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Professional Services

We help growing service-led businesses build high-performing, people-focused cultures.
In professional services, your people are your product. Whether you run a PR agency, marketing consultancy, IT services firm, or accountancy practice, success depends on motivated, skilled teams who deliver exceptional results for clients every day.
At Zest HR, we help professional services businesses build strong HR foundations, manage people confidently, and create the culture needed to retain top talent. From getting contracts and policies right to developing managers and improving employee engagement — we make HR doable.
Professional Services

What We Help With

HR advice and compliance

Contracts, policies, handbooks, and people problem-solving

Performance and development

appraisals, objectives, and management coaching

Recruitment and onboarding

Job descriptions, interview templates, and induction design

Employee engagement

Wllbeing programmes, benefits, and culture initiatives

HR software setup

Streamline holiday requests, performance reviews, and documentation

HR audits

check compliance and identify gaps across your people processes

Why Professional Services Choose Zest HR

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We understand your world

With years of experience supporting agencies, consultancies, and IT service firms, we know how fast-paced, client-led environments work — and the HR challenges that come with them.

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We make HR feel lighter

No overcomplication, no jargon. Just clear, practical advice that fits how your business runs.

We grow with you

Whether you’re scaling up, formalising processes, or preparing for sale or employee ownership, we’ll help you strengthen your people foundations for long-term success.

We act as part of your team

You get a dedicated partner who understands your business and is there when you need support most — not just when things go wrong.

Client Quote

Every interaction we’ve had with Zest HR has been incredibly positive. The guidance Tara offers has been really helpful — it’s money well spent! We finally feel confident our HR is where it should be.

Ready to make fix those people problems?

Book a free discovery call today to find out how Zest HR can help your business stay compliant, develop your people, and build a culture that retains talent.
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Creative Agencies

Creative Agencies

Why Agencies Choose Zest HR:
  • We understand creative culture
  • We’re fast, flexible, and clear
  • We’ll never give you HR that gets in the way of the work
  • We give you tools and confidence to manage people well

Client Quote

“Zest HR helped us turn chaos into clarity — and made it all feel really doable.”

Ready to simplify your people processes?

Book a free discovery call

Employee Owned Businesses

Now you’re employee-owned… what next?
We help EOBs embed shared ownership with clarity, communication, and confident leadership.
Becoming employee-owned is a powerful shift — but if you’re not careful, uncertainty and confusion can creep in. We help leadership teams define roles, communicate with purpose, and create systems that support shared responsibility.

What We Help With

Structuring leadership in a shared ownership model
Communicating change with honesty and clarity
Preventing “us and them” culture post-EOT
Supporting employee voice and engagement
Equipping managers to lead collaboratively

Why EOBs Choose Zest HR:

  • We understand the dynamics of employee ownership
  • We balance empathy with accountability
  • We support your mission — without losing what made you special
  • We work alongside you to embed purpose and trust

Client Quote

“Zest helped us make employee ownership real — not just a legal structure.”

Want to bring employee ownership to life day-to-day?

Book a free discovery call

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