An HR consultancy is planning to open more branches after growing by around a third in recent months.
Breedon Consulting, which is based in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, has added 20 new clients to its books this year, and plans to open another office in the Midlands in January.
Breedon was founded by managing director Nicki Robson in 1999, to provide training and development for SMEs in a range of sectors.
READ MORE: {}
It extended that service to training managers and providing support on all HR-related matters.
In 2013 current operations director Bev Brady joined the team helping Nicki grow of the company to its current team of eight.
Management said turnover has trebled in the last four years, helped by referrals from longstanding clients and contacts, many of them in the energy, finance and scientific industries who have been with the business for more than 20 years.
A spokeswoman said: “During the Covid-19 pandemic, the consultancy offered free HR advice to business owners to help them navigate the crisis, providing guidance on HR legislation and the Government Job Retention Scheme (Furlough Scheme), to support businesses during challenging times.
“Still offering free advice via group webinars, providing the initial free HR support, has really demonstrated to companies the commercial benefit of having solid regular HR support in place, and business owners have had a chance to see the value of a long-term HR partner, which has resulted in an influx of new enquiries and clients to the firm since July.
Most Read
Nicki Robson, said: “We are incredibly proud of our hardworking and tenacious team who have pulled together to work through this period, offering much-needed services to clients and businesses in need, and we are very pleased to be welcoming new clients onboard, to offer consistent, accessible services that are bespoke to needs at this current time.
“Planning for what comes next is absolutely pivotal as we continue to navigate this pandemic and the ‘new normal’, and most business owners are facing some of the most challenging times in the history of business.
“There is a tangible commercial benefit to receiving proper HR advice regularly compared to seeking it out reactively, and talking through options with a specialist sooner rather than later is especially important as there are usually more options available than people realise.
“Talking through these and the different avenues open to business owners sooner rather than later ensures that plans can be made and appropriate action can be taken, which is likely to be less costly.
“With this increase in demand, we are considering our position within the market and are looking into other Midlands locations for the future to continue to service our clients and offer support for companies in need, initially we are looking at Leicester as our first location.”