Milestone LLP, Accountants asked Stonebridge HR Consultants for some telephone support for a small TUPE exercise in conjunction with a merger. As result of the TUPE it was possible that due to organisational reasons there might be redundancies. Many of the staff had been long serving and many were customer facing, so it was important that the staff felt that they had had adequate opportunities to be heard during the consultation period. Following the TUPE there was a restructuring including relocation of departments.

Richard Miles, Finance Director said:

"We had already used Stonebridge HR for some telephone advice so we felt confident that we had a good rapport with them. They guided us through the TUPE process, explaining the legal requirements and also providing documentation to help the management team comply with the requirements. They quickly assessed the help that we needed as well as identifying the gaps in our plans - the aspects that we hadn't thought of. Regrettably we then needed to consider redundancies as well and had another raft of issues that we sought help on. Advice was given with knowledge and professionalism but always in plane English too! It was such a relief to have support readily available, it took enormous pressure off me."