The switch from founder to employer is the moment everything changes.
Two things. Get them both right.
You built something from nothing and now you are scaling it. Growth exposes gaps: in your hiring process, your documentation, and your understanding of where the employment risks actually sit.
You need two things right. A team that can run without you, and proper protection for you and the business.
HIRE Ready
Your first hires are your most consequential ones. Get them right.
A recruitment process built for your business
Role profiling and specification designed around what you need now and where the business is heading, so you are hiring for the shape of the team to come, with salary benchmarked to match.
A structured, legally sound shortlisting and interview process, applied consistently from your very first hire onward.
Safer recruitment checks, so both you and your candidates are protected throughout.
The pre-employment checks that really matter: references, right to work and DBS.
Find and keep the right people
Adverts built to attract the right candidates, written and ready to post.
Where and how to find them, beyond job boards, including candidates who are not actively looking.
Getting the best service from a recruitment agency, if you decide to use one.
A first ninety days plan, so your early hires are set up to deliver from the start.
Ideal for: first time employers, growing teams without in-house HR, and any business that wants every hire made through a consistent, legally sound process.
HIRE Foundations
Infrastructure that actually protects.
Templates from the internet were not written for your business, and will not hold up if something goes wrong.
HIRE Foundations gives you employment contracts, essential policies, and Right to Work guidance built properly for your business, so you are covered from day one.
Getting it right at the start costs a fraction of what it costs to fix later.
Ideal for: first-time employers, funding recipients, accelerator participants, and university spin-outs.
THE CHECK
THE CHECK tells you where you stand.
A structured review of your situation right now. You get a clear report showing what is in place, what is missing, what to do, and what it will cost you if any gaps are left unaddressed.
The Fair Work Agency is now operational. It can inspect without notice and recover underpayments going back six years.
THE CHECK tells you what they would find.
Ideal for: scaling businesses, founders approaching a funding round, and grant recipients demonstrating compliance.
THE HIRE 3D™ AUDIT
A management and employment risk audit for growth-stage businesses
Growth-stage businesses rarely fail because of a bad product. They fail because workforce and management risk builds quietly under growth pressure, often invisible in financial reporting until it becomes litigation, lost delivery, or a hit to enterprise value.
The HIRE 3D Audit is a structured, evidence-based assessment across 25 to 34 controls, built for boards, investors, and lenders who need a decision-grade view of that risk, not a compliance checklist and not HR advice.
Need something else?
Parachute Service — Already in difficulty? If you are facing a tribunal risk, a legal notice, or a serious employment issue that needs resolving quickly, get in touch and we will talk you through the options.
Ad-hoc Mentoring — Sometimes you just need to talk something through. Available whenever a specific employment question or challenge comes up, on a bespoke, pay-as-you-go basis, not a fixed programme.
You WILL beat the odds
Get the right people in place, get your employment foundations solid, and you have a business that can run and scale without it all depending on you.
That is what HIRE is built to help you do.
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