HR that works for small businesses. Now with the technology to match.
Kate Underwood HR & Training has spent over 10 years sorting people problems for small businesses from our base near Southampton, for clients across the UK. CIPD qualified, HRi Gold accredited, 200+ businesses supported, and regularly quoted on employment law in the national press.
10+
Years sorting people problems
200+
Businesses supported
CIPD
Qualified team
Gold
HRi accredited
Employment law is changing faster than it has in a generation
The Employment Rights Act 2025 is landing in stages, and since April 2026 a worker reporting sexual harassment can qualify for whistleblowing protection from day one.
Most small businesses have no HR department, no compliance team, and no realistic budget for enterprise software.
So we built our own — in collaboration with Cuedos.AI — to support small business at a lower cost.
Not sure what the Employment Rights Act means for you? Our free plain-English ERA timeline walks through every change and what to update.
Launching at the show
A new range of tools, built for small teams
Enterprise-grade HR technology, priced for businesses without an HR department — every product backed by our qualified HR team.
SafeVoice
Whistleblowing, managed for you
A confidential reporting channel in your name, online and by freephone. Every disclosure comes to our qualified HR team, never to your management — so concerns about your most senior people have somewhere safe to go.
Triage and a written assessment with recommended actions are included every time. Live in five working days.
From £49/month, published openly — where typical managed providers charge £2,000–£5,000 a year.
YourAppraisal
Reviews that actually get completed
Guided self-assessments, independent manager scoring with rating gaps flagged, SMART goals, and a branded PDF with a full audit trail. Templates lock when a cycle launches, so everyone answers the same questions.
UK-hosted, set up in under an hour.
From £49/month, with no per-employee fees.
The Career Road
Support for the people who leave
Redundancy is hard enough without sending people out with nothing. The Career Road gives leavers a real job-search platform: honest CVs built only from what they've actually done, roles scored against their experience with the gaps named, interview practice out loud, and UK salary benchmarks.
A genuine addition to an exit package — and a signal to the people who stay.
Statutory training, built for small teams
New CPD-accredited statutory courses on our own learning platform. Self-paced, tracked, with automatic reminders — so you can prove your team is trained without pulling anyone off the job for a day.
Just want to talk to Kate about a problem?
Power Hour
One focused hour with Kate on the single issue keeping you up at night. You leave with a written action plan, or your money back. £150 plus VAT, no contract — and it's credited against a support plan if you take one within 30 days.
Free HR Health Check
A few minutes online, and you'll know exactly where you stand. Seven employee-lifecycle stages, scored, with the gaps named — completely free.
People first. Technology second.
Every tool we're launching exists because a real client needed it. The software does the heavy lifting; our CIPD-qualified team stays behind every product — the same team that's regularly quoted on employment law in the national press.
Come and find us. Kettle's on.
YBC Village · Stands 66 & 67 · ExCeL London · 11–12 November 2026. Entry is free — grab a ticket and come and say hello.