced HR management retained HR services. We help SMEs build stronger workplaces and reduce risk
Direct access to experienced HR consultants who understand SME employers
Clear, practical HR advice on employee issues, employment law and workplace issues
Ongoing retained HR support for employers who want all their HR advice, documents and compliance needs covered.
Handbooks, contracts & policies plus all the HR documents and templates needed to ensure you are legally compliant at all times
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Only pay for what your business actually needs, when you need it, Pay as You Go or retained HR support services
Over 30 years of practical, hands-on HR experience supporting UK SMEs across a wide range of sectors. We help businesses handle everything
Your own dedicated HR consultants deals with everything for you and really gets to know you, your business and what it actually needs.
Our retained HR services give employers ongoing access to unlimited HR advice, HR support and employment law guidance for a fixed monthly fee.
Retained HR services can include:
KeyHR provides employers with clear, compliant HR documents that help protect the business and keeping them legally compliant.
Our HR document service can include:
Our pay as you go HR services give employers access to expert HR advice, HR support and employment law guidance as and when they need it, with no fixed monthly fee or long-term contract.
Pay as you go HR services can include:
No. KeyHR doesn’t believe in 3, 5 or 7-year tie-ins. We agree a level of support and a fair monthly fee (or pay-as-you-go) and you’re free to change or leave with reasonable notice.
We do both. We can draft or update contracts, handbooks and policies, and provide the letters, scripts and checklists making sure you stay legally compliant at all times.
Most of our clients are SME employers with between 1 and 100 staff, including seasonal teams. some of our clinets are larger employers with there own HR staff to which we offer additonal professional HR support and legal advice. If you employ people, regardless of your size we can help and support your buseinss.
Yes. A lot of work can be done remotely, but we are happy to visit sites in Devon, Cornwall and across the southwest as we have an office based just outside Barnstable.
No. While this page is focused on employers in Devon, Cornwall and the south west. With offices based in the West Midlands and the South West. We also support SMEs across the wider South West, West Midlands and the rest of the UK via phone, video call, email or onsite
There’s no one-size-fits-all price – what you need may be very different from the business next door. At KeyHR we don’t sell services you don’t need and we’ll always agree the level of support first, then give you a clear fixed or monthly cost.
What we can say is this: whatever we charge, we’re confident it will more than pay for itself – by cutting absence, avoiding costly mistakes, stopping unnecessary overpayments and saving you management time.
Get in touch to book a free 15-minute HR consultation. We’ll talk through your current issues, suggest next steps and, if you want ongoing support, we will discuss the best option for your business, a simple one off fixed-fee or retained service option.
KeyHR combines hands-on HR expertise with strong UK employment law knowledge, and we understand what it is like running a business in Devon, Cornwall and across the South West. That local insight helps us provide HR support that is genuinely practical, shaped around how your organisation works and the realities of your workforce.
We work with employers across a broad range of sectors — from hospitality and retail through to manufacturing, engineering and wider industrial settings. When you choose KeyHR as your outsourced HR partner, you get straightforward access to qualified advice, clear guidance on employment law, and the policies, contracts, letters and supporting documents you need to stay compliant, without the “one size fits all” approach.
KeyHR specialises in cost-effective HR support for SMEs. We take the pressure off by managing employee issues and reducing compliance risk, so you can stay focused on growing the business with the reassurance that your HR foundations are in place and your exposure to costly employee claims is being actively controlled.
Unlimited HR advice & support just a phone call away.
Visit our YouTube channel for over 120 advice and guidance videos for small and medium sized employers
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