Matthew Lumsden, CEO, Connected Energy
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| Strategic HR Consultancy | Retained HR Consultancy
With a base in Newcastle’s science district, and in Norwich, Connected Energy is at the heart of the so-called ‘circular economy’, by uniquely focusing on grid-connecting second life electric vehicle batteries to store energy.
Kevin Francis, Care Director
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| Retained HR Consultancy
Established back in 2010, Potsford Farm is an accredited care farm, providing a lifeline of activity and engagement for adults who have particular mental health needs, or have a diagnosis of a learning disability or autism.
Andy Wood, CEO
We talk wellbeing with Andy Wood, CEO of Adnams, award-winning brewer, hotelier and wine merchant.
Daemmon Reeve, Group CEO
As part of our wellbeing series, we chat with Daemmon Reeve, Group CEO of Treatt, a natural extracts and ingredients manufacturer in Suffolk.
Ben Goode, CEO
In the latest in our series looking at how different companies have sought to support their employees, we have been chatting to Ben Goode, CEO of LSI Architects.
Doug Field OBE, CEO
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| Strategic HR Consultancy
In the second of our series exploring how specific businesses and organisations seek to address wellbeing matters, we’ve been chatting to Doug Field OBE, CEO of East of England Co-op.
Mark Dolman, Managing Director
A leading supplier of new and used shipping containers, cabins and modular buildings for all kinds of uses, Portable Space is an ambitious business which has seen great success in its two decades of operation.
Ian White, CEO
In part one of our wellbeing series, we chat to Ian White, CEO of Beckett Investment Management Group Ltd.
Hannah Fennelly, Head of HR & Organisational Development
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| Online HR Toolkit | HR Helpline
Serving public and private sector clients, MCBS is an electrical contractor, headquartered in Colchester and reaching out to clients in Essex, London, and neighbouring counties. After taking time to carefully understand what the company’s key leaders felt to be the greatest HR priority, it was decided that MAD-HR’s Toolkit and Helpline would be the appropriate solution.
John Skinner, Creative Director and co-owner
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| Retained HR Consultancy | Strategic HR Consultancy
Based in Norwich, Candour is a creative digital agency which has been growing rapidly since it was formed in 2013. Candour is now working on a retainer approach with the MAD-HR team, which enables them to tackle different areas of need, as they arise.
David Blackburn, Town Clerk
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| Retained HR Consultancy
Stowmarket Town Council serves 21,000 living in the heart of Suffolk. Ambitious in its thinking, and award-winning in its delivery, it cares passionately about the people it serves, and those work for the organisation.
Peter Brady, CEO
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| Online HR Toolkit
While adhoc approaches to HR had always previously been sufficient for Orbital, CEO Peter Brady came to realise that a more consistent ‘partnered’ solution might be better for the pace and advancement of his business.
Rory Sullivan, Director
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| Online HR Toolkit | Retained HR Consultancy
Like so many highly ambitious, successful and busy firms, Sharps Redmore has predominantly opted for the outsourcing model for its service requirements.
Kirstie Wright, CEO
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| Retained HR Consultancy
WS Training has been working with MAD-HR since 2019 – a decision, their CEO declares was ‘easily one of the best the business has ever made’.
Derek Killaspy, Managing Director
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| HR Helpline
Fireworks is a growing business of almost 30 years’ standing. It has been engaging aspects of MAD-HR’s services since 2021.
Leah Ivory, Accounts/HR Manager
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| Retained HR Consultancy
Lacy Scott & Knight is known throughout the East Anglian region for its reputation in auctioneering and property consultancy. It has retained the services of MAD-HR since January 2020.
Debbie Watson, Founder
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| Online HR Toolkit
“Initially, keeping up with documentation, policies and framework guidance was just about manageable – but then when larger healthcare providers started coming to us to outsource their patient work, it was clear we needed help with more formal planning and processes," said founder, Debbie Watson.
Guy Turvill, Chairman
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| Strategic HR Consultancy
With over 200 staff, the company still didn’t have its own dedicated HR department, nor a true grasp of what it might need to be looking at with regards to a more ‘strategic’ approach to performance, appraising and long-term operational hires. Chairman Guy Turvill felt the time had arrived for the right HR partner to support the future trajectory of the group.
Karen Pringle, Business Manager
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| Online HR Toolkit
Highfield’s nursery school staff are employees of the county council. The employees of the ‘company’, however, are not covered by the same council HR policies, and as such, it was considered important to have separate and impartial HR support.
Sarah Stowe, Managing Director
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| Online HR Toolkit | HR Helpline
While successful in managing its own workforce of circa 10 staff, WillisPalmer was eager to engage an HR partner in order to have more ‘ready access’ to up to date information and guidance.
30th November 2023 
