ABOUT BEAGLE HR

A different kind of HR consultancy.

Founded in 2020 by Dan Caruso. Surrey-based, founder-led, and built on the belief that practical people management does more for a small business than any HR textbook ever wrote.

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Headshot of the founder of Beagle HR, Dan Caruso

THE FOUNDER

Dan Caruso

Dan came to HR the long way around. Before founding Beagle HR he spent fifteen years running shop floors, supervisor teams and operational roles in retail, telecommunications and education. That non-traditional route is what makes the advice land. He has stood in your shoes, run the rota at 6am on a Saturday, sacked someone who genuinely deserved it, and managed a team through a takeover.

He set up Beagle HR in 2020 because the SMEs he was talking to could not get this kind of practical, plain-language HR help anywhere. The big consultancies were priced for FTSE clients. The off-the-shelf advice lines hedged every sentence. Nobody was talking to a 12-person business owner the way they actually needed to be talked to.

Dan is an SME News Best Startup HR Consultancy Surrey 2021 winner and a Theo Paphitis Small Business Sunday #SBS winner.

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HOW WE WORK

What makes Beagle different

Four things our clients tell us, when we ask them why they stay with us when they could switch.

Pick up the phone

No ticketing system. No SLA workarounds. You ring Dan or the team and you get an answer the same day.

Fixed fees, no surprises

Everything is either a retainer with a known monthly cost or a scoped fixed-fee project. No hourly billing surprises.

Plain English, no jargon

If we cannot explain a piece of employment law in 30 seconds, it is on us. You should not need a translator.

Tribunal-grade documentation

If a case ever does escalate, every letter, meeting note and outcome we have produced will hold up in front of a judge.

WHERE WE ARE

Workspace on Weybridge High Street.

Beagle HR works out of a workspace above Waitrose on Weybridge High Street. Most of the time you will not find us there. Our consultants are normally on client site, in a meeting, or running a workshop. We are people people, not hiding behind computer screens sipping cups of tea.

We cover the Surrey commuter belt: Weybridge, Walton-on-Thames, Esher, Cobham, Chertsey, Woking, Guildford, Epsom, Leatherhead, Reigate, Camberley, Farnham and across SW London. Most work is by phone, email and video. We visit in person when it matters: audits, sensitive meetings, hearings.

Industries we work with

  • Hospitality, restaurants and hotels
  • Care homes and healthcare
  • Professional services (legal, accounting, consultancies)
  • Tech and SaaS
  • Property, construction and estate agents
  • Manufacturing and engineering
  • Education
  • Charities and not-for-profits
  • Financial services

CREDENTIALS

Award-winning, properly insured, properly accredited.

PolicyBee insured. Silver Breathe Certified Partner. Disability Confident Committed. Theo Paphitis #SBS Winner. SME News Best Startup HR Consultancy Surrey 2021.

Beagle HR accreditations

What 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.
Saybhan / Digital Marketing Agency
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.
Russ M / nTrust IT Support
Pragmatic, jargon-free communication, and no fuss whatsoever. Exactly what a small hotel owner needs from an HR consultant.
Ian B / Hotelier

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