HR software for agencies
Keep employee records, onboarding, leave and working patterns clear while client teams, managers and freelancer relationships change.
No sales call. No card. No trial clock.
- Repeatable onboarding
- Changing client teams
- Working-pattern-aware leave
- Employee and freelancer boundary
Is HollyHR a good fit for your agency?
HollyHR fits UK creative, digital, media and communications agencies with roughly 5 to 100 employees that need one dependable place for employment records, onboarding, leave, sickness and documents. Free covers up to 10 active employees; Standard is a separate plan at £2 per active employee per month.
Agencies with roughly 5 to 100 employees can keep core HR in HollyHR while project delivery stays in their specialist systems.
Free for up to 10 employees. Standard is £2 per active employee.
HollyHR Free costs £0 for up to 10 active employees. Standard costs £2 per active employee each month, including the first 10. Plus will cost £4 per active employee each month when it launches. Prices are before applicable tax.
Client work changes faster than the employment record should.
A new starter should be ready before the client work begins
Bring starter details, documents, right-to-work evidence and policy acknowledgements into one repeatable journey instead of rebuilding the checklist after every new account win.
The employee record should survive the next account move
Keep the current manager, team, working pattern and dated employment changes with the person, even when project plans and client assignments change around them.
Freelancer and employee are not interchangeable labels
Record the people you employ clearly and review status when a contractor relationship changes. Employment rights follow the reality of the working relationship, not the label on an invoice.
Core HR that stays clear between client deadlines.
A repeatable start for every hire
Bring starter details, documents and acknowledgements into one journey before the new employee joins client work.
- Reuse the same onboarding steps
- See what is ready before day one
One record through every account move
Keep reporting lines, working patterns and dated employment changes with the employee rather than the project plan.
- Import your existing people data
- Keep dated changes connected
Leave the delivery team can see
Give managers the availability context their role allows without opening confidential HR records.
- Check balances against working patterns
- Keep decisions and status clear
Core HR for employees, alongside agency delivery systems.
Use HollyHR for the employment record and keep client planning, commercial work and contractor delivery in their specialist tools.
Your employee record in HollyHR
- Employment details and dated changes
- Onboarding documents and acknowledgements
- Working patterns, holiday and sickness
- Manager access, import and export
Works alongside your delivery tools
- Project allocation and utilisation
- Time recording and client billing
- Freelancer scopes, invoices and availability
- Payroll calculations and employment-status advice
Employment status follows the real working relationship. HollyHR records your decision; it does not make that decision for you.
For different kinds of client-service agency.
Creative and design agencies
Studios balancing permanent specialists with changing client teams.
Digital and product agencies
Delivery teams spanning design, engineering, data and account roles.
PR and communications agencies
Client-service teams where deadlines and account ownership change quickly.
Media and content agencies
Editorial, production and commercial teams working across campaigns.
Research and insight agencies
Researchers, operations teams and project leads working together.
Brand and integrated agencies
Multi-disciplinary teams that need one employment record across services.
These are examples, not an eligibility list.
Useful when agency teams are changing.
Employee onboarding checklist
Plan the details, checks, documents and first-day work behind a clear start.
Open guideEmployment contract checklist
Work through the terms a UK employment contract needs to settle.
Open templateHoliday entitlement calculator
Calculate statutory leave for full-time, part-time, starters and leavers.
Open toolStraight answers to common questions.
Can HollyHR manage employees and freelancers?
HollyHR is strongest as the core HR record for the people you employ. You can keep basic person and document records where appropriate, but freelancer scopes, invoices, availability and commercial terms should stay in your contractor or project systems.
How do we decide whether someone is employed or self-employed?
You cannot choose status from a preferred label. Current government guidance says it follows the reality of each working relationship, including control, personal service, financial risk and integration into the business. Review the position when the relationship changes and take advice where the answer is uncertain.
Does HollyHR handle project resourcing or timesheets?
No. Use your delivery system for project allocation, utilisation and time recording. HollyHR keeps the underlying employment record, leave, sickness and employee documents organised.
Can account leads approve leave without seeing confidential HR records?
Managers can receive the team context and actions available to their role without receiving blanket access to confidential employee information. Assign reporting lines and permissions to match the responsibility they actually hold.
How much does HollyHR cost for an agency?
Free is £0 for up to 10 active employees, with no card requirement or trial clock. Standard is £2 per active employee per month before applicable tax. Plus is coming soon at £4 per active employee per month.
Start free with up to 10 active employees.
Bring your team over from a spreadsheet. There is no card, no sales call and no lock-in. For up to 10 active employees, everyday HR is free.