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I’m Dan. I run Beagle HR from Surrey. I work with small business owners who don’t have time for HR jargon, retainer minimums they don’t use, or advice that hedges every sentence.
Got a tricky employee situation, a contract you’re not sure about, or a compliance question that’s been sitting in your inbox for three weeks? Book a call. I’ll tell you what to do. No fluff, no sales pitch.
Book a 15-minute call with DanFLAGSHIP PROGRAMME
The 6-Month HR Foundation Programme
A fixed-fee programme that takes your business from no HR to fully sorted in six months. Four phases: compliance audit, contracts and handbook, HRIS setup, manager toolkit. We project-manage every step, so you keep running the business.
From £449/month. 6-month fixed-fee engagement. Optional retainer to follow.
See programme details Book a discovery callWhat you get in 6 months
- ✓ Full HR compliance audit and fix list
- ✓ Bespoke contracts of employment (ERA 2025 compliant)
- ✓ Full HR policy suite and employee handbook
- ✓ Breathe HR set up and your team onboarded
- ✓ Manager toolkit: 1-to-1s, performance, disciplinary scripts
- ✓ Two strategic reviews with Dan at month 3 and month 6
- ✓ Right-to-work check process and training
What we do for SMEs in Surrey.
Three packaged services that cover what most small businesses actually need. Retainer support, a one-off compliance check, and the contracts and handbook that keep you out of trouble.
Retained HR support
Day-to-day HR for your team. Disciplinaries, sickness, contracts, the lot. Email and phone access to me. From £249/month.
See retainer detailsHR compliance audit
One-off review of your contracts, handbook, policies and processes. You get a written report, a priority list, and a fixed fee. From £495.
See audit detailsContracts & policies
Bespoke contracts of employment and an employee handbook written for your business. Not a generic template. From £695.
See contract detailsNot sure where you stand?
Take the 10-question HR Compliance Health Check. Five minutes. No email gate to read your score. Find out which areas are watertight, and which are sitting on a tribunal.
Take the Health CheckWhat Surrey business owners say.
Dan is approachable, straight-talking, and always on the end of a phone or email when we need him. For a small agency, having access to that level of HR thinking without the cost of a full-time HR department has been invaluable.
Dan ran an HR audit for us, helped with references, coached our managers on KPIs, and ran kick-starter sessions with the team. Beagle HR is an integral component of how we run the business.
Pragmatic, jargon-free communication, and no fuss whatsoever. Exactly what a small hotel owner needs from an HR consultant.
Local HR support across Surrey and the commuter belt.
We work with small businesses in Weybridge, Chertsey, Woking, Guildford, Walton-on-Thames, Kingston and across SW London.
Book a consultationCommon questions from Surrey small business owners.
HR FAQs
Do I really need an HR consultant if I've only got 5 employees?
The legal obligations don’t scale with headcount. From the day you employ one person you need a compliant contract, a basic set of policies, and a process for handling sickness, grievances and disciplinaries. Most 5-person businesses we work with use Beagle on a low-touch retainer for exactly this reason. They don’t want to keep Googling whether what they’re about to do is legal.
How is a retainer different from just paying for one-off advice?
A retainer gives you unlimited email and phone access for a fixed monthly fee, plus reviewed contracts, policy updates when employment law changes, and someone who already knows your business when something goes wrong. Pay-as-you-go works if you genuinely only need HR twice a year. Most businesses underestimate how often issues come up.
Are you Surrey-based?
Yes. Beagle HR is based in Surrey and works mainly with SMEs in Weybridge, Chertsey, Woking, Guildford, Walton-on-Thames and across the Surrey / SW London commuter belt. Most of the work is by phone, email and video. We visit in person when it matters: audits, sensitive meetings, hearings.
What does a compliance audit actually cover?
We review your contracts of employment, employee handbook, core policies (disciplinary, grievance, sickness, family leave, holiday, working time), and the day-to-day processes around them. You get a written report, a priority list of fixes, and a fixed fee from £495. It’s the fastest way to find out where you’re exposed.
What's the first thing I should do if I think I've got a problem?
Book a free 15-minute call. Tell us what’s going on. We’ll either give you the answer on the call, or quote a fixed fee to handle it properly. We’d rather tell you it’s straightforward (and you don’t need to spend anything) than win a contract you don’t actually need.
Got an HR problem? Let’s deal with it.
Book a free 15-minute call with Dan. If it’s a quick answer, you’ll get it on the call. If it’s not, you’ll get a fixed-fee quote. No retainer minimums, no hourly billing.
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