People are at the centre of every organisation and Andy understands that every organisation of any size, like every person, is different.
ourHRpeople provides a bespoke personal HR consultancy service and takes the time to listen, learn and understand your business, your needs and the unique challenges you and your teams face.
Andy is a highly qualified HR specialist, Associate Member of the CIPD and Fellow of the CMI, who has spent many years working with organisations with both a local and global presence. He will work in close partnership with you to provide fast, accurate and commercially astute advice, enabling your organisation to grow and achieve success. He will be your own senior HR professional that you can trust, who will really get to know you, your business and will deliver.
Andy can provide daily support, strategic consultancy, project work or simply a timely response to a burning HR issue that you may have. He will listen to you, but equally he may well challenge your existing thinking and suggest pragmatic, best practice solutions to improve your procedures and keep you legal.
Area Director
Andy has hands on commercial experience combined with over 20 years of leadership in all areas of HR. He has enjoyed success partnering with businesses across engineering, high tech, biotechnology and chemical sectors with responsibilities spanning Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India and project delivery in Asia and the Americas.
Originally qualifying as an electrical engineer, Andy also holds degrees in Management Studies and Human Resource Management. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Across his career, Andy has created successful people strategies, building HR capabilities, developing teams and best practice. He is experienced in organisational design, strategic workforce planning, capability development and change management having guided businesses through change including start-ups, growth, transition, downsizing, and mergers & acquisitions. He is skilled in leadership coaching and development, including the design and delivery of management training and leadership development programmes. He has delivered business-aligned solutions across all facets of HR including talent acquisition, retention, development, employee engagement & wellbeing, performance management, reward, employee benefits, employee relations, union consultation and negotiation.
Andy promotes progressive, people-centric, HR to create high performing, inclusive and positive work cultures. Most of all he is driven by understanding the goals and needs of businesses to create and deliver pragmatic solutions that add value.
Outside of work, Andy is kept busy with his family, two dogs, the challenges and opportunities of maintaining a listed building, the occasional round of gold, motor homing in the UK and Europe, the odd ultramarathon now and then, and running a charity supporting children with Batten Disease.
Employment Law Checklist
Employment law provides legislation on all of the areas that effect both employers and employees. This covers things like dismissal, discrimination, pay and even holidays. It’s designed to protect both parties; looking after employee rights and safeguarding employers’ interests, keeping and maintaining a fair relationship between the two. UK employment law details what should be covered in a contract of employment (we’re talking disciplinaries, notice periods, holiday entitlements etc.) and it protects employers by ensuring that everyone has a clear record of the agreement.
It also works to protect employees by making sure they benefit from fair hiring procedures, pay, and by setting out what is expected of them. Employment law is a huge area of the legal system and covers every part of the employer/employee relationship. From the moment a candidate applies for a job, they are covered by employment law. It keeps them safe from discrimination based on a set of 9 protected characteristics (as outlined in the Equality Act 2010). When they move on to employment they are then also protected by health and safety laws too (as per the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974).
You would be forgiven for feeling overwhelmed by the task of getting your business up to date with employment law. It can be complicated and it’s constantly evolving.
This checklist covers some of the most important areas your business needs to be aware of, and will help you take the right actions to abide by rules and regulations, and make sure your people are doing the same. It’s crucial to complete these checks in a timely manner to comply with changes coming from the 2025 Employment Rights Bill.
Request your easy-to-read FREE Checklist to see if you are compliant.
OurHRpeople offers a full range of HR services including:
- Recruitment and Selection Support
- People Processes
- Pay, Benefits and Pensions
- Organisational Design
- Employee Engagement
- Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures
- Executive Coaching
- Attendance and Absence Management
- Redundancy, Restructure, Settlements
- TUPE
- Documents and Contracts
- Psychometric Assessment
- Executive Business Mentoring
- Management and Leadership Development