The Business Bulletin
As a small or medium enterprise (SME) you set up your business to deliver a
read and understood
service, manufacture or produce goods
communications issued
for customers. However, there comes a time when you have to consider outsourcing functions of your business Nicky Buckley
East Midlands HR
Nicky created East Midlands HR to provide professional, affordable HR Services for SME businesses to enable them to have the right advice how and when they need it. Nicky is a Breathe HR partner, providing a cloud based HR System, which reduces paperwork for effective HR Admin, Absence & Holiday Management, compliant to GDPR and more. Nicky is passionate about HR and whilst she delivers on compliance to Employment Law, she really enjoys developing line managers to have the people skills to deliver results through their teams. 07973 353498 info@eastmidlandshr.com eastmidlandshr.com
such as finance, IT, HR or Health &
■ searching the internet for information ■ trying to work out what
Safety. So let’s consider this from an HR
skills will be needed for your
perspective.
business
If you are spending too much time: ■ trying to find documents you can use for remote working, COVID-19, job retention scheme, etc. ■ not knowing what policies you should have in place ■ ringing legal helplines for advice on people matters ■ not knowing what to fill in to complete a contract of employment ■ filing paperwork
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■ checking people have
■ not knowing where to start to recruit a new person …then may be the time has come for you to reach out for an outsourced HR service. Let’s have a look at the benefits for putting a business case forward: 1. reduced costs 2. increased efficiency 3. access to HR IT Systems 4. improved people management
