peopleroot.co.uk

Suparna Rathi · MCIPD · 20 years in HR

Big-company HR — on a small-business budget.

Peopleroot is your outsourced HR department: a senior, named MCIPD partner who sets up and runs the right tools for your business, keeps you compliant, and hires for you — at a fraction of the cost of doing it in-house.

No pitch on the call — just a clear picture of where you stand. Replies within one working day.

What you get

Partner One named senior MCIPD partner, not a helpline

Cover Contracts, policies, hiring, grievances

Term Short six-month term, no lock-in

Tools We set up and run the right ones for you

Speed Replies within one working day

Most small businesses don't see the risk until it lands on the desk.

No in-house HR usually means contracts pulled from Google or ChatGPT, and grievances handled on instinct. The law changed in December 2025 — a lot of what worked before doesn’t hold up now.

£20,000+

One grievance, handled wrong

That’s a realistic tribunal cost from a single mishandled case — and most owners don’t know they’re exposed until it’s already happened.

£45,000

The cost of hiring it in-house

A full-time HR manager’s salary, before National Insurance and pension — for cover you may only need part of the time.

Dec 2025

The law you might have missed

UK employment law changed. Contracts written before then, or drafted by AI without sign-off, may already be non-compliant.

Hours/week

Time firefighting, not growing

Every hour spent on contracts, absences and disputes is an hour not spent on the business you set out to build.

We don't sell you software — we run it for you.

We’re tool-agnostic: we choose, set up and run the best existing HR tools around your business. Our edge is judgement, not another platform to log into.

What we are

A done-for-you HR department, led by a real, senior, named MCIPD partner. Personal, local, and transparent — no call centre, no multi-year lock-in.

What we're not

Not a software platform, not a helpline, not a cheap template service. We’ll never win a technology arms race against the big HR software providers — and we don’t need to.

How Peopleroot compares.

Software gives you a tool. Big consultancies give you advice. We do the work.

	Peopleroot	HR software (BrightHR, Breathe)	Big consultancies (Peninsula, Croner)
Who does the work	We do it for you	You do it — it's a tool only	They advise; often a helpline
Your contact	A named senior MCIPD partner	A support desk	Rotating advisors / call centre
Pricing	Transparent, fair monthly fee	Per-user software fee	Often opaque, quote-based
Commitment	Short six-month term	Rolling	Multi-year lock-in
Recruitment	Included, a fraction of agency fees	Not offered	Usually separate, extra
Tools	We set up and run the best ones for you	The one tool you bought	Their own locked-in platform

Why business owners trust us with this.

A named senior MCIPD partner with 20 years' experience — not a helpline.

Compliance human-guaranteed. AI may draft — a real expert signs it off.

No multi-year lock-in. Just a short six-month term.

Recruitment included, at a fraction of the 15–25% agencies charge.

Local to West London, and genuinely personal.

Replies within one working day, every time.

“I nearly got taken to tribunal by my own employee. I wasn't an HR expert — I was pulling contracts off Google and hoping for the best.”

A founder, before Peopleroot

Built for founders who can't justify a full-time hire.

UK small business owners, 1–100 employees, with no in-house HR — firefighting people problems while knowing the risk of going without proper cover.

What happens on your free audit.

Thirty minutes, no pitch — just a clear picture of where you stand.

One

We review what you have

Contracts, policies, and how grievances have been handled so far — wherever they came from.

Two

We show you the gaps

Exactly where you’re exposed, in plain terms — including anything the December 2025 law change affects.

Three

You decide what's next

If it’s a fit, your named partner takes it from here. Pricing is laid out clearly — no lock-in, six-month term.

Big-company HR. Small-business budget.

Book your free HR audit and find out exactly where you stand — before it costs you.