About Us

We’re a team of HR consultants with a focus on helping you grow your business.

As “people people”, we’d like to become your people people, through helping you to do the right thing. Our team puts your needs at the heart of everything we do, keeping your company compliant. Furthermore, through solid foundations, we can give your organisation the chance to be the best it can be through the people who matter the most – your employees.

Here's who we are.

Jane Blackwood, Managing Director and HR Consultant

With more than 20 years’ experience, Jane has delivered expert consultancy work in every aspect of HR. From advice on recruitment through to redundancy, policies, procedures and employment law, her knowledge has enabled all her clients to become legally compliant – and stay that way.

Having worked at senior management and Board level, Jane’s expertise has led to successful outcomes in mergers, management buyouts, acquisitions, and divesting parts of businesses.

Jane has a speciality in coaching and mentoring managers, working together to improve their performance and skills. She presents regularly at the Cranfield School of Management.

https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som

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Sian Shill, HR Consultant

With more than 20 years’ experience within the corporate and charity sectors, Sian is a very strong, all-round generalist.

Her roles have included essential attention-to-detail elements such as payroll, benefits and data management.

Sian’s experience and skills lie in recruitment, job evaluation and management reporting, as well as employment law, and policy and handbook development. Her compliance-driven know-how has been evidenced by the design and implementation of numerous new onboarding and leaver processes.

Helen Midson
HR Consultant

Helen is CIPD Level 7 qualified with a breadth of HR experience covering the entire employee lifecycle. Her experience includes organisation design, performance, reward, talent, employee relations, engagement and retention.

She has experience with diverse workforces in both large unionised multi-nationals and SME’s, in industries including engineering, technology, financial services, catering and security.

There aren’t many situations that Helen hasn’t seen in her career. She has a strong understanding of employment law and seeks to resolve employee issues through pragmatic, commercially focused solutions.

In her spare time she loves to travel with her husband and son and has visited in excess of 50 countries. Her last big trip was a family holiday through the Deep South of America in an RV.

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Gemma Bromwich
HR Executive

Gemma started her career working in retail and is very operational focus. She then moved to work into the charity sector.

Her specialises in helping clients manage their employees through their full lifecycle.

Gemma is a Level 5 qualified and has extensive knowledge in with HR database management, contracts and handbook development as well as building effective relationships with stakeholders

Caroline Graham, Health and Safety Consultant

Caroline is HR Business Consultants’ Health and Safety expert, offering advice to SME-size businesses who may not have the expertise, time or the resources to set up these essential requirements.

With a strong background in customer service, she takes a client-first approach for your peace of mind.

Caroline’s jargon-free know-how will help you avoid costly, reputation-damaging prosecution and compensation claims. Equally important, your company can protect your staff and clients by reducing the risk of accidents and absenteeism, and help it to remain competitive through a proactive approach.

https://www.hse.gov.uk/

    
 
 
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   Christian Faversham 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We have used HR Business Consultants for a few years now. Jane's work is invaluable and has helped us deal with a particularly difficult member of staff situation. Jane's experience was second to none all throughout, I can only dream that one day I might have a fraction of Jane's HR knowledge.
  
 
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   Coherence Digital 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I came to HR Business Consultants to draw up an employment contract for a new Kickstarter as we have no HR resource. Jane was prompt and helpful with her advice and delivered exactly what we needed! I would not hesitate in using HR Consultants again for any HR related assistance.
  
 
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   Angela Ford 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We have worked with Jane over the past year and found her to be very friendly,  quick and accurate with her advice. Jane is extremely professional and reliable for our HR requirements. We will continue using Jane and would highly recommend HR Business Consultants.
  
 
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   Josie Herbert 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Jane’s decades of experience, in-depth knowledge and genuine compassion shine through in every conversation. If you’re looking for an HR professional who’s able to pick up quickly and have the hard conversations with employees, while ensuring that your organisation complies with its legal obligations, then Jane comes highly recommended.
  
 
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   Mark Ellul 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Having Jane at the end of the phone is invaluable for our business. She goes above and beyond to provide support and solutions for all our HR questions and issues. She has recently completed a full Contract review for us efficiently and cost effectively, thus enabling us to roll out new documentation exactly when it was needed. I would not hesitate in recommending HR Business Consultants to all.
  
 
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   Anthony Goold 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I met Jane at a networking meeting over 3 years ago and I’m so glad I did. She’s so patient, understanding and fair, for both employer and employees. Jane is also incredibly honest and I know that if I get the thumbs up from her, I have done it right. I’ve found her easy to talk to, available and she always seems to have the answer. Jane is always happy to get involved too. I have a great team and I think they get value from Jane’s ability to communicate clearly and impartially. They all know they are taken seriously. Jane revamped our HR manuals when we outsourced our HR to her to include a lot of new legislation and knowing it’s all up to date helps me sleep at night. If you’re looking for a straight forward, common sense approach to HR, give Jane a call.
  
 
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   Charlotte Bateup 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I have know Jane for several years now and the advice and help I have received has always been fantastic. Jane is professional yet personable and provides information in a clear and relatable way thats makes some of the HR challenges much easier to overcome. I would recommend HR Business Consultants with confidence knowing Jane will always give 100% to every client.
  
 
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   Guildford RFC 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. HR Business Consultants offer a great bespoke HR service.  I had relatively small HR issue - however nothing was too much trouble and they were able to help me to get to a sensible, practical solution. I would throughly recommend them, if you have any HR issues whether just a one off issue or on-going support to support your business.