Everything your growing business needs from HR

Without the full time hire

Saltwater HR provides flexible, outsourced HR support for small and medium-sized businesses across Chichester, West Sussex, and the South Coast. Whether you need to get your HR basics in place, support with day-to-day people management, or help growing your team, we've got it covered.

Get the basics right - compliantly and confidently.

From employee handbooks and contracts to HR audits and our structured HR Framework, we help businesses put the right building blocks in place. If your HR documentation is out of date, non-existent, or held together with hope, this is where to start.

Build Your HR Foundations

Handbooks | HR Framework | Audits | Documentation

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Run Your Day to Day HR

Practical support for the people stuff that never stops.

Employment law queries, difficult conversations, HR admin, software recommendations - the day-to-day reality of managing people takes time and expertise most SMEs don't have in-house. We act as your outsourced HR team: responsive, experienced, and on your side.

Grow Your Team

Recruitment

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Hire well, develop your people, scale with confidence.

Whether you're recruiting for the first time or restructuring an existing team, we support the full people lifecycle — from fixed-fee recruitment and job design through to training, performance programmes, and reward reviews.

Not sure where to start?


Every business is different, and sometimes it's hard to know what your HR actually needs until someone helps you take a proper look. That's why we offer two easy ways to get started - no commitment or obligation, just a clearer picture of where you are and where you need to be.

Download Our Free HR Audit Not ready to talk yet? Start with our free HR audit checklist and get an honest snapshot of where your business stands. It takes around 10 minutes to complete and will highlight the gaps you need to address — whether you work with us or not.

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Book a Free 30-Minute Consultation Prefer to just talk it through? Book a free call with Nicky and we'll have an honest conversation about your HR pain points, what's keeping you up at night, and what practical steps would make the biggest difference to your business. No sales pitch, just an honest conversation with someone who understands the real challenges of managing people in a growing business.

And if we're not the right fit for you, we'll tell you that too. Finding an HR consultant you actually trust and feel comfortable with matters more than a quick sale, so we'd rather point you in the right direction (and we know loads of other fantastic HR Consultants!) than push you into something that doesn't work for you.