Straight-talking HR for Cranleigh small businesses.

HR support for Cranleigh SMEs.

Beagle HR works with small businesses across Cranleigh and the surrounding Surrey villages, down towards Guildford and out to Ewhurst and the Surrey Hills. Often called one of the largest villages in England, Cranleigh has a genuinely busy local economy: a thriving independent high street, well-known schools including Cranleigh School, a strong base of healthcare and care providers, and plenty of rural and trades businesses.

That mix of retail, care, education and trades means a wide range of HR needs, from managing front-line and shift staff to sector-specific policies and the realities of recruiting in a more rural location. We give Cranleigh employers practical, plain-English support, compliant contracts and a handbook, and someone to call when something tricky lands, all on a fixed fee.

Recruiting in a more rural spot like Cranleigh can be harder than in the towns, so keeping good people matters even more. We help local employers with the retention basics, clear progression, fair pay structures and a workplace that runs well, so you are not constantly rehiring.

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 Cranleigh employers.

With so much retail, care and education locally, Cranleigh employers manage front-line and shift teams where rotas, absence and conduct issues are a daily reality.

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.