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Employment Rights Act 2025: What Employers Need to Know

Employment Rights Act 2025: What Employers Need to Know (February 2026) Introduction The Employment Rights Bill’s progression through Parliament signals more than incremental legislative change it represents a fundamental recalibration of the employment relationship.  For HR leaders and business owners, the question isn’t simply one of compliance. The reforms demand

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What are the key features of HR Software for Small Businesses?

What are the key features of HR Software for Small Businesses? By the HR experts at MJV Consulting – With over 40 years combined experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses across Sussex, Surrey, and London. Since 2016, we’ve supported small businesses in Sussex, Surrey and London with forward thinking HR

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Using HR to Build a Better Business in 2026

Using HR to build a better business in 2026 By the HR experts at MJV Consulting – With over 40 years combined experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses across Sussex, Surrey, and London. Since 2016, we’ve supported small businesses in Sussex, Surrey and London with forward thinking HR strategies designed

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Employee Wellbeing: A Crucial HR Priority for 2026

Employee Wellbeing: a Crucial HR Priority for 2026 By the HR experts at MJV Consulting – With over 40 years combined experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses across Sussex, Surrey, and London. Since 2016, we’ve supported small businesses in Sussex, Surrey and London with forward thinking HR strategies designed to

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Preventing Workplace Harassment During the Festive Season

Preventing Workplace Harassment during the Festive Season By the HR experts at MJV Consulting – With over 40 years combined experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses across Sussex, Surrey, and London. Since 2016, we’ve supported small businesses in Sussex, Surrey and London with forward thinking HR strategies designed to support

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HR Support for Family Businesses

HR Support for Family Businesses By the HR experts at MJV Consulting – With over 40 years combined experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses across Sussex, Surrey, and London. Since 2016, we’ve supported small businesses in Sussex, Surrey and London with forward thinking HR strategies designed to support your growth.

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Workplace Mediation

What is workplace mediation?

What Is Workplace Mediation and When Should you Use It to Resolve Conflicts? By the HR experts at MJV Consulting – With over 40 years combined experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses across Sussex, Surrey, and London. Since 2016, we’ve supported small businesses in Sussex, Surrey and London with forward

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Onboarding New Starter

6 Key Onboarding Questions to Support you and your New Hires

6 Key Onboarding Questions to Support you and your New Hires By the HR experts at MJV Consulting – With over 40 years combined experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses across Sussex, Surrey, and London. Since 2016, we’ve supported small businesses in Sussex, Surrey and London with forward thinking HR

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Outsourcing your Breathe HR Software Implementation

Outsourcing your breathe HR Software Implementation By the HR experts at MJV Consulting – With over 40 years combined experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses across Sussex, Surrey, and London. Since 2016, we’ve supported small businesses in Sussex, Surrey and London with forward thinking HR strategies designed to support your

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HR from MJV Consulting for Property Sector-Surveyors, Architects, Mortgage Brokers in Sussex, Surrey and London.

HR Consulting for the Property Sector

HR Consulting Services for the Property Sector By the HR experts at MJV Consulting – With over 40 years combined experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses across Sussex, Surrey, and London. Since 2016, we’ve supported small businesses in Sussex, Surrey and London with forward thinking HR strategies designed to support

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HR Support in Sussex, Surrey and London for Small Businesses

HR Consulting Services for Small Business

HR Consulting Services for Small Business: with Business Growth in Mind By the HR experts at MJV Consulting – With over 40 years combined experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses across Sussex, Surrey, and London. Since 2016, we’ve supported small businesses in Sussex, Surrey and London with forward thinking HR

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Why Your Estate Agency Needs a Proactive HR Strategy

Why Your Estate Agency Needs a Proactive HR Strategy By the HR experts at MJV Consulting – With over 40 years combined experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses across Sussex, Surrey, and London. Since 2016, we’ve supported Estate Agents in Sussex, Surrey and London with forward thinking HR strategies designed

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Employee Onboarding

The Business Owners Guide to Employee Onboarding

The Business Owners Guide to Employee Onboarding in 2025 By the HR experts at MJV Consulting – With over 40 years combined experience supporting small and medium-sized businesses across Sussex, Surrey, and London. Since 2016, we’ve helped companies transform their employee onboarding processes and dramatically improve retention rates. Author: Mary

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Breathe HR Software Employment Hero HR Software

What is the best HR Software for UK SMEs in 2025

What is the best HR Software for UK SMEs in 2025? Which HR System is the best fit for your business? Here we provide the MJV Consulting, comparison review, of Breathe and Employment Hero for Small Businesses in Sussex, Surrey and London. As a specialist HR consultancy based in South-East

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Performance Management

Performance Management Tips: The Ultimate Guide

Performance Management Tips: The Ultimate Guide The Complete Guide to Performance Management: Building High-Performing Teams in Small UK Businesses For Small Business Owners in Sussex, Surrey and London looking for tips and suggestions on implementing a Performance Management structure for the first time to help Line Managers support their teams

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7 Benefits of Outsourcing HR Services

5 Key Benefits of Outsourcing HR Services

5 Key Benefits of Outsourcing HR Services 5 Key Benefits of Outsourcing HR Services For Small Business Owners in Sussex and Surrey who are looking to employ their first member of staff, revamp and refresh their HR policies or perhaps you are looking to scale your team with new hires

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August 2025 HR News from MJV Consulting

August 2025 HR News from MJV Consulting August Newsletter September Planning: Your HR Priorities for Q4 Success Published August 2025 | 8-minute read Summer’s winding down and September is just around the corner. If you’re like most business leaders, you’re already feeling that familiar September energy, the sense of a

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Performance Management

What is Performance Management?

What is performance management? The Guide to Performance Management Small Business Owners in Sussex, Surrey and London. Published by MJV Consulting – Your trusted HR partners with over 25 years of HR experience. As HR consultants working exclusively with UK small and medium enterprises, our team at MJV Consulting have

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Performance Management Frameworks for Small Businesses

Key Performance Management Tips for Small Businesses

Key Performance Management Tips for Small businesses Performance Management That Actually Works: A Small Business Guide Let’s be honest – when most people hear “performance review,” they think of that dreaded annual sit-down where everyone pretends last year went perfectly to plan but here’s the thing: those once-a-year box-ticking exercises

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Employee Wellbeing

How prioritising employee wellbeing boosts workplace performance

How prioritising employee wellbeing boosts workplace performance The summer of 2025 is now experiencing its fourth heatwave in recent weeks and with temperatures reaching 30 degrees here in Horsham, West Sussex it is important for business leaders to consider the working environment of their employees in soaring temperatures. Perhaps you

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Employment Rights Bill July 2025 Update

Employment Rights Bill July 2025 Update

Employment Rights Bill July 2025 Update With the latest Employment Rights Bill update announced in early July 2025, in our latest blog we look at the details, the timelines and what this means for you and your business. MJV Consulting has established itself over the last nine years, as a

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What is flexible working? MJV Consulting discuss how you should approach flexible working and flexible working requests.

What is Flexible working?

What is flexible working? The Complete Guide to Flexible Working for SMEs: Understanding Rights, Requests,and Business Benefits In today’s rapidly evolving workplace landscape, flexible working has transformed from a nice-to-have perk into a business necessity. For small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Sussex and Surrey, understanding flexible working arrangements isn’t

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Stop Drowning in HR Admin with MJV Consulting and Breathe HR Software.

Stop Drowning in HR Admin

Stop Drowning in HR Admin: July 2025 Newsletter from MJV Consulting Stop Drowning in HR Admin: The Smart Business Owner’s Guide to Reclaiming Your Time in 2025 How modern HR systems like Breathe HR Software are helping UK businesses slash admin time while keeping teams happier.   Transform Your HR

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HR Support for Start-up Businesses

HR Support for Start-up Businesses

HR Support for Start-Up Businesses Providing HR support for Start-ups is something we truly understand at MJV Consulting. Over the years, we’ve helped a number of start-ups and growing SMEs build their HR functions and processes from the ground up. We know that launching a new business or scaling up

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