Effective HR management is critical for business success, but not every organisation can justify the cost or commitment of hiring an internal HR team.
This outsourced HR solution is designed for small and medium-sized enterprises across the UK that need proactive people management, regulatory compliance, and trusted HR leadership aligned with your business goals.
Outsourcing your HR management means having a dedicated team who understands your organisation and is committed to delivering practical, compliant HR solutions. Our retained HR service goes beyond reactive support – it provides strategic HR leadership designed to protect your business and support workforce performance.
Our retained model gives you a strategic HR partner with the professional capability of a seasoned HR department, without the expense of internal salaries and benefits.
Continuous Expert Support
Guidance from experienced HR consultants, keeping your people management aligned with best practice and current employment law.
Cost-Effective Resourcing
Avoid the financial overheads of hiring a full-time HR professional while maintaining high-quality HR support that scales with your business needs.
Strategic HR Alignment
Our team helps integrate HR strategy with your wider organisational objectives, ensuring your workforce contributes to performance and long-term success.
Compliance and Risk Management
We stay up to date with legislative changes so you’re protected from employment law risk, and your people processes remain compliant.
Retained HR Management is an ongoing, outsourced human resources service that embeds expert HR support into your business operations. Rather than purchasing ad-hoc advice or engaging full-time hires, you secure continuous support tailored to your organisation’s size, priorities, and workforce demands.
This approach fosters a deeper understanding of your business, helping you manage HR consistently, minimise legal risk, and build effective people processes that support growth and performance.
Our Retained HR Management Service delivers comprehensive support across essential HR functions, including:
HR Strategy and Planning
Align people priorities with business goals through proactive planning and workforce optimisation.
Policy and Documentation Compliance
Review, develop, and maintain employment contracts, handbooks, and HR policies to reflect the latest legal requirements.
Employee Relations and Case Management
Manage day-to-day HR matters — including performance, conduct, absence, and grievances — with specialist support.
Performance and Change Management
Implement frameworks that encourage performance improvement, engagement, and effective organisational change.
This ongoing, tailored HR provision ensures your people operations are both efficient and aligned with your business direction.
Our retained service is ideal for organisations that:
Whether you’re navigating growth, managing complex people matters, or building stronger internal HR capability, this service gives you the continuity and depth of expertise your business needs.
Interested in reliable HR support that’s there when you need it?
Our retained HR service could be the right fit.
Our outsourced HR solution provides businesses with ongoing access to HR expertise, offering consistent support, clear advice and a strong understanding of your organisation, all without the cost or commitment of hiring an internal HR team.
Want to know how it feels to have a dedicated team who understands your organisation and is committed to delivering practical, compliant HR solutions? Get in touch today.
We offer a range of HR services to keep your operations running smoothly. Take the complexity and uncertainty out of human resources and explore our service range below or get in touch with our team for more information.
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Great, informative course. Tutor was keeping us involved and made sure we understand all material.
It definitely helped me see Health & Safety from different perspective and realise importance of this sector.
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"I am in no doubt that AW Safety 's continued support has strengthened and developed our business and therefore I would highly recommend them to any company or individual."
Having considered our quick growth I was concerned about the level of support we were receiving from our Health and Safety company. With that in mind and the fact that I had heard of the excellent support that AW Safety provide to their clients, I made contact with Adam. At our initial meeting we discussed my plans, requirements and expressed my support for continuous improvement in health and safety. He suggested various short term changes including for example, regular site audits and a number of long term changes, including, a training matrix and training plan for Staff and Operatives. From the outset I was very impressed with the extent and flexibility of services provided and therefore we agreed terms to commence.
Site Audits have been found to be really positive and embraced by both our Management and Operatives.
As AW Safety work for a wide range of clients in various sectors and various size of businesses it is really positive that they adopt and share new and good practices, including passing them on to support and develop our business further. As they also offer in house training that has been found to be really beneficial.
I am in no doubt that AW Safety’s continued support has strengthened and developed our business and therefore I would highly recommend them to any company or individual.
I have had nothing but good reports back from the attendees.
They were particularly complimentary about your techniques and the way you put things across.
Certainly if I have any further needs you are on top of my list.
I think the whole process of getting the course done from start to finish was easy and well managed.
I am delighted with the support I have received from AW Safety. They have provided first class support for our UK wide engineering business that operates 24/7, 365 on life safety systems.
All of our queries from navigating complex construction protocols and support with bids and tenders to coordinating nationwide mandatory training was done to a high standard within our time critical environment. I will continue to recommend AW Safety to any business.
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