Legally compliant employment contracts and staff handbooks, drafted and reviewed by your named accountant.
Every UK employee has the legal right to a written statement of their main terms from day one, and getting it wrong exposes you to tribunal claims and penalties. We draft clear, current employment agreements that protect your business, satisfy your statutory duties, and dovetail with your payroll, pension and tax position. Each contract is prepared by an ACCA-qualified, named accountant who knows how the words on the page affect what you actually pay.
We produce the section 1 written statement of employment particulars that the law requires you to give every employee and worker on or before their first day. This covers job title, pay, hours, holiday, place of work, notice periods and more, so you meet your statutory obligation rather than relying on a verbal understanding that won't survive a dispute.
We set out remuneration in line with the National Minimum and Living Wage rates that took effect on 1 April 2026, working hours within the Working Time Regulations, and holiday entitlement of at least 5.6 weeks. We check that contractual pay structures, salary sacrifice and deductions keep every worker above their applicable hourly floor.
Your contract is written to align with your auto-enrolment duties, including the minimum 8% total contribution on qualifying earnings (of which at least 3% comes from you as the employer). We make sure pension wording, salary sacrifice arrangements and assessment of eligible jobholders are consistent and correctly documented.
For senior, client-facing or technical roles we draft enforceable confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-compete clauses that are reasonable in scope and duration. Over-broad restrictions are routinely struck down, so we tailor them to protect genuine business interests without being unenforceable.
We define probationary periods, notice on each side, and clear grounds and procedures for ending employment, including payment in lieu of notice and garden leave where appropriate. Well-drafted termination clauses are your first line of defence against unfair and wrongful dismissal claims.
Where you engage self-employed contractors, we draft agreements that reflect the genuine working relationship and address employment status and off-payroll (IR35) risk. Getting status wrong can leave you liable for unpaid PAYE, National Insurance and penalties, so the paperwork and the reality must match.
Your agreements are prepared and reviewed by an ACCA-qualified, named accountant who understands how each clause flows through to payroll, pensions and tax, so the contract and your numbers always agree.
Contract and handbook work sits within our clear fixed-fee plans at £99, £199 or £499 a month with no surprise hourly bills. You know the cost before we start, and engagements are rolling monthly with no long lock-in.
We reply to every query within 72 hours, so when you need a contract ready for a new starter's first day you are not left waiting and risking a missed statutory deadline.
We work directly in Xero, QuickBooks, FreeAgent and Sage, so pay rates, pension contributions and starter details in your contracts feed straight through to payroll without rekeying or errors.
Compliant, current documentation lowers your exposure to tribunal claims and HMRC penalties, and every engagement carries our 30-day money-back guarantee if you are not satisfied.
Understanding your business needs.
Crafting your custom accounting strategy.
Quick and easy integration.
Consistent monitoring and reporting.
Since April 2020 every worker - employees and most contractors - must receive a written Section 1 statement on or before their first day. It has to cover pay, hours, holiday, place of work, notice, sick pay, training, and probation. Missing it exposes you to tribunal awards of two to four weeks' pay per worker on top of any underlying claim. We draft contracts and statements that satisfy Section 1 in a single document.
UK courts only enforce restrictive covenants that protect a legitimate business interest and go no further than reasonably necessary. Blanket 12-month non-competes routinely fail; tightly scoped non-solicitation of clients you actually serviced, for 6 months, almost always holds. We draft covenants that survive scrutiny rather than collapse the moment they are tested.
Yes. Standard office contracts do not address right-to-work for overseas remote staff, expenses for home workers, equipment ownership, data protection at home, working hours across time zones, or the new right to request flexible working from day one. Our remote and hybrid templates handle all of these so you are not relying on goodwill when something goes wrong.
A standard employment contract drafted from your role brief is delivered within 48 hours and is covered inside the £199 Premium Plus monthly plan at no extra cost. Bespoke senior or director-level contracts with bonus, share, and bespoke restrictive covenants take a week and are quoted per matter.
UK employment law moves every April and frequently mid-year. We track changes from the Employment Rights Bill, working time updates, family leave reforms, and tribunal case law, and reissue refreshed templates to active clients automatically - you do not have to ask. Existing contracts only need updating where the change is retrospective, which we flag individually.
Thirty minutes with an ACCA-qualified accountant. Most owners uncover £1,000-£3,000 in annual savings on the first call. If we are not the right fit, you walk away with a free tax review on the house.
