Entry & Foundation
Get the basics right and legally compliant.
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We offer pragmatic HR services to support you and your organisation through the full employee lifecycle from recruitment to retirement.
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HR Services for the full employee lifecycle
Cornerstone Resources offers a complete HR service designed to support businesses, charities, and churches, combining professional expertise with integrity and honesty.
Strategic HR Projects
Empowering people to reach their potential.
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Specialised employee relations management.
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Entry & Foundation
We will support you to establish the essential, legal structures and processes required.
Start on the right foot.
We assist organisations struggling to recruit and retain necessary talent. We offer fixed fee packages to support your needs, including drafting job descriptions, creating branded adverts, posting roles, screening applications (including initial Zoom interviews), presenting candidates, issuing offers, and completing pre-employment checks.
It is critical to have relevant Employment Policies that provide clear guidance on employee expectations and consequences for non-adherence. We help you establish policies that meet legal requirements and fit your specific business needs. ACAS recommends policies covering areas such as Discipline, Grievance, Equality and Diversity, and various leave policies.
Having just taken over the management of a small company after working in the NHS for over 20 years I felt very much out of my depth with no HR department to call on. I was then recommended Cornerstone Resources who have been amazing. I cannot speak highly enough of them. Their availability, information, support, patience and advice at just the right level I am so grateful for. I certainly can recommend them to anyone who is looking for HR support.
Esther Barr
- General Manager
Eventide Care HomeHR Services
Strategic HR Projects
This category focuses on long-term strategy, compliance, retention, and structural changes. We partner with you whether you need a long-term retainer or support for discrete HR projects.
Lead complex change with clarity and assurance.
Embed organisational change successfully with hands-on HR advice. We support restructures, rapid expansion, new process launches (like refreshed appraisal systems), and system implementations so leaders can navigate each step with clarity.
Design reward strategies spanning compensation, benefits, and recognition to boost retention. We benchmark roles, guide salary reviews, and help you access benefits such as pensions consultancy, risk insurance, gym memberships, or Cycle to Work schemes.
Protect people during business transfers or service provision changes. We manage TUPE processes so employees retain their roles, employment terms, and continuity while you remain compliant.
We are so pleased with the HR support and expertise that Cornerstone bring to our operations. Their knowledge and resources are excellent, their approach is friendly and productive, and the result is an excellent-value package that works perfectly for Swift. If you want the security of a competent HR consultancy, with a holistic and caring approach, then we strongly recommend this company.
Martin Lawson
- Director
The Swift OrganisationWe have found Nicci and Cornerstone Resources to be fantastic to work with. Her flexible approach and ability to understand our specific needs enables us to get on with our day to day, confident that we have the best professional HR advice available. Nicci truly took time to understand our business and we are very grateful for all the support she has offered to us over the last two years. I would highly recommend Cornerstone Resources and have found them to be invaluable to us, so we can focus on the delivery of our services.
Ameera Fletcher
- Director
Cre8 MacclesfieldCornerstone go above and beyond when it comes to providing their HR consultancy service, their support both professionally and personally has greatly helped our company navigate its way through these past 18 months. When the Government's advice for employers was often contradictory and ever changing Nicci and the team provided comprehensive guidance underpinned with all the documentary records and communications required. A consultant who really listens, understands our business, and can quickly turnaround workable effective solutions is invaluable and this is exactly what Cornerstone does. Having Nicci and Rob with their wealth of HR experience and knowledge to lean on is empowering and we look forward to a long and productive association with them.
Sharon Hooley
- Director
PATSWe highly recommend using Cornerstone Resources HR Consultancy. Having used them for nearly two years, we always value the approach and expertise they bring and their investment in understanding the needs of our organisation to offer a bespoke and tailored service.
Catherine Proudman
- Central Support Team Leader
Ivy ManchesterI have worked with Cornerstone for around 18 months. They have been a great support offering excellent, up-to-date advice. I always get a quick response to an email or call back if she is unable to take a call. Very professional and personable. Thankyou.
Debbie Moore-Grundy
- Manager
The HolliesNicci and the team are great to work with. They're efficient, knowledgeable, reliable and provide well-balanced advice. Their experience shines through, going the extra mile whenever a situation calls for it. Not only that, but they do it all with a great sense of humour, which is just what's needed sometimes! I would recommend them and their services without hesitation.
Lauren Tutton
- Director
Alexander WindowsWe have been working with Cornerstone for over 6 months now and it has been been fantastic to work with Rob and his team. I have been very happy with the level of response, turn around times and resource that has been provided. The company provides reliable HR support and services that have really enhanced our working practices and saved us time in terms of resources.
Alice Hulley
- Director
Your Hospitality GroupOur HR services and consultancy are with Cornerstone Resources, and we have had a brilliant experience, with very patient, responsive and knowledgeable support from Rob, and it really feels like he's part of our organisation, not a separate entity. Their support during the shutdown and changing environment of employment laws has been timely and informative, and we're really happy to recommend them for guidance and support.
Alok Nayak
- CEO
MilapThese guys at Cornerstone Resources are amazing, so helpful, professional and turn things round so quickly and nothing is too much of a problem. Their HR knowledge is awesome and they have provided structured guidance during these challenging business times. Totally reliable and I would recommend Cornerstone Resources to any business wanting an outsourced HR function. AMAZING
Mark Porter
- Managing Director
Fix8 GroupHR Services
Conflict, Resolution & Exit
Employee Relations is the umbrella term for dealing with the tricky areas of managing people. We specialise in dealing directly with difficult people issues and ensuring your approach is legally sound. We provide expert HR advice, and can also act as an independent manager to chair hearings or investigations.
Navigate sensitive employee relationships with confidence.
Conduct comprehensive investigations when grievances or disciplinary issues arise. We can act as the independent investigator or support your managers with HR guidance and documentation.
Address misconduct discreetly and lawfully. We provide advice throughout the disciplinary process or step in as the impartial chair for hearings.
Give employees a safe route to raise concerns. Our HR professionals coach managers through complex grievances or chair hearings as neutral decision makers.
Tackle underperformance with clear SMART objectives and structured capability processes, from initial reviews to potential dismissals.
Apply a consistent sickness policy with clarity on reasonable adjustments. We advise before, during, and after formal absence meetings.
Plan and execute fair redundancy or reorganisation processes. We support business cases, consultation, paperwork, and payment calculations.
Use protected conversations to negotiate exits via settlement agreements while staying within the legal safeguards of Section 111A ERA 1996.
Resolve disputes faster with accredited mediation that encourages collaborative problem solving for issues like bullying, harassment, or personality clashes.
I've worked with Rob on an employment issue and found him to be extremely professional, both in his understanding of the case and also the manner in which it was handled. As a small business with no HR department, in the future it'll be beneficial to be able to call on his expertise and navigate through various issues as they arise, knowing there will be a cost effective solution available.
Martin Taylor
- Director
Peloton EventsAs a small business owner, it is invaluable to have someone like Cornerstone Resources on hand to help with the tricky employment issues. Highly recommend.
Stephen W.
- Director
Swift Tree Services