Straight-talking HR for Camberley small businesses.

HR support for Camberley SMEs.

Beagle HR works with small and medium businesses across Camberley, Frimley, Bagshot and the surrounding Surrey Heath area. Sitting on the M3 with Sandhurst on its doorstep, Camberley has a distinctive economy: a strong technology and defence-related sector, The Mall and a busy retail centre, and a deep base of trades and service businesses.

Tech, engineering and defence-adjacent employers need contracts that handle confidentiality and IP properly, while retail and trades businesses bring shift, vehicle and front-line staffing questions. It is a varied patch, and a one-size approach does not fit.

We give Camberley employers the HR support a larger company has in-house, without the cost: compliant contracts, a proper handbook, the right policies for your sector, and practical advice when an issue lands. All in plain English, all on a fixed fee, all from a local consultant who can be on site when needed.

Retained HR support

Day-to-day HR for your team. Disciplinaries, sickness, contracts, the lot. Email and phone access to me. Priced on your team size.

HR compliance audit

One-off review of your contracts, handbook, policies and processes. Written report. Priority fix list. Priced on a call.

HR Compliance Programme

Six-month fixed-fee programme to put your HR foundations in place from scratch. Priced on your team size.

Common HR challenges for Camberley employers.

Camberley’s mix of tech, defence-related, retail and trades employers means HR needs range from confidentiality and IP terms to shift and vehicle policies.

Recruiting and keeping good people. Competition for staff in this part of Surrey is real, and the cost of living does not help. We help with clear offers, sensible probation, and the contract and benefit basics that make people stay.

The first difficult conversation. The first disciplinary, grievance, capability or sickness case is where small employers are most exposed. Handle it badly and it can become a tribunal claim. We guide you through it step by step, or run it for you.

Getting compliant and staying there. Contracts that pre-date the Employment Rights Act 2025, a handbook nobody has touched in years, missing right-to-work checks. We put the foundations right, then keep them current as the law changes.

Why a local Surrey HR consultant.

Most of the day-to-day work happens by phone, email and video, which keeps things quick and keeps your costs down. But being local to Surrey means we turn up in person when it actually matters: an on-site audit, a sensitive meeting, a disciplinary or grievance hearing where a real person in the room makes the difference. You deal with Dan and the Beagle HR team directly, not a call centre and not a different adviser every time. Because we only take on a limited number of businesses at once, you get an HR partner who genuinely knows your business.

Working with us is straightforward. It starts with a free 15-minute review, where we listen, tell you honestly what your business needs and what it does not, and agree a fixed fee before you commit to anything. There is no hourly clock running, no lock-in on the ongoing retainer, and nobody passing you around. You get plain English, a clear plan, and someone who picks up the phone.