ONGOING HR SUPPORT
Practical HR Support That Grows With Your Business
If people issues are costing your manufacturing business time, money, or sleep there’s a simpler way to regain control, without the cost of a full-time HR manager or the drag of red tape.
For businesses that need more than one-off advice, I provide ongoing HR support to help you manage people issues consistently, reduce risk and build stronger foundations for growth.
Whether you need light-touch guidance, more structured support or a more embedded HR partner, support can be shaped around the size of your business, the complexity of your challenges and the level of input you need.
– Day-to-day support with people issues and decisions
– More structure, consistency and confidence across your business
– Flexible support that can scale as your needs change
why ongoing support matters
Consistent support creates better results
One-off advice can solve an immediate issue, but lasting improvement usually comes from consistent support and follow-through.
Without that, businesses often find the same people issues resurface, managers handle situations differently and risk starts to build again.
- Keep improvements on track
- Create more consistency across managers
- Reduce the risk of slipping back into reactive firefighting
- Maintain momentum as the business grows
Running a business is hard enough without recurring people issues, inconsistent management decisions or HR admin pulling leaders away from operations.
Ongoing support gives you a consistent sounding board, practical guidance and the right level of HR input for your business – whether that’s light-touch support, more structured involvement or a deeper strategic partnership.
It helps you deal with day-to-day people issues properly, strengthen consistency across managers, reduce risk and keep progress moving as the business grows.
The right support doesn’t have to mean a full-time hire. It means having the right level of expertise, structure and oversight in place for the stage your business is at now.
ONGOING SUPPORT OPTIONS
Choose the level of support that fits your business
Whether you need light-touch guidance, more structured day-to-day support or a deeper strategic partnership, there’s a level of support to match your business needs, priorities and pace of change.
Each option is designed to give you practical HR support, clearer decision-making and more confidence that people issues are being handled properly.
Foundation Support (Light Touch)
For businesses that need practical HR guidance, consistency and light-touch support.
- Ad hoc advice and support
- Review of key people decisions
- Light-touch documentation support
- Email and phone access within agreed hours
Core Support (Structured)
For businesses that need more regular involvement, stronger structure and reduced people risk.
- Everything in Foundation Support
- Regular involvement in people decisions
- Monthly HR review
- Support with performance management and ER cases
- Manager guidance and coaching
Enhanced Support (Embedded)
For businesses going through growth, change or increased people complexity.
- Everything in Core Support
- Support through workforce change or projects
- Proactive risk management and scenario planning
- Structured performance and ER case support
- Regular leadership guidance and decision support
Support can flex over time as your business needs change, so we can start with what you need now and build from there.
Meet Nicola Bevan
Hello, I’m Nicola and I help manufacturing, operational and growing businesses put the right people structure, support and decision-making in place so they can reduce risk, improve consistency and build with confidence.
With over 20 years of HR leadership experience in manufacturing and FMCG, I’ve worked in complex, fast-paced environments where people issues can quickly affect performance, leadership time and business stability.
My approach is practical, commercially focused and built around what your business needs now – whether that’s light-touch guidance, more structured support or a deeper strategic HR partnership.
I work alongside leaders to bring clarity to difficult people decisions, strengthen day-to-day people management and make sure HR support is aligned to the stage of growth the business is in.
What Leaders Value About Working With Me
Trusted partner
Nicola is a trusted partner who ensures HR best practice becomes leadership standard work. Her advice prevented potential people issues from becoming organisational waste, keeping our operational flow predictable.”
Grant Roberts
Senior Consultant Engineer | FM
People focussed
“Nicola was my essential partner in strategy deployment, consistently eliminating the waste of complexity and organisational noise. Nicola’s ability to bring laser focus and clarity to any challenge ensured our goals were always executable and translated into reliable standard work for the team.”
Yvonne Thiedeman
Associate Director, People Organisation | Kimberly Clark
Choose the right level of partnership
Predictable HR support that grows with your business
Choose the level of support that fits your business today, with the flexibility to increase support as your needs grow or change.
Whether you need light-touch HR guidance, more structured day-to-day support or a deeper strategic partnership, each option is designed to give you practical expertise, reduce risk and help you make confident people decisions.
Who This Is For
Ideal for
Manufacturing, operational and growing businesses that want practical HR support, clearer people processes and a more consistent approach to managing risk, performance and day-to-day people issues.
Not suitable for
Businesses looking for a one-off HR answer, off-the-shelf templates without support, or purely transactional admin without practical guidance and follow-through.
The Investment
These support options are designed to give you ongoing HR expertise without the cost of hiring a full-time senior HR lead.
Current monthly support levels:
- Foundation Support – £760 + VAT per month
- Core Support – £1,520 + VAT per month
- Enhanced Support – from £2,280 + VAT per month
Support can be tailored depending on your business needs, internal capability and the level of involvement required.
Find the right fit for your business
Choose The Right Level Of Support
Foundation Support
(Light Touch)
Best for businesses needing practical guidance, consistency and light-touch support.
£760 / month*
Inclusions
- 8 hours ad hoc advice and support
- Review of key people decisions
- Light-touch documentation support
- Email and phone access within agreed working hours
Core Support
(Structured)
Best for businesses needing more structure, regular involvement and reduced people risk.
£1,520 / month*
Inclusions
- 16 hours / month
- Everything in Foundation Support
- Regular involvement in people decisions
- Monthly HR review
- Support with performance management and ER cases
- Manager guidance and coaching
Enhanced Support
(Embedded)
Best for businesses going through growth, change or increased people complexity.
From £2,280 / month*
Inclusions
- 24 hours / month
- Everything in Core Support
- Support through workforce change or projects
- Proactive risk management and scenario planning
- Structured performance and ER case management
- Regular leadership guidance and decision support
- Ongoing visibility of people risks and trends
*Support scope and any setup requirements will be agreed based on your business needs.
Ready to Get Started?
Book a free 30-minute consultation to talk through your people challenges, priorities and the level of HR support that makes sense for your business right now.
Together, we can look at whether Foundation, Core or Enhanced Support is the right fit.