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Carlisle & Morecambe

We provide outsourced HR support to businesses looking to hire their first employee onwards. Our services are designed to give business owners peace of mind as well as practical solutions. From helping you to stay compliant with employment law, to managing the day-to-day people problems and HR activities, through to supporting longer-term people strategies, we make sure our support works for your business. We support businesses across Carlisle, Morecambe, Penrith, Allonby, Alston, Brough, Milnthorpe, Kirkby Lonsdale and the surrounding areas - bringing local, professional HR support directly to businesses that want to prevent people problems and strengthen their future.

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Running a business comes with plenty of challenges, and managing people is often one of the biggest. 

At The HR Dept Carlisle & Morecambe, we provide outsourced HR services that give you the confidence to handle employment matters the right way - without the cost of an in-house HR department. 

We work with businesses from Carlisle to Morecambe and surrounding areas, offering support that's practical, affordable and always tailored to your needs. 

By combining local knowledge with professional HR expertise, we help employers protect their business, support their employees and plan for the future. 

What We Do

Compliance: Employment law can change quickly and it's easy to fall behind. We help you stay compliant with your key foundations such as contracts, policies, handbooks and procedures that protect your business. 

Operational HR: From recruitment and onboarding to sickness absence, disciplinaries and grievances, we support you with the day-to-day people challenges that come with running a business. 

Strategic HR: Beyond the day-to-day, we work with you to develop long-term people strategies that align with your business goals. This could include workforce planning, employee engagement surveys, HR Mentoring, performance management, Coaching, succession planning or preparing your business for growth. 

Why businesses choose us 

Every business is different, which is why our services are designed to be flexible. Some clients outsource all of their HR to us, while others call when a specific situation arises. Whatever the arrangement, our goal is simple: to help you manage people fairly, confidently and compliantly, so you can get back to focusing on running and growing your business.

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Heather Crammond

Director

Having worked in a range of increasingly senior HR roles across manufacturing, technology, IT services, defence, aerospace and healthcare, Heather is able to provide a dedicated, in-depth HR service, while remaining commercially focused on what will work well for the business.

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What our clients say

Amazing course, look forward to taking everything away and working on it.
Heather’s session on The UK General Election - Are you prepared? Was a great overview this morning to consider the forthcoming changes. Very clear, concise, easy to understand overview with opportunity to discuss queries and questions.
.....being in a room of supportive women, candidly sharing their current challenges and experiences in their work, felt enriching. Heather’s feedback and direction throughout the programme was a blend of professional and fun. This made learning the content a breeze for me and I would certainly recommend anyone to give one of Heather’s programmes a go!
Chloe Maitland
Heather offers a great service. Straight-talking, knowledgeable, and supportive especially with tricky HR issues. She's helped us put proper policies in place and given us confidence in how we manage our team. Highly recommend to any growing business
Heather provided an excellent session covering “How to Resolve People Problems”. The session was delivered with superb focus, following a logical structure and encompassing a variation of slides, personal examples and interactive methods. The content was engaging, informative and very useful to those involved with managing people.
Big shout out to Heather, our new HR hero. You're already lifted a weight off my shoulders (and probably deserve a loyalty card for the stress alone).
The Salty Bean Coffee House
I took a webinar on "Mastering Probation Reviews", Heather was excellent, straight to the point and gave us all the information we needed clearly. She asked if we had any questions afterwards, and sent us some really helpful templates. Would recommend.

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