Services
3 tiers. Fixed fees agreed before work starts. Every deliverable is something you can act on in 60 seconds or it gets rewritten.
Payband Benchmark
From £750, fixed fee
What you get: a one page benchmark for a role, ready for your board.
- 1 role (or a small set of roles) benchmarked against at least 3 independent sources: ONS data, sector pay scales and live market evidence
- A recommended salary or range, stated in 2 sentences at the top of page 1
- Every figure footnoted to its source, so you can defend it when challenged
- A recorded video walkthrough you can replay and share with your board (a live call if you prefer)
The outcome: you make the pay decision this week, with evidence, instead of guessing or paying an agency to guess for you.
Timeline: 5 working days from briefing.
Payband Build
From £2,500, fixed fee
What you get: a defined reward project, built and handed over. Pick one:
- Pay bands for your whole organisation, with the method documented so you can maintain them without me
- A full benchmarking refresh across your roles, with a board ready summary
- A pay transparency readiness audit: where you stand against the EU directive and UK direction of travel, traffic lighted, with a prioritised action list
- Benefits benchmarking and pay policy: what you offer against the market, and the written policy that makes it defensible
- Job architecture and skills-based team design: levelling that holds up under scrutiny, including moving from siloed functions to project teams built on skills
The outcome: a working pay structure or a clear compliance position, not a 60 page report nobody reads.
Timeline: 3 to 6 weeks depending on scope, agreed up front.
Payband Partner
From £8,000, fixed annual fee
What you get: a reward function on call, without the headcount.
- Benchmarks on demand through the year
- Pay review support: budget modelling, distribution, manager guidance
- Pay transparency compliance kept current as member states transpose and reporting deadlines land
- A named adviser who knows your structure, not a ticket queue
The outcome: every pay decision this year is benchmarked, consistent and explainable. When an employee or a regulator asks why, you have the answer written down.
Timeline: 12 month term, quarterly check-ins.
Interim and embedded support
What you get: me inside your team for a fixed period, when the work is bigger than a project but you do not want a permanent hire.
- Cover for a reward lead on leave, on parental leave, or between hires
- A pay review cycle, a transparency programme or a job architecture build run end to end from inside
- Available for interim and contract engagements, UK remote or on site in the North West
The outcome: senior reward capability at the point you need it, without carrying the headcount afterwards.
Timeline: typically 3 to 6 months, day rate or fixed term, agreed up front.
Which one fits
| Benchmark | Build | Partner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | One pay decision, this week | A structure or a compliance position | A year of pay decisions |
| Fixed fee | From £750 | From £2,500 | From £8,000 a year |
| Turnaround | 5 working days | 3 to 6 weeks | On call, all year |
| Board-ready one-pager | Yes | Yes | Every time |
| Pay bands | Yes | Maintained | |
| Transparency readiness | Audit | Kept current | |
| Typical buyer | Founder or COO making an offer | HR director without a reward team | Firm with EU exposure or 100+ heads |
The standing rule on everything above: the fee is agreed in writing before work starts and does not move. If a deliverable cannot be acted on in 60 seconds, it gets rewritten before it gets sent.