HR software for professional services firms
Keep employee records, changing responsibilities, leave and documents clear while client projects and reporting lines move around them.
No sales call. No card. No trial clock.
- Changing client teams
- Employees and consultants
- Confidential records
- Working-pattern-aware leave
Is HollyHR a good fit for your professional services firm?
HollyHR fits UK consultancies, architects, surveyors, recruiters and business-services firms with roughly 5 to 100 employees that need dependable core HR around client work. Free covers up to 10 active employees; Standard is a separate plan at £2 per active employee per month.
Professional services firms with roughly 5 to 100 employees can keep core HR in HollyHR while client delivery stays in 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 can change without fragmenting the people record.
Client assignments change faster than employment terms
Keep the current manager, role, department, working pattern and dated changes with the employee instead of treating the latest project plan as the people record.
Employee and consultant are not interchangeable labels
Keep the people you employ clearly recorded and review status when a consulting relationship changes. Rights follow the reality of the working relationship, not the label on an invoice.
Confidential records need more care than a shared project folder
Give managers the team context their role permits without placing sensitive employee documents beside general client-delivery information.
One employment record across changing client projects.
One record through every project move
Keep reporting lines, working patterns and dated employment changes with the employee rather than the project plan.
- Import current people data
- Keep dated changes connected
A repeatable start for each hire
Bring starter details, documents and acknowledgements into one journey before the employee joins client work.
- Reuse the same core steps
- See what is ready before day one
Leave without opening the private file
Give managers the team context their role permits without granting blanket access to confidential employee records.
- See balances against patterns
- Keep request status clear
Core HR for employees, alongside client-delivery systems.
Use HollyHR for the employment record and keep project work, consultant terms, time and billing in specialist systems.
Your employee record in HollyHR
- Employment details and dated changes
- Onboarding documents and acknowledgements
- Working patterns, holiday and sickness
- Role-aware access, import and export
Works alongside your delivery systems
- Project allocation and utilisation
- Timesheets, client billing and profitability
- Consultant scopes, invoices and availability
- Professional-regulation work and payroll
Employment status follows the real working relationship. HollyHR records your decision; it does not make that decision for you.
Core HR across different client-service businesses.
Management consultancies
Consulting, analysis and operations employees working across engagements.
Architectural practices
Design, technical and support employees working across project stages.
Surveying firms
Office, field and specialist employees working across locations and clients.
Recruitment businesses
Consultant, operations and support teams with targets and client deadlines.
Research and insight firms
Researchers, project leads and operations employees across studies.
Business-services providers
Specialist and support employees delivering recurring client services.
These are examples, not an eligibility list.
Useful for clear records and client-facing teams.
Straight answers to common questions.
Does HollyHR include project resourcing or timesheets?
No. Use your practice, resourcing or project system for assignments, utilisation, time and billing. HollyHR keeps the underlying employment record, leave, sickness and employee documents organised.
Can HollyHR manage employees and consultants?
HollyHR is strongest as the core HR record for people you employ. You can keep basic person and document records where appropriate, but consultant scopes, invoices, availability and commercial terms should remain in your contractor or project systems.
How do we decide whether someone is an employee or self-employed?
Status follows the facts of the relationship and can differ for employment rights and tax. Use the current government guidance, review the position when the work changes and take advice where the answer is uncertain. HollyHR records your decision; it does not make it.
Can team leads approve leave without seeing every private record?
Role-aware access can give managers the employee context and actions their role permits without granting blanket access to confidential files. Your administrators remain responsible for assigning the appropriate role and reporting line.
How much does HollyHR cost for a professional services firm?
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.