Shropshire HR company marks fifth birthday milestone
When Kelly Mansell founded ABC Human Resources Consultancy in January 2007 her aim was to achieve a better work/life balance. Following a career as an HR Team leader with House of Fraser and HR manager for Alcontrol, she needed the time and space to bring up her children without losing her professional edge.
Five years later it has worked out very well. Operating from a home based office near Oswestry, Kelly has built up a strong and loyal client base and has seen turnover grow steadily and then exponentially in the last 12 months. Clients span the business spectrum, including public sector, manufacturing, retail, charities and education. The current economic climate is driving a strong demand for professional HR advice.
Recently Kelly became one of very few Shropshire HR consultants to become a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the UK’s key HR professional body. It validated her knowledge and capabilities at board level and sent an unequivocal message about the high standards in her business. Clearly it is a message to which new and existing clients respond well. Over the last 12 months Kelly has focussed on building a high quality support network that now enables her to provide a more flexible and comprehensive service to her client base.
Her achievement is backed up by a chorus of satisfied clients such as Fay Easton of Enterprise HQ who says, “Kelly provides up to date professional advice and vital consultancy services with speed and efficiency” and Stephen Harris, CEO of Food Analytics Laboratory, stating “She (Kelly) has never failed to provide a solution to an HR matter”. Battlefield 1403, Cornbrook Homes and HoistQuip are just a few of the many leading Shropshire businesses to have joined her client portfolio.
After five years the case for a good work/life balance, one whose flexibility benefits clients, is well proven.
