RCW HR Solutions - HR Support for YOUR business

What Is My Approach?

My focus is always the needs and aspirations of your business, which I seek to support in the most appropriate manner through being open, honest and straight forward, and in addition to being experienced and knowledgeable, I am naturally friendly, approachable, practical, pragmatic and thorough. Most importantly of all I want to understand you and your business to ensure that the solutions I propose truly are the right ones both for today and for your future aspirations and requirements. Therefore, if you are looking for HR support that will help your business grow and maximise the input of all your employees and hence the overall performance of your business then please contact me to discuss how we can work together to ensure that you achieve your goals and aspirations.

Needs - Current

What are the things that are preventing you from maximising the performance of your people and your business today?

Aspirations

Where do you want to take your business in the next 1, 3, 5 years and beyond?

Needs - Future/Ongoing

Once you understand your current improvement needs and your business aspirations then you can plan for your future and ongoing needs

My Story

I am a fully CIPD qualified HR professional who has over 30 years experience in HR working at both operational and strategic levels in addition to an additional 10 years of operational management experience prior to moving into HR. Plus I am also a part qualified accountant meaning that I provide pragmatic and commercially viable solutions to all people related issues. I love helping people through the use of my problem solving skills and detailed working and professional experience to maximise the efficiency of their roles and businesses. I also love meeting and interacting with a wide range of people and businesses and hopefully add to their business knowledge as part of the solutions I provide to them. As a result I operate my own consultancy business to use my experience and knowledge to support a range of businesses to assist them to maximise their performance through the performance of their people and minimising claims against those businesses. I am therefore fortunate that my “job” is also my passion.

MY SERVICES

I provide a whole range of services that fall into three main categories/groupings

HR Support

Legislative Compliance and Best Practice

Training/Development

Ensuring you get the best out of every member of your team

Strategic HR

Ensuring you get the very best out of your business

Happy and Satisfied Customers

Read what people have to say about my abilities and approach that can be applied to your business and the issues you face, to enable you to achieve the best possible outcomes for you, your people and your business. Further testimonials can be found within the News Section at the top of this page.

Kevin Holder

Managing Director STERIS Instrument Management Services

Richard is a consummate professional with a wealth of HR knowledge, particularly within the complex T&C's of the NHS. In his global role he has successfully worked with Works Council's of many countries and UK Trades Unions. A great negotiator, Richard is able to establish a win/win position wherever possible and appropriate. He is empathetic and considered, always willing to listen and support both employees and the business.

Anne-Marie Bond

Sterile Services Human Resources Lead - Department of Health

I worked with Richard on several NHS Projects. Richard consistently delivered against very tight and complex project and programme timelines. He is an extremely capable professional, excellent at building relationships and with the ability to fine tune a message to ensure it is fully understood by recipients at both ground level and board level.

Tim Fowler

Finance Director, Healthcare Services at STERIS Corporation

Through 7 years of working together I saw Richard most closely on a number of M&A transactions (acquisitions and disposals, UK US and Europe). Synergy’s hands-on approach to M&A and to post-acquisition integration meant that Richard’s authoritative knowledge, thoroughness, and whole-hearted commitment was invaluable. Further, his advice was always pragmatic and commercially-focused: not something which can be taken for granted amongst his external peers. I would heartily recommend Richard for his HR leadership skills, his technical expertise and the commercial contribution he could make to your team.

Jason Williams

Global Strategic Sourcing Director @ Synergy Health plc

I've worked and known Richard for the past 5 years, and found him to be exceptional. He is very approachable, and has provided expert help for any issues or help that I required for the development of my team. Not only is this apparent in his personal approach, but also in the development of systems, procedures, protocols and his own team. It is Richard's huge knowledge base that creates such simple and effective solutions, and ensures that you feel supported through any situation. We had great in-house development whilst challenging the business to grow with pace and passion. We grew at a tremendous rate, and this is difficult, if not impossible to do without the right people across the entire business. I felt part of the team, and fully supported at every turn. The business had a wonderful vibe, and it recognised that people are the foundation for any business. Richard brought this to our business, and his support has been much appreciated.

Adrian Coward

Senior Vice President Healthcare Services @ STERIS Corporation

I recommend Richard, having worked with him for over 10 years. Throughout that time, Richard provided strong HR leadership to support significant organic growth in addition to successfully managing the transfer of staff in relation to numerous acquisitions and projects involving TUPE. Richard and his team were key to the successful recruitment, transfer, training, development, retention and engagement of staff. Richard built and developed strong relationships at all levels and consistently demonstrated excellent commitment to all aspects of his work.

Mike Langhorn

Managing Director, Synergy Linen Management Services

Richard provided excellent support to me and my commercial team at Synergy Health, offering wide ranging advice on employment issues, TUPE transfer and related matters. Richard's knowledge and business orientation proved valuable to several high value bids for service contracts in addition to discussions within the leadership team on business plans and policy.

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