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GR Consulting helps business owners, HR Managers and in-house Talent Teams to overcome your people challenges and realise your growth ambitions.

We provide training and consultancy services that help you hone your hiring intentions, accelerate your talent acquisition strategies and take ownership of your workforce development objectives.

Coaching & Consultancy

Whether you’re planning your first hire or building a talent pipeline, scaling to sell or succession planning for exit, we’re specialists in people planning for ambitious businesses. We provide one-off coaching and project consultancy services at all stages of your growth journey.

For Start-ups and Micro Businesses

For Scale-ups
and SMEs

For HR Managers and In-House Recruitment Teams

People Planning for Ambitious Businesses

At GR Consulting, we work with you to tackle your people-related challenges and achieve your growth ambitions.

CIPD-qualified, APSCO-accredited and ISO-certified, we use our expertise to equip you and your team with the knowledge and practical tools to take control of your hiring plans, save time and reduce costs.

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Training Courses

If you’re looking to do more in-house, upskill your existing talent team or learn new strategies to develop your workforce for the future, explore our GR Training Series. We deliver half-day or full-day courses bespoke to your organisation or as part of our regular sessions for individuals or small groups.

Social Recruiting Courses

In-house Recruiter Courses

Growth Through People Courses

Feedback from our clients

Thanks so much Caroline – you’re a superstar and the presentation was brilliant

Steve, CEO

Thank you for a great session, really informative & well delivered. Looking forward to putting the learning into practice!

Jennifer, Recruitment Coordinator

Caroline is true professional. She prepares well and is very thorough in her work. She is a good speaker and presenter and is clear in getting her message across… Reliable and hard-working and can be thoroughly trusted to get results.

Ann, HR & Operations Manager

Amazing training session on all things social media today – thank you again! Looking forward to putting it into practice on our social media platforms

Janine, HR & Recruitment Manager

Our experience working with Grassroots has been excellent. Caroline takes time to understand our business really well and ensure she has absolute clarity on [our] requirements… She asks great questions to further her understanding too, which in turn helped us to understand our own requirements even better. She is really open and receptive to feedback.

Nicola, Director of Colleague Support

Caroline’s approach is very much appreciated – highly supported, professional and highly motivated in her work – thank you for everything you have done Caroline!

John, Managing Director

Resources & Insights

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  • How to complete a HR Audit and what to include

    Top tips for why, when and how to complete a HR Audit

    As a “People Planning” consultant, I’ve had the privilege of working with several small to medium-sized businesses over the past 12 months on a…

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  • Having a positive social value contribution to our local community is an essential part of Grassroots' brand mission.

    Celebrating Two Years of Social Values Achievement: GR Consulting’s Incredible Impact

    We’ve got something to shout about! Following our final submission to the Social Value Portal and their recent audit of our consultancy work, the…

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  • Do you know your obligations to ensure GDPR compliance in recruitment?

    GDPR Compliance in Recruitment: Is it still a thing?

    In the vast sea of unanswered, unsolicited and red-flagged emails inundating our HR inboxes (from job applications to recruiter approaches), it’s easy to assume…

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  • Social Recruiting Strategy for Bolton Council

    Social Recruiting Strategy & Channel Launch for Local Authority

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  • Employee Handbook for Apprentices

    Launching an Apprenticeship Scheme | Employee Handbook and Onboarding Support

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  • Becoming an employer for the first time - Case Study on coaching from Grassroots

    Becoming an Employer | Training, Coaching and HR Set-Up for Social Enterprise

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For Scale-Ups and SMEs

We help MDs and business leaders grow their business through people.

We help you design and implement workforce planning strategies to develop your current team, acquire new skill-sets and scale-up to meet future demand.

We work with you to reduce the risk from losing valued colleagues, identify and upskill rising talent and ambition plan for what comes next.

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We have worked with Caroline for the past 10 years. She has helped us build our business from a team of 5 to 5000 and has been critical to our success.

Richard Branson
Virgin Atlantic

For HR Managers and In-House Recruitment Teams

We help HR and Recruitment practitioners develop their resourcing expertise.

We work with you to build on your existing recruitment strategies to improve candidate attraction, streamline in-house processes and meet your headcount targets.

We equip you with advanced knowledge and expert techniques to target niche applicants, boost candidate engagement, optimise cost-per-hire and reduce external agency spend.

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Caroline Patten. Founder of Grassroots Consulting

I’d love to learn more about you and your business needs. Get in touch for an initial consultation to find out more about how I can help.

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