Mandy Carr (HR Solutions)

At HR Solutions we recognise that small organisations are not able to afford an in-house HR Department but still have a desire to develop a consistent approach to towards their employee relations processes as they grow and develop.

Equally larger organisations that have a specialist HR team often benefit from external HR support to enhance and provide expertise and extra resources to tackle short-term issues.

Therefore at HR Solutionswe aim to provide clients, no matter what their size, with cost effective support as and when they need it.

HR Solutions understands the commercial pressures facing clients so works with them to establish and maintain sound HR practices and procedures that will ensure they are best placed to achieve their business growth targets.

Avoiding jargon and mounds of paperwork, HR Solutions coaches clients through the complexities of HR and people management. We offer practical solutions that allow clients to remain compliant with legislation without being over burdened by it.

Our services include:-

• Preparation of contracts of employment and employee handbooks
• Employment policy development and implementation
• TUPE due diligence and consultation
• Re-structuring and redundancy consultation
• Disciplinary and grievance management
• Change management
• Family legislation including maternity, paternity and parental leave
• Diversity
• Anti-harassment and bullying procedures
• Equal Pay issues
• Employment tribunal case management
• Writing and delivering a wide range of training programmes such as HR for non-HR Managers, Effective Performance Management and Appraisals
• Executive coaching including on-line 360° appraisals or psychometric assessments
• Leadership and Management Development using Myers Briggs (MBTI)

HR Solutions will only give advice that is appropriate to each client’s specific business needs so whatever challenges your Company faces, you can have confidence that HR Solutions will help you overcome them.

I established HR Solutions in 2008, having worked in HR, personnel and training for many (many) years in both strategic and hands-on operational roles, up to HR Director level, cross a diverse range of industry sectors. During this time I gained experience within the retail, IT, entertainment, manufacturing and catering industries.

In my last permanent role I headed up the HR Department of a large logistics and transportation company employing over 2000 people in the UK. Within this unionised environment I delivered strategic HR initiatives that brought about significant cost savings through productivity improvements.

Since 2008 I have been working with SME’s to help them align their employee relations processes to their business growth targets. I avoid jargon and mounds of paperwork so believe that I offer business owners and managers pragmatic solutions to the challenges that they face. I offer practical advice that allow them to remain compliant with legislation without being over burdened by it. In addition to HR support I write and deliver a wide range of training programmes to encourage managers to be more confident handling day-to-day HR issues. I use online 360° questionnaires or psychometric assessments when required to support clients in areas such as recruitment, team building, executive coaching, personal development and succession planning.

Outside of work, I am a Governor at a local Secondary School as I believe passionately that as employers we need to focus not just on current employees but future generations of employees as well. Ask yourself - how can we expect to develop and maintain a competitive advantage unless we unlock the potential in the next generation?