What our clients say

We’re here to help with COVID-related HR advice for your business during these difficult times.

Phil initially came into LDF as the project manager responsible for delivering our brand new facility on the Beehive Business Park in Ulverston. Phil was instrumental in steering us through the entire project from gaining planning permission right through to practical completion. Phil’s management of the project was absolutely priceless to LDF not just in terms of delivering a site that exceeded our expectations, but in enabling the other directors to continue driving the business forward, with the confidence that the new site was in the safest of hands. Across that period Phil became involved in various other areas of the business, fast becoming the person capable of offering crucial advise from an outside perspective. It’s a big statement, but I’d suggest that Phil’s impact has been the difference in ensuring LDF continued to be a progressive business throughout our most challenging periods.

Dan Austin | Director

Our agreement with Phil is the best money we have spent in a long time. I didn’t know quite how much we needed him until I considered how many phone calls and emails I had made to him in the first month! We started our agreement with Phil in January/February 2020. Then Covid-19 arrived and HR considerations, support, advice, guidance were needed on a whole new scale. The first national lockdown was a difficult and scary period but one thing I didn’t worry about was HR. When the news of a national lockdown was announced we made plans; we consulted with Phil; he told us the things we hadn’t thought of; he drafted all the very many staff letters for the vast array of circumstances and situations; he did more letters as things changed; he sent regular updates as legislation changed (this was translated into easy to understand bullet points); and he was available with words of reassurance and answers to the myriad of questions we had each day.
Since then, knowing there is always someone at the end of the phone, means HR is never on my worry list. He has updated all of our HR policies and procedures, updated our Employee Handbook, and ensured our contracts are up to date. I am confident in our HR practices and the support we offer staff. Phil asks us the challenging questions and provides the reassurance as well as guiding us through difficult situations.

I cannot recommend Phil highly enough. His support and reassurance is consistently excellent. His professionalism is notable. And he is very kind, which is the most important thing to us an organisation.

Phil, I look forward to working with you for many years to come.

Rebecca Robson | Senior Officer

PCA has provided Growthviser with excellent business support

PCA has provided Growthviser with excellent business support for our recently established business. Phil has extensive knowledge and experience in the corporate sector and was able to look at the business from a different perspective. He explained and implemented the required support, expertise and strategies to enable us to grow the business further.

PCA assisted with networking and the sourcing of new clients, whilst also overseeing an advertising campaign and implementing a formatted structure for the recruitment and interviewing of a new accountant. Furthermore, Phil assisted with reviewing the HR aspect of the business including guidance on regulations and the drafting of employee contracts.

Darina Ward

Director

Growthviser

Brings a voice that resonates with all our aims and aspirations and an expertise

As owners of a café bar and music venue, the last year has been pretty challenging!

While we brought Phil on board to help with some immediate HR issues, his overall grasp of business, particularly those in the independent sector, brings a voice that resonates with all our aims and aspirations and an expertise which is both astute and re-assuring. His very human support during these difficult times has been tremendously generous and we look forward to his on-going support and advice as our industry re-builds and the new project’s we have initiated gather momentum.

Mark Collett

Director

Cobalt Hospitality

Phil has enabled us to access a wealth of HR and business knowledge

Phil has enabled us to access a wealth of HR and business knowledge, skills and experience. He is very professional and good fun to work with, a good counsel and guide, as well as being able to implement plans quickly and effectively, being accessible, flexible and accountable. Our strategy demands that we make substantial progress in improving the support and management of our people and Phil is enabling us to bring those plans to life. As a relatively small business, we would not be able to justify recruiting the capability Phil provides, even on a part-time basis, so we are delighted to be able to have him as part of our team.

Karl Elliott

CEO

Beverley Building Society

His time spent knowledge has been practical, reassuring and incredibly valuable

Running a small, not for profit arts venue can be a tough at the best of times, let alone during a pandemic when the challenges have been many, varied and constant! This is exactly the time that we started to work with Phil, his time spent knowledge has been practical, reassuring and incredibly valuable in terms of the detail and experience that he can bring to a specific problem but also by way of his positive energy and general supportive approach to the business as a whole. I would highly recommend working with him for all HR needs and beyond!