Practical People Management
How we operate
We operate as a service rather than a consultancy and focus on the nuts and bolts of HR. In addition to providing remote support we offer on-site, hands-on delivery, allowing you to get on with running your business.
We aim to meet the demands of small and medium businesses and we recognise the need for issues to be dealt with quickly and cost-effectively.
We pride ourselves on delivering a service that consistently meets or exceeds client expectations whilst delivering value for money.
We deliver a quality service by:
- Being committed, flexible and easy to work with
- Being a good communicator
- Making life easier, not harder for the client
- Keeping up-to-date with employment law
- Getting things right first time
- Being transparent about fees
- Ensuring data and commercial confidentiality
How we can help you
Sue Stevenson
Having worked in large and small organisations during her career, Sue delivers a no-nonsense and practical HR service to businesses throughout Dumfries and Galloway, most of whom don’t have their own HR department.
Sue has over 20 years of experience in HR, initially gained in employed roles with Arla Foods (regionally and nationally), Castle MacLellan Foods (Kirkcudbright) and Gates Rubber (Dumfries). Due to local requests, Sue started her own part-time HR consultancy in 2006 which later expanded to a full-time operation.
During that time Sue has worked with over 100 SMEs throughout Dumfries and Galloway in a variety of industries… manufacturing, food, haulage, retail, tourism, beauty, technology, housing, agriculture, advisory services, social enterprises and the third sector for organisations ranging from 3 to 300 employees. Sue works with Chief Execs/MDs and their management teams to provide a practical people management service.
Sue has worked with organisations at all stages of the business life cycle, including start-up, growth/change, merger/buy-out and strategic closure.
If you want to know about qualifications, Sue holds a Master of Laws (LLM) in Employment Law in Practice, a Master of Science (MSc) in Human Resource Management and is a Chartered Member of the CIPD. Sue has also attended various short courses in a wide range of subjects including project management, problem solving & CI, counselling, coaching, conducting risk assessments, train the trainer etc.
