Feb 2023

Brand-new! Bulk import employee data into your BrightHR

You can now save time on your onboarding by by importing bulk employee data via spreadsheet, making it even easier to swap to Bright!

Jan 2023

BrightHR introduces on-the-go e-learning

Our brand-new expert e-learning courses are CPD-accredited and FREE for BrightHR customers, allowing you to encourage consistent training on a wide range of topics.

Nov 2022

BrightHR: SaaS Company of the Year winners!

BrightHR has been named SaaS Company of the Year at the Computing Technology Product Awards 2022. The awards count public votes to find the winners, so this accolade shows the incredible support from our community and beyond.

Oct 2022

BrightHR win SaaS Company of the Year for the SECOND year running

For the second year in a row, we've scooped up the prestigious SaaS Company of the year award by the UK Business Tech Awards!

Oct 2022

BrightHR: Trust Radius Best Relationship Summer 2022

We've been recognised as one of the best HR management companies by Trust Radius for Summer 2022! A big thank you to our staff, this wouldn't be possible without you!

Sep 2022

Shortlist: Prolific North Tech Awards 2022

BrightHR has been shortlisted in the Software-as-a-Service company of the year category again!

Sep 2022

Updated: Second COVID-19 booster

Users can now record the date of their second COVID-19 booster, allowing employers to track the vaccination status of their employees.

Aug 2022

Enhancement to rotas

Admins, managers and employees now have the option of accepting and declining their shifts on a person-by-person or team-by-team basis.

Aug 2022

BrightSafe's e-learning courses given stamp of approval

We’re pleased to announce that we have now received RoSPA Assurance and CDP Accreditation for another 18 e-learning courses in BrightSafe in the UK!

Aug 2022

BrightHR awarded Best Relationship in HR Management

BrightHR have won the TrustRadius Summer 2022 award for Relationship in HR Management. It's no surprise we've passed 1 million users when we provide top-notch services to our clients!

Jul 2022

BrightHR shortlisted at the Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards

BrightHR has been shortlisted at the Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards for the second year in a row! This year we've been selected as Technology Innovation finalists, celebrating businesses leading the tech evolution.

Jul 2022

One million users worldwide!

We're proud to annouce that we now serve one million users globally! Thank you to everyone who has made this possible, we couldn't do it without you.

Jun 2022

Updated: PoP attachments

We've made filing for expenses even more flexible. You can now submit an expense with zero to five attachments, compared to having to attach only one receipt previously!

Jun 2022

BrightBase E-Learning

BrightAdvice customers can now access 4 exclsuive e-learning courses, providing an extra resource to enhance HR knowledge.

Apr 2022

G2 recognises BrightHR as a Core HR Software Leader

We're happy to announce that G2 have recognised us as a Core HR Software Leader for Spring 2022. A big thank you to all the team at BrightHR, we couldn't do it without you!

Apr 2022

BrightHR awarded HR Specialist of the Year

Corporate LiveWire have named us HR Specialist of the Year at the Innovation & Excellence Awards 2022! The award celebrates the success of firms that have taken an innovative approach to demonstrate exceptional business performance.

Apr 2022

BrightHR recognised in Capterra's Pricing Value Report

We're happy to annouce that we have been placed in Capterra's Value Pricing Report for Human Resources Software. We are recognised as an outstanding product with a Value For Money rating of 4.8/5 & a Functionality rating of 4.7/5!

Mar 2022

Global Business Tech Awards, we made the shortlist!

We're proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for SaaS Company of The Year at the Global Business Tech Awards, celebrating the best in business across the globe.

Mar 2022

Updated: Blip timesheets

We've added absences and employee working ours to our timesheets, enabling managers to include more information that can help with timekeeping and payroll.

Mar 2022

BrightHR named in Crozdesk Workforce Management Awards

BrightHR has been recognised as a product leader in workforce management software for the THIRD year in a row by Crozdesk.

Feb 2022

Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award

We've been awarded the Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award for the second year running—meaning we’ve achieved GOLD for 4 years straight. Feefo only collects genuine customer reviews, so we’re very proud to have maintained a 4.9 star rating acorss 400 reviews.

Jan 2022

Colour coding for rota!

Now managers can colour code and label shifts in our rota software—meaning you can manage your staff by where they’re working, their pay, role, the possibilities are endless!

Jan 2022

Updated: Table View Rota

This intuitive update makes seeing details of your rota even easier. Plus, you can now duplicate shifts between staff or days, assign shifts across multiple days and employees in bulk, and filter your search to show specific shift types.

Dec 2021

Updated: Bright Lightning Question History

We’ve added a ‘Question History’ to Bright Lightning, so now it’s even easier to keep track of your expertly answered HR queries. Simply log in and find ‘Your Question History’ in the drop-down menu.

Dec 2021

Updated: Mobile rota view

Shifts are now grouped to ‘Today’, ‘Upcoming’, and ‘Further ahead’, alongside a new list allowing admins and managers to see all employee shifts on one dedicated screen, making team management even easier.

Nov 2021

BrightHR: The TechRound Top 100

We're so excited to be ranked 5th in the TechRound Top 100 which celebrates the best in UK startups and tech.

Nov 2021

Documents is now even easier to use

This new update allows users to move documents between sub-folders within the ‘Company’ and ‘Admin’ folders- making managing HR documentation a breeze.

Nov 2021

BrightHR: Crozdesk HR Scheduling Award

We’ve only gone and won another award! Crozdesk are experts in business software, and after sizing up the competition they’ve named us leaders in rota and shift scheduling software.

Nov 2021

Bright Exchange update: Edit advert

You can now edit your adverts with a click, giving you the flexibility to change details to suit your business growth plans.

Oct 2021

BrightHR: Prolific North Tech Awards

We’re so proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for ‘Innovation of the Year’ at the Prolific North Tech Awards, celebrating the incredible innovation of the North’s tech sector.

Oct 2021

Updated: Edit overtime

Users can now update overtime details, in a click and ensure that all the details needed for payroll are up to date and accurate.

Oct 2021

BrightHR: SaaS Company of the Year

We're so proud to have been crowned 'SaaS Company of the Year' at the UK Business Tech Awards 2021! The awards celebrates the UK's finest tech businesses and rewards innovative and exceptional applications of technology to transform and grow business.

Oct 2021

Shortlisted: Lloyd's Bank British Business Excellence Awards

We're so proud to have been shortlisted for 'The Technology Innovation Award' at the Lloyd's Bank British Business Excellence Awards. To be included in such a prestigious award is a huge honour and rewards our efforts to develop innovative technology to help businesses throughout the pandemic.

Oct 2021

We're pleased to announce the launch of the Care Navigator

We want our clients to provide the best care possible. That's why we have the Care Navigator, to give them tailored a health and safety solution, to meet care standards, and protect their staff and residents.

Oct 2021

Bright Lightning has landed - the UK’s first AI platform!

Lightning fast AI powered HR answers from our expert advisors with 30+ years of experience. Simply type your HR query into the search bar and our smart AI software will show you the answer most closely matched to your question in seconds.

Sep 2021

BrightHR: North West Tech 50

Business Clouds annual North West Tech 50 ranked us 12th amongst some of the most exciting tech firms in the North West.

Sep 2021

100,000 VaccTrak statuses

We've reached 100,000 VaccTrak statuses recorded in the UK! That means over 10,000 businesses have been able to open safely thanks to our vaccine tracker tool.

Jul 2021

Blip – who’s out!

You can now head to the ‘who’s in’ section of the Blip app to see who’s clocked in or on a break and who is out, giving you full visibility of attendance in a click!

Jun 2021

We are pleased to introduce our Everything Button!

We’ve added a handy new button to the top of your dashboard, it's easily accessible and available from anywhere on BrightHR. Just click it to do everything from requesting time off to logging a sickness. Simple.

May 2021

VaccTrak: Mobile passes

Issue exclusive VaccTrak passes to staff to save in their smartphone wallets, so they always have quick and easy access to vital information.

Apr 2021

New BrightSafe feature: Hazard reporting

Our brand new tool helps keep track of workplace hazards whether staff are at home or back in the office.

Apr 2021

New Blip Feature: Shift Adjustments

Employees can now request an adjustment to their clocking in and out times with their manager directly from the app.

Mar 2021

VaccTrak is now even better!

See who’s partially or fully vaccinated at a glance and update employee vaccination statuses in the new COVID-19 vaccine tab. Plus, you can now issue employees with VaccTrak passes—all you have to do is hit send and it goes straight to their email inbox.

Mar 2021

BrightHR: Crozdesk Workforce Management Award

We're proud to share that we've been recognised as a product leader in workforce management software for the second year in a row by Crozdesk. Thanks to everyone at BrightHR for their hard work in achieving this!

Feb 2021

New: Responsibilities Navigator

BrightSafe customers can use the brand-new Responsibilities Navigator to set up task reminders, delegate responsibilities, and save task records.

Feb 2021

New BrightSafe On The Go feature: Accident reporting

BrightSafe On The Go users can now record the basic details of an accident via the menu, and can attach photos and videos as supporting evidence. Once the record is created, an e-mail notification is sent to the responsible person letting them know they need to conduct an investigation.

Feb 2021

PoP is included in the HMRC list of record-keeping software applications

PoP is included in the HMRC list of record-keeping software applications—helping small businesses, like yours with simple record keeping.

Jan 2021

Updated: BrightAdvice

This update adds the ability for users to request advice directly from the app. Users can choose to request online advice, telephone advice or a video conference. For telephone advice, users also have the option to set a preferred time for the call.

Jan 2021

New launch: BrightSafe On The Go

The exclusive mobile app that lets you manage health & safety tasks—wherever you are.

Jan 2021

Updated: Permission page

This update gives BrightHR Admins a full list of what user roles their staff have and makes it easier for the Admins to revoke or assign permissions.

Jan 2021

NEW BrightHR release: VaccTrak

Our brand-new tool makes it easy for you to record who’s had the COVID-19 vaccine and who’s still on the waiting list—helping you to protect your people and your business through the pandemic.

Jan 2021

Improved: Payroll glossary

We’ve extended the payroll glossary list with even more terminology, helping you run payroll with ease.

Dec 2020

BrightHR's payroll navigator is here!

Use it to store employee details and run reports, so you can generate important information quickly whenever you need to submit payroll reports to HMRC.

Dec 2020

BrightSafe update: 102 new risk assessment templates added

We are pleased to announce that we have added 102 new risk assessment templates to the BrightSafe Risk Assessment Library, bringing the total number of risk assessment templates to 466.

Nov 2020

BrightHR: Computing Tech Product Awards

We’re so excited to be shortlisted for Best Software-as-a-Service Provider at the Technology Product Awards this year.

Nov 2020

New accessibility feature

We’ve integrated Android’s TalkBack and Apple’s VoiceOver screen reader features with the BrightHR mobile app, helping to make your BrightHR even more accessible!

Nov 2020

Announcement: BrightHR’s brand-new integration with Starling Bank

We've teamed up with Starling Bank to help support even more small businesses navigating their way through the coronavirus pandemic.

Oct 2020

Updated: Blip

Following client feedback, users are now able to add notes to their shift when clocking in. We've also updated the Blip event screens, making it even easier for our users to see their shift, break and reminder details.

Oct 2020

Blip integration with BrightHR

Admins and managers are now able to see who's clocked in on Blip directly from their BrightHR dashboard.

Oct 2020

6 million Blips!

We've reached 6 million blips! We're so proud to have achieved this global milestone #NowIsTheBrightTime.

Oct 2020

Get expert advice even quicker

Now you can use your BrightHR app to call one of our expert HR advisors in a tap.

Oct 2020

Celebratory animations

Employees will now see fun animations on their birthday or work anniversary, helping to improve employee engagement!

Sep 2020

Smart Reminders

With our new Smart Reminders feature, users will receive a handy reminder to clock out when they’re due to finish their shift, all based on their BrightHR working pattern or rota!

Aug 2020

5 million Blips

Just 3 months after we hit 4 million global clock-ins, we've now surpassed a massive 5 million!

Aug 2020

Now updated: Redundancy navigator tool

Use the new redundancy planner to lead you safely through each step of the redundancy process. Check off tasks as you go and download regular reports to track your progress help avoid costly legal mistakes.

Jul 2020

BrightHR: Technology Provider of the Year

We’re thrilled to have been shortlisted for Tech Provider of the Year at the British Small Business Awards 2020. This category recognises the tech providers that best places SME services at the heart of their offering.

Jun 2020

New look ‘Who’s off today’ dashboard tile

Our newly designed 'Who's off today' tile gives clients a detailed insight into the absences within their business, making the approval process much easier. 

Jun 2020

Introducing BrightSafe

It's brand-new health & safety software that helps you to meet the latest government guidelines & get your people back to work safely.

May 2020

4 million Blips

Another milestone for Blip! After reaching 3 million global clock-ins in February, we have now surpassed 4 million.

Apr 2020

Protect your staff’s privacy with Blip

Admins can now set geolocations as private so the details of employees' home addresses remain hidden.

Apr 2020

Send alerts with BrightHR

Admins and Managers can now use BrightHR to send alerts directly to employees through the notifications tab in settings.

Feb 2020

3 million Blips

Blip usage keeps growing. Less than 3 months after passing 2 million global clock-ins, we surpassed 3 million.

Jan 2020

New feature: Employees requesting absences using TOIL balance

Employees can now create absence requests using their TOIL balance and submit to their Manager for approval.

Nov 2019

2 million Blips

Blip usage keeps growing. Less than 6 months after passing 1 million global clock-ins, we surpassed 2 million.

Sep 2019

New product: BrightInsure

Now you can safeguard your business's future with BrightInsure. It’s optional legal expenses insurance that gives you cover in unfair dismissal and indirect discrimination claims for up to £1 million.

Jun 2019

New feature: Document reminders

Get instant notifications for important dates, such as when it’s time to renew an employee’s driving licence.

May 2019

1 million Blips

Soon after celebrating Blip's 1st birthday, we surpassed more than 1 million global clock-ins.

Jan 2019

New BrightAdvice mobile app

The BrightAdvice app lets BrightAdvice customers get quick legal support on the go. Plus, keep tabs on the support we’ve given them. 

Nov 2018

Launched: Bright Wellbeing & Counselling

Our complete employee assistance programme Bright Wellbeing & Counselling now offers face-to-face counselling. Plus, access to online self-help tools to put your people in control of their wellbeing. 

Sep 2018

New calendar

Enjoy an easier-to-use calendar with a grid view and new filters.

Sep 2018

Ireland launch

BrightHR’s now available in Ireland.

Jul 2018

Extra absence types

Choose from more absence types like adoption and shared parental leave.

May 2018

GDPR report

Export all the information you hold on your staff in our employee details report.

May 2018

Assign start date to working time pattern

Set a working time pattern from a specific date in the past.

Apr 2018

Share documents securely

Control whether to share or hide important documents from your staff.

Mar 2018

Canada mobile launch

BrightHR’s now available on mobile in Canada.

Jan 2018

New feature: HR documents

Use document templates to create your own. Exclusive to BrightAdvice customers.

Oct 2017

Payroll exceptions report

Download this new report to see all approved absences over a set period. This will help you to complete payroll.

Sep 2017

Canada launch

BrightHR’s now available on desktop in Canada.

Aug 2017

BrightHR Alexa skill

Ask Alexa who is absent today and get a response without stopping your work. Plus, say “brewlette” and Alexa will randomly pick one of your team to make a cuppa.

Jan 2017

New feature: Shifts and rotas

Enjoy a simpler way to make shifts and rotas. Plus, share them with your staff instantly.

Aug 2016

Peninsula integration

Peninsula clients can now use their Portal through BrightHR.

May 2016

Ongoing absence notifications

Get prompts to ask an employee for a fit note or to record their first day back to work.

Mar 2016

Android mobile app

BrightHR’s mobile app now available to Android users.

Nov 2015

First release of BrightHR

Features include:

• Regular employees.
• Seven-day working time patterns.
• BrightHR iOS mobile app.
• Instant notifications for managers and employees.