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TipsTrade are a specialist professional automobile underwriting company,
which use a network of thousands of franchise and specialist dealers to
provide used car underwriting services to the trade. Director and owner
James Meier has run the company since 2003, and having initially
employed friends and family, he realised he needed some professional
help when his business began to grow.
“I dealt with any HR issues by myself on a case by case basis. We really didn’t have that many staff.
When taking on more staff as the company grew, we thought we’d better get some professional
advice, as opposed to just me working on it. So we contacted Carolyne and her team at Gap HR.”
“We were a very small company and actually most of our day to day business work, well it was all very
friendly, because all of our staff are our friends essentially, and this meant we would always have an
understanding with them all.”
“But now that we are growing as a company we have to take on people who we don’t know, so I realised
this way of working without formal documentation wasn’t appropriate anymore.”
“That’s why we needed something more professional
instead, so we decided to look into it. Thankfully we’ve
never actually had any problems so it was never really an
issue. But obviously it’s best to be prepared, so we
thought we had better get some cover in place before it
ever became a problem.”
“Gap HR was recommended to us by our accountants.
They said Carolyne was wonderfully forceful and would
make sure I did what I was supposed to!”
“I’m a terrible procrastinator when it comes to paperwork, but my accountants told me that Carolyne and
her team would look after me because they’ll make me actually do the stuff rather than just putting it off at
the bottom of my inbox!”
“We needed some employment contracts and a company handbook, as they weren’t in place previously.
It’s gone beautifully. They followed up with plenty of phone calls to make sure we got everything done,
that’s mostly what it’s about.”
“The staff at Gap HR are knowledgeable, friendly, and cheery. We will continue to work with Gap HR simply
because it makes sense, one less thing I have to worry about for very little investment a month.”
Steve Meier
Owner and Director
Tipstrade Ltd