HR Consultants in Hampshire
County-wide HR support for small businesses, from a consultancy that actually lives here
Based in Totton near Southampton, working with SMEs across the whole of Hampshire — a decade of experience, a named consultant every time, and packages from £175/month.
One consultancy for the whole county
Hampshire's economy doesn't fit one description. There's the marine and logistics cluster around the Solent, the naval and defence supply chain around Portsmouth, professional services in Winchester and the market towns, care providers everywhere, and a long tail of rural and land-based businesses in between. What those businesses share is size: most of Hampshire's employers are small, and small employers carry the same employment-law obligations as the big ones, without an HR department to absorb them.
That's the gap we fill. We're an SME-specialist HR consultancy based in Totton, on the western edge of Southampton, and Hampshire is our home patch rather than a region on a national account map. Day to day, most support happens by phone, email and video, because most HR questions need a fast, accurate answer rather than a meeting. But when something genuinely needs a person in the room — a dismissal hearing, an investigation, a redundancy consultation — anywhere in the county is within same-day range.
Packages start at £175/month for the HR Advice Line and scale to embedded HR Business Partner cover and Fractional HR Director engagements. The right tier depends on the size and shape of your business, which is exactly what a free discovery call is for.
Where we work across Hampshire and its borders
Wherever you are in the county, you're covered. Some of the areas we support have their own local pages:
Southampton
our home market, 10 minutes from the office
Portsmouth
the county's second city and naval economy
Winchester
professional services and county-town SMEs
Andover
logistics and light-industrial businesses
Romsey
Test Valley market-town businesses
Ringwood
New Forest fringe employers
Newbury
just over the border, and well within range
Salisbury
neighbouring Wiltshire clients
Verwood
east Dorset, on the county edge
Sectors we work with across the county
Employment law is the same everywhere; the texture of the issues isn't. Our client base reflects Hampshire's actual economy.
Marine, ports and logistics
The Solent cluster: shift patterns, seasonal recruitment, working-time regulations on long shifts, and contractor-versus-employee questions on technical roles from Southampton's docks to Portsmouth's naval supply chain.
Healthcare and care providers
Dental and GP practices, residential and domiciliary care, and allied health businesses across the county. CQC compliance, professional registration and DBS processes sit alongside the standard HR work.
Professional services and tech
Accountancies, law firms, agencies and consultancies in Winchester, Southampton and the market towns, plus the university-driven start-up scene. Probation frameworks, hybrid-working policies, scaling from 5 to 25 without inheriting bad process.
Rural, retail and hospitality
Land-based businesses, estates and growers across Test Valley and the New Forest, alongside the pubs, restaurants and independent retail that anchor Hampshire's market towns. Seasonal staffing, young workers, variable-hours holiday calculations.
How we work with Hampshire clients
Five service plans, all rolling monthly. Most clients combine remote-first delivery with in-person sessions where they genuinely add value.
HR Advice Line — £175/mo
Phone and email HR advice, up to 2 hours/month. Best for SMEs with occasional needs.
HR Protect — £299/mo
Unlimited support, on-site visits, full policy and document templates. Right when occasional isn't enough.
HR Excel — £549/mo
Everything in HR Protect plus strategic people planning and engagement frameworks.
HR Business Partner — £799/mo
Embedded partnership with regular on-site presence — your de facto HR Manager.
Fractional HR Director — bespoke
Senior HR leadership on a part-time basis. Board-level input on people strategy and organisational design.
Why a Hampshire consultancy beats a national call centre
In the room when it counts
Dismissal hearings, investigations, on-site mediations. When in-person genuinely matters, anywhere in Hampshire is a drive, not a diary negotiation.
Same-day response for urgent issues
Walk-outs, immediate suspensions, urgent grievances. Package clients get phone access for same-day guidance — no ticket queue.
Knows the Hampshire employment market
Local salary benchmarks, sector quirks from the Solent to the Test Valley, and the recruitment reality of each town — context a national provider has to look up.
A named consultant, every time
The same person each time, who knows your team and your history. No re-explaining your business to a new account manager every quarter.
Questions Hampshire businesses usually ask first
Do you cover the whole of Hampshire?
Yes. We're based in Totton on the western edge of Southampton and work with clients across the county — Southampton, Portsmouth, Winchester, Andover, Romsey, the New Forest and everywhere in between — plus neighbouring corners of Wiltshire, Dorset and Berkshire.
How is a Hampshire HR consultancy different from a national provider?
Proximity and continuity. When something needs in-person handling we can be in the room the same day, and you deal with the same named consultant every time rather than a call-centre rota.
What size of business do you work with?
Mostly small and medium businesses between roughly 5 and 80 employees, across marine and logistics, professional services, healthcare and care, rural businesses, retail and hospitality. Smaller than that? The HR Advice Line tier is designed exactly for you.
How much does HR support cost in Hampshire?
The HR Advice Line starts at £175/month, HR Protect at £299/month with unlimited support and on-site visits, scaling to HR Business Partner cover at £799/month and bespoke Fractional HR Director engagements. All rolling monthly.
Can you attend our premises in person?
Yes. In-person visits are included in every package above the basic HR Advice Line tier, and from our Totton base the whole county is comfortably within same-day range.
HR support for your corner of Hampshire
Book a free 15-minute discovery call — no obligation, no follow-up sales pressure. We'll work out whether we're the right fit for your business.
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