If your business is to grow, take care of your people

Passionate about small business and the people who work in them, I provide HR services for small businesses.  I believe that building strong and engaged teams is the key to a business’ success.

Choosing prevention over cure; I work with business leaders to ensure you have the company culture, people management processes and policies in place before something goes wrong.  This limits the amount of time and energy spent putting things right and allows us to focus on developing great teams of great people who will help drive your business.  HR shouldn’t be about policing policies and ticking boxes, but growing great teams.  If you value your people, they will value your business as much as you do.

You have an accountant to look after your money; having HR support to look after your biggest asset, investment and risk is just good business.

Core Services

Let us take care those who keep your business running, you can focus on making it grow

Outsourced HR, HR, Outsourcing, HR Services

Outsourced HR Services

People Management, HR, Employer, Employee, Human Resources

People Management

HR, HR policies, statutory HR, employer

HR Policies & HR Processes

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HR Software

Recruitment Services

Recruitment Services

Onboarding, new starter, employee, recruitment

New Starter Onboarding

Exit interview, leaver, exit

staff engagement surveys

Grievance, mediation, employee, employer, tribunal

Mediation and Grievances

Solving common issues and challenges

You’re not alone, most small businesses suffer the same challenges.
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About Me

Maria Riley

Hi, I’m Maria.

I have 15+ years’ experience working in people and operations management in the corporate world across several industries.  Tired of helping big business, I now use my knowledge and experience by helping start-ups and SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) on a flexible basis to make a difference to real lives by:

  • working with business leaders to improve the way they manage their people – saving time and money
  • creating strong teams which are dedicated and focused – because they want to be there
  • putting the right structure in place – enabling businesses to develop and grow
  • limiting problems from arising  – prevention is always better than cure

On a personal note, I’m a travel and adventure addict.  I love nature and wildlife, getting away from cities and into the wild are what keep me sane.

I’d love to help you improve work/life balance, your business flourish and keep your people happy.

Testimonials

Latest Blog Posts

  • Ducks in a row, employment law, fair work agency

Fair Work Agency – Are your ducks in a row?

April 28th, 2026|

With all the changes to employment law and not as much noise around this, you might be forgiven for missing this entirely.  But it's essential that every single business, no matter how big or small [...]

Get ready… change is coming!

February 19th, 2026|

Change is coming! Now is the time to get ready!  And good people management will be more important than ever before. Good people management isn’t new, I’ve written a number of articles about this over [...]