HR that keeps pace with scaling.

Tech and SaaS businesses grow in bursts, hire in competitive markets, and live or die by their intellectual property and their people. They also tend to run lean, remote or hybrid, and to reach the point of needing proper HR faster than they expect. The informal approach that works at five people breaks at twenty.

We work with software and technology businesses to get the foundations right early: solid contracts that protect your IP, sensible equity and incentive arrangements, and the policies and processes a distributed team needs. Pragmatic, founder-friendly advice on a fixed fee, so HR never becomes the thing that slows you down.

Hiring across borders, engaging contractors under IR35, and standing up to investor due diligence on your people and IP all tend to arrive sooner than founders expect. We get the contracts, classifications and records in order early, so a funding round or acquisition is not slowed by HR gaps.

The HR challenges in tech and saas.

The issues we see most often with the tech and SaaS businesses we support.

Protecting IP and confidentiality

Your code, product and data are the business. We make sure every contract assigns IP properly and handles confidentiality, so what your team builds belongs to you.

Equity, options and incentives

Share options and incentive schemes need to sit cleanly alongside the employment contract. We make sure the people paperwork supports your equity arrangements.

Scaling the team safely

Hiring fast is where compliance slips. We put a repeatable, compliant hiring, onboarding and probation process in place so you can scale without the risk.

Remote and distributed teams

Hybrid and remote working raise real questions on hours, expenses, performance and even where people are based. We get your contracts and policies reflecting how you actually work.

Contractor versus employee status

Engaging developers as contractors carries IR35 and status risk. We help you classify correctly and paper the arrangement properly.

Performance for technical teams

Managing engineering and product performance fairly needs clear frameworks. We give you defensible, sensible processes that fit a technical team.

How we work with Tech and SaaS businesses.

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.

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HR compliance audit

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

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HR Compliance Programme

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

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Why Beagle HR.

We are a founder-led HR consultancy serving SMEs across Surrey and the wider UK. You deal with Dan and the Beagle HR team directly, not a call centre and not a different adviser every time. Advice comes in plain English, fees are fixed and agreed up front, and because we only take on a limited number of businesses at once, you get a partner who genuinely knows your sector and your team.

It starts with a free 15-minute review, where we listen, tell you honestly what you need and what you do not, and agree a fixed fee before any work begins. No hourly clock, no lock-in on the ongoing retainer, just a clear plan and someone who picks up the phone.

We work across many sectors, so the advice you get is grounded in how businesses like yours actually operate, not generic theory. Whatever lands on your desk, an awkward grievance, a tricky exit, a restructure, or simply a question you are not sure about, you get a straight answer, a clear next step, and the documents or process to back it up.

Common questions from tech and saas employers.

Tech and SaaS HR FAQs

Yes. We make sure your employment and contractor agreements assign intellectual property to the company and handle confidentiality and post-termination obligations, so your product is protected.
Yes. The HR Compliance Programme is built for exactly this: a six-month, fixed-fee build that puts your contracts, handbook, HR system and manager toolkit in place so you can scale safely.
We price on your team size and what you actually need, not a one-size package, and we agree the fee with you on a free review before any work begins. You are not paying for support built for a business twice your size.
No. The ongoing retainer is rolling, so you can leave whenever you like. The only fixed term is the six-month HR Compliance Programme, if you choose that route to get set up.
Book a free 15-minute review and we will scope the work on the call. For straightforward retainers we can be set up within 7 days.

Sorting HR for your tech or SaaS business?

Book a free 15-minute review. We will tell you what to do, and quote a fixed fee if you need our help. We take on a limited number of businesses at a time.

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