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Why HR software is important for UK businesses
Every UK business can benefit from HR software…
- Employment legislation compliance
- Proven ROI vs. other HR solutions
- More time to focus on running your business
- Comprehensive people management
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Join 100,000+ global businesses that trust BrightHR
Stay HR compliant always
Avoid fines and confusion by keeping up with evolving employment legislation.
From working hours to leave entitlements and required documentation, employer HR responsibilities can't be ignored.
HR software ensures you're covered with up-to-date and expert backed contracts, policies, and checklists, so you can stay compliant and confident.
Create important documents with ease
Outdated templates and pieced-together docs can expose your business to serious risk.
HR mistakes can lead to costly claims and legal headaches, which can start with your documentation.
HR tools help you manage everything from onboarding to offboarding, with legally sound and up-to-date documents, consistent processes, and built-in guidance for tricky situations like redundancies, performance issues and dismissals.
Employment law advice on demand
Hiring a lawyer for every HR question isn't viable or cost-effective for small businesses.
With 24/7 HR advisory support as part of a HR software package, you can get quick, expert-backed answers to your pressing issues; whether it's a conflict, an entitlement question, or how to handle a sensitive conversation. Unlimited, cost-effective help when you need it most.
Save time on everyday HR tasks
Processes like onboarding, time tracking, and leave management can be time consuming—and therefore expensive.
Manual HR eats into the hours you need to grow your business. Whether you're onboarding a new hire, chasing down timesheets, or coordinating time-off approvals, each task pulls you away from revenue-generating work.
HR software automates these processes. New hires can complete onboarding quickly, employees can log hours and request leave from their own dashboards, and everything flows into a central system. No more broken spreadsheets, missed emails, or unclear policies. It’s faster, smoother, and more accurate.
HR admin time is expensive
Processes like onboarding, time tracking, and leave management can be time consuming—and therefore expensive.
Manual HR eats into the hours you need to grow your business. Whether you're onboarding a new hire, chasing down timesheets, or coordinating time-off approvals, each task pulls you away from revenue-generating work.
HR software automates these processes. New hires can complete onboarding quickly, employees can log hours and request leave from their own dashboards, and everything flows into a central system. No more broken spreadsheets, missed emails, or unclear policies. It’s faster, smoother, and more accurate.
Proven ROI vs. other HR solutions
Hiring dedicated HR staff isn’t a viable option for most small businesses.
Balancing revenue & profitability while also thinking about overheads, burn and payroll can be the difference between keeping the lights on and going under. Having to choose between hiring dedicated HR staff or stretching your management team even more thinly is a real problem that many small businesses in the UK face.
Thankfully, HR software can step in and automate the most time-consuming processes, while keeping you compliant and well informed; without the need to hire expensive HR managers or sacrifice valuable time in your management team.
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HR software grows with your business
The best HR software is easy to use from the start, allowing for quick, out-of-the-box solutions to all of your HR needs—without compromising on flexibility, allowing you to immediately address your unique business requirements.
As HR software allows for such flexibility, it's perfect for businesses looking to grow and scale their efforts—the HR transition from core employees at a startup, all the way to becoming a well-established business with constant recruitment rounds has never been easier.
Effective & comprehensive employee management
With more time to focus on your business, you also have more time to focus on the things that make it a place that employees enjoy working at. Identify issues before they develop, get snapshot views of patterns in hours, clock-in times and a summary within every employee profile.
Happy employees = better productivity, which will directly impact your revenue. With proper human resource management through HR software, you can boost morale and employee wellness, while actively reducing burnout & sickness. Keep your business firing on all cylinders and your employees at their happiest.
Your small business HR headaches—solved
Say goodbye to spreadsheets and endless forms. HR software keeps everything in one place, from employee records to contracts.
Automate calculations, deductions, and payslips so you can run payroll in minutes, not hours.
Stay on top of employment laws with 24/7 HR advice, policy templates, and audit trails to protect your business.
Let employees request leave online while the system automatically calculates remaining balances.
Store contracts, polices, training materials securely with unlimited cloud-based storage. Allowing you to access your documents anytime, anywhere, from any device.
Set goals, track progress, and run performance reviews effortlessly. With fully integrated performance management software.
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