Senior People leadership for scaling businesses. Trusted support for difficult people decisions, strong People foundations, and the organisational shifts that come with growth.
Advisory support from £175/hour. Urgent support from £250/hour.
Fixed-fee and fractional pricing scoped after intro call.
At Alongside, we work closely with leadership teams to help businesses navigate the people side of growth, change and complexity — with senior judgement, practical support, and a strong understanding of how organisations actually work.
The result is stronger decisions, reduced risk, clearer accountability, and a business that runs more effectively and with greater confidence.
Depending on what your business needs most right now.
Senior support, sound judgement and calm handling through sensitive, high-risk people situations — ensuring compliance, reducing risk, and helping leaders move forward with confidence.
For founder-led and newly funded businesses that need strong People foundations aligned to the business, built for growth without unnecessary complexity.
Experienced People leadership in the business each week — without committing to a full-time senior hire.
Senior expertise on a clearly defined piece of work — planning for growth, clarifying structure, improving leadership effectiveness, or delivering change well.
When people decisions carry weight, generic HR support is rarely enough.
Support shaped around your commercial reality, leadership dynamics, and stage of growth — never applied from a template.
Experienced, measured guidance through sensitive, high-stakes, and ambiguous situations where credibility and sound judgement matter.
People decisions approached in the context of business priorities, growth plans, risk, pace, and performance — never in isolation.
Support designed for founder-led, fast-moving environments where clarity, pace, and good decision-making matter as much as process.
Bespoke support grounded in context, practical to implement, and proportionate to what the business actually needs.
Designed not only to solve the issue at hand, but to strengthen the structure, leadership, and People foundations around it.
Alongside works best with businesses that need senior, commercially grounded People support — without defaulting to a full-time hire too early.
If your business is growing, shifting, or facing a people challenge that needs experienced handling, Alongside is built for exactly that.
Flexible support depending on the nature of the issue, urgency, and level of input required.
Urgent and priority support from £250/hour. For live guidance and leadership input.
For businesses needing support across a defined period or multiple matters.
Restructures, redundancies, Foundations work, and strategic projects. Following scope review.
Quoted based on seniority, business stage, scope, pace, and internal capability.
All bespoke project and fractional pricing is provided following an introductory call. Not sure what you need? We can work through that together.
Thoughtful, practical support grounded in the reality of your business — whatever the challenge.
When people situations become sensitive, high-risk, or hard to navigate, leaders need experienced support they can trust. Alongside Resolve gives businesses calm, commercially grounded guidance with the right balance of clarity, care, and risk awareness.
Get support for a live issueSensitive people situations call for more than policy and process alone.
Experienced, measured leadership through situations that carry real business and personal risk.
Every recommendation is grounded in business context — not HR best practice in isolation.
Practical options with honest risk assessment so leaders can make informed, confident decisions.
A calm, steady presence during high-stakes and stressful moments.
Support for leaders who need to handle difficult conversations well, and with care.
Messaging that is clear, proportionate, and appropriate to the situation.
Live support and urgent guidance. Priority support from £250/hr.
For businesses needing support across several matters or a defined period.
Redundancy programmes, restructures, and multi-stage ER situations.
Book an intro call to talk through what's happening and what kind of support would be most useful.
For founder-led and newly funded businesses that need strong People foundations aligned to the business, built for growth without unnecessary complexity.
Book an intro callEarly-stage businesses rarely need a big People function or HR overload. They do need the right fundamentals in place.
Alongside Foundations puts those essentials in place with the right balance of structure, clarity, and practical support — so founders can make better people decisions, reduce risk, and build in a way that supports growth.
Built around the core elements a scaling business needs from the start.
The basics that make the business a credible, protected employer.
The structure to hire intentionally and in line with business priorities.
A clear start for new joiners and managers.
The minimum structure for clarity, accountability, and better management.
How the People function should work as the business grows.
Enough structure for fair, scalable, commercially sensible decisions.
Added depending on your stage, internal capability, and what needs to happen after foundations are designed.
For businesses with a junior HR or People team member who needs senior guidance. Weekly check-ins, prioritisation support, and accountability.
Vendor recommendations, workflow input, and setup guidance. Support to define requirements and recommend the right system approach.
Targeted support for managers stepping into people responsibility — expectations, feedback basics, and accountability.
A more detailed review of pay positioning and decision-making guardrails, including market benchmarking and offer principles.
Typically scoped as a fixed-fee project following an introductory call and scope review.
Let's talk through what stage you're at, what's already in place, and what the business needs next.
For businesses that need experienced People leadership, but are not ready for a full-time senior hire. Alongside works as a close partner to the CEO and leadership team — setting direction, overseeing day-to-day People priorities, and helping the organisation grow with more structure, clarity, and confidence.
Designed to give businesses meaningful senior People leadership without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire.
Regular senior presence in the business, with consistent input into leadership decisions and priorities.
Ongoing support for managers working through team dynamics, performance, and people challenges.
Accountability for the People roadmap — prioritising what needs to happen and when.
Responsive guidance on ER and people matters as they arise — no overhead, no delay.
The aim is not to add more process. It is to give the business a senior People partner who helps it run more clearly and effectively.
Quoted based on the level of seniority required and the scope of work to be delivered.
Because fractional leadership work is high-trust and closely embedded, Alongside only takes on a small number of fractional clients at any one time. This ensures the support remains thoughtful, responsive, and genuinely close to the business.
Let's talk through what support your business needs, how embedded that should be, and whether a fractional model is the right fit.
Some challenges do not require a full-time hire. They require experienced leadership on a defined initiative, transition, or organisational priority.
Discuss a strategic projectOur expertise spans the breadth of the employee lifecycle and all aspects of organisational effectiveness. If you have a specific challenge or bespoke project in mind, please reach out to discuss.
What looks like a team issue may actually be a structure issue. What feels like a performance problem may be a clarity problem. What appears to be a communication challenge may point to deeper leadership misalignment.
Alongside brings a broader organisational lens, helping leadership teams solve the immediate challenge while improving how the organisation works overall.
Strategic Projects are typically priced on a bespoke fixed-fee basis following an introductory call and scope review. Pricing depends on scope, duration, complexity, urgency, stakeholder involvement, and implementation needs.
Let's discuss the challenge, the outcome you're aiming for, and the right shape of support.
Alongside was created to offer a different kind of People support: closer to the business, more commercially grounded, and better aligned to the realities founders and leadership teams actually face.
Jess Reeves is a senior People leader with over 16 years' experience helping startups and scaleups build, stabilise, and evolve. She has worked across founder-led and VC-backed businesses, building People functions from scratch, shaping high-performance cultures, supporting international growth, and guiding leadership teams through moments of change, ambiguity, and pressure.
Jessica brings a rare combination of commercial acumen, brand and communications expertise, organisational insight, executive-level People leadership, and the ability to translate between leadership, operations, and people realities.
More than a strategic partner and expert operator — designed to feel different.
We work alongside our clients in a way that feels close, trusted, and fully invested. We build real understanding and share the weight of difficult moments.
We listen to understand the needs, goals, pressures, and ambitions behind the brief — connecting the dots others may miss.
We bring fresh thinking to familiar challenges. Even the most practical People work can be delivered in a way that feels thoughtful, creative, and distinctly well applied.
Difficult situations handled with both honesty and humanity — giving people the respect, kindness, and clarity they deserve.
Positive energy, strong relationships, and purposeful momentum — even when the work is complex or high-stakes.
More than expert advice — a partner who understands your business, works closely through the important moments, and brings the judgement and clarity needed to move things forward well.