Case Studies

Barker Associates View from hard standing

Doubling turnover in just three years: How a strong people strategy helped drive growth at Barker Associates

In 2020, multi-disciplinary property consultancy, Barker Associates, had 50 employees and a turnover of £5 million. Three years later, with support from People Puzzles HR Director Lois Moore, they have more than doubled their turnover to £12 million, and grown their headcount to 140, demonstrating the power and purpose of a robust people strategy in […]

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Boosting performance through strategic people planning at StockdaleMartin

Strategic people planning and HR support from People Puzzles has helped this Luton-based pharmaceutical marketing company go from strength to strength. Even a successful business with a great product offering and a healthy market in which to grow needs help to support that growth. If you don’t have the right people in the right place

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Camena Bioscience

Scaling up at Camena Bioscience

Biotech start-up Camena Bioscience wanted strategic HR support to scale. Working with People Puzzles has opened up substantial opportunities to bring their pioneering technology to customers. Camena Bioscience was founded in 2016 by scientists from Cambridge and Pasadena (California). Together, they had developed a groundbreaking technology to produce long and complex synthetic genes, which promises

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McKinleys Group Trading Ltd

McKinleys: Gearing up for growth with a strategic people plan

People Puzzles helped this innovative packaging company realign its leadership team and ensure that it had the right people in the right place to focus on the business goals. “We now have a high performing leadership team and employees who know where we’re going and how their work contributes to our overall success.” – Jeremy

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Libertine

Engineering a better talent pipeline with Libertine through strategic HR

People Puzzles helped this pioneering, Sheffield-based renewable energy company develop its employer brand and internal systems to not only attract but hold onto talented engineers in a challenging job market. When the success of your company depends on attracting highly specialised and technically qualified people, it’s important to have a great employer value proposition. This

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Fibreline

Business transformation through strategic HR: Fibreline’s success story

When growth stalled and employee engagement began to fall at this successful, family-owned manufacturing business, the leadership team recognised that they needed help. Working side by side with expert People Directors from People Puzzles, Fibreline’s success story demonstrates a significant business transformation and the power of a strategically aligned people plan delivered in strong partnership.

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The Pet Vet Rotherham

Supporting The Pet Vet with an ambitious acquisition and a strategic people plan

When The Pet Vet seized the opportunity to acquire another business to treble its size, they called in People Director Vic Foster to lead the necessary restructure of people and free up leadership time to focus on the operational, legal and commercial aspects. ‘Vic did a brilliant job for us … People Puzzles came in

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Propagating success at Planteria: How strategic people planning helped double revenue and workforce

Essex-based plant pioneers Planteria needed a people strategy to get a scalable structure to support its ambitious growth plans. In just over 18 months, strategic HR Management support from People Puzzles has helped them deliver those ambitions and thrive along the way.  ‘We had ambitious growth plans, but the question we needed answering was how

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People Puzzles HR Directors

Supporting sustainable growth through leadership development at Mawdsleys

Discover how People Puzzles were able to help this established and successful family business develop its HR and leadership capacity in the senior team through a business partner approach, providing coaching and mentoring, and building a people strategy to support and sustain the business’s ambitious growth plans. ‘Our HR lead has become a credible and

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P+Hs Architects

How a cultural shift unlocked the gateway to measurable growth for P+HS Architects

Growth is a common ambition of many businesses but can often be stifled and complicated by cultural issues – and it’s hard to measure accurately. Internal communication, staff development and alignment of mission and values frequently derail the best laid plans and require careful handling for effective resolution. P+HS Architects, a well-established firm serving Leeds,

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