HR Consultancy Launch Programme

You’ve started your consultancy. Here’s the first 90 days.

You’ve run HR for other people. Now the practice is yours.

A clear, honest plan for getting set up, protecting the data you hold, and winning your first clients. Free to use whether or not we ever work together.

The whole journey, at a glance

The 90-day map

Ten modules, four phases, one clear path.

Start with module 1

Day 0 · You are here

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Get set up

Days 1–10

Module 01

Choose Your Model & Niche

Your services, your niche, your pricing, and what you will refer out.

1–2 days

Module 02

Money & Foundations

A business account, professional indemnity cover, your CIPD standing, and bookkeeping with a tax pot.

2–4 days (PII quotes and bank approval can take longer)

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Get compliant & ready

Days 5–30

Module 03

Protect Your Data

The data protection you must have before you hold a client’s employee data: the ICO fee, a special-category data map, the everyday basics, and your controller-or-processor status per client.

2–4 days

Module 04

Set Your Scope & Terms

The line between HR advice and reserved legal work, engagement terms with a liability cap, staying current on employment law, and when to refer out.

About a day, plus one solicitor review

Module 05

Stand Up Your Software Stack

The HR platform at the centre, plus a template library, e-signature and secure exchange, and a lightweight back-office.

~1–2 days

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Get seen & get found

Days 20–50

Module 06

Your Brand

A clear, available name, a clean and trustworthy identity, and honest founder proof.

1–2 days We can do this one

Module 07

Build Your Website & Client Portal

A credible consultancy site, a secure client portal, and the site compliance basics done right.

2–4 days We can do this one

Module 08

Get Found

Your Google Business Profile, local SEO for the terms you can win, the right directories, and a steady flow of honest reviews.

~1–2 weeks to set up, then ongoing We can do this one

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Win clients & deliver

Days 30–90

Module 09

Win Your First Clients

Build referral partners, network locally, market your niche on LinkedIn, and run a tracked pipeline.

Ongoing, weeks to build We can do this one

Module 10

Onboard & Deliver Your First Work

Onboarding, the HR audit, delivering the first project, and getting paid.

Ongoing, hours to days per client

~Day 90 · Up and running

How every module works

Three calm steps, the same every time.

01 · Learn

Every module starts with why it matters — in plain words, no jargon, no filler.

02 · Do it yourself

Follow step-by-step guidance and real templates you can use straight away.

03 · Ask us

Or hand over the ones we build — your website, being found, your systems.

Who it’s for

New UK HR consultancies, in their first year.

HR managers going independent
CIPD members setting up on their own
Small consultancies finding their feet
Retained support, projects or both, the path is the same

A straight scope note

This covers the business of launching and running a consultancy: your setup, data protection, systems, website, being found, and winning clients.

It is not legal, regulatory, or employment-law advice. For data protection specifics, the limits of the advice you give, or employment law itself, a solicitor, the ICO, and the CIPD are the right sources.

Who’s behind this

A small, founder-led UK software & web studio.

We’re Digital Royalty. Everything here is free to use, whether or not you ever work with us. When you’d rather hand any of it over — the website, being found, your systems — here’s how.

Get in touch

No sales pitch · no obligation · just a straight conversation