About Us

Peripheral Partners was established by Diane Crossley in 2006 to provide a fully outsourced HRM service to SME-type companies within the Yorkshire and Humberside region.

From the start, Diane had a vision to establish a business practice which took a more pro-active and strategic approach to HR services that goes beyond the traditional concept of compliancy, conflict resolution and recruitment, in delivering her value-add solutions. This solutions driven concept addresses the heart of the business in appreciating that a holistic HR approach to addressing working practices AND legislative conformance can directly correlate to improved business profitability.

Her stated ambition, supported by a strategic programme includes establishing a centre of excellence within the Y&H region for the delivery of contemporary HRM services specifically targeted at providing tangible Return on Investment for clients.

With experience in a wide range of industries from the voluntary sector to warehouse and distribution, financial and insurance and fast moving IT sector. Diane has a real understanding of the demands placed on HR departments and how outsourcing can offer organisations a real alternative HR solution.

Alongside HRM, Diane is passionate about using the latest in communications technology to enhance the HRM services provided. Using video streaming from MyVideoTalk(MVT) Peripheral Partners is utilising online tools such as video presentations and secure online web meetings to further enhance its HRM service offering.

Peripheral Partners takes a common sense approach to analysing the visible symptoms of HR issues and compliance. By identifying the route cause and providing suitable HR policies and procedures properly aligned to the key business processes and working practices.

The products and services provided by Peripheral Partners have been developed to act alone or as an integrated package as well as on an ‘as needed’ or outsourced retainer basis, depending upon clients needs and budgets.

We provide a proactive, planned and innovative approach that is tailored to our clients overall HRM requirements and conformance which simultaneously delivers holistic benefit in meeting the aims and objectives of their business whilst developing sustainable value and thereby provides a tangible return on the investment.

This holistic benefit journey begins with a diagnostic process which incorporates a best practice human resources review in assimilating the core problems to eliminate symptomatic issues and provides a HR strategic road map that is properly aligned with the clients’ company strategic vision and goals.

As an experienced HR professional, Diane understood the need to establish proficient partnerships’ with agencies providing complementary services for staff related business activities; e.g. H&S and Occupational Health, to ensure a one-stop shop portfolio for loyal clients.

Our Vision

To establish Peripheral Partners as a leading regional centre of excellence for the provision of pro-active Human Resource Management services focused on SME-type companies across all sectors and sizes within Yorkshire & Humberside. Peripheral Partners is therefore committed to providing a complete portfolio of contemporary and holistic services in order to establish a sustainable business platform based upon the highest principles of workplace ethics and best practice corporate social responsibility via a business which retains and attracts the best staff motivated within an entrepreneurial environment, delivering maximised productivity, efficiency and flexibility to a loyal client base.

Mission Statement

Our Mission is to become the most professional, disciplined and successful regional Human Resource practice in establishing Peripheral Partners as a dedicated and accessible Human Resource Management (HRM) Business Partner to SME-type Companies in the Yorkshire and Humberside area committed to providing expertise and specialist advice of the highest standards by delivering exacting policies and processes that are vital in avoiding or defending against disputes, comply with employment legislation in a rapidly changing legal environment and facilitate improved working practices and standards which delivers increased productivity contributes to an improved standard of life throughout the region.

• Peripheral Partners operates within a professional code of conduct that continues to improve standards, demonstrate the benefits of training and development and raise awareness of the need for ethical values, equality and diversity in today’s multicultural society.
• The business is supported by experienced and qualified human resources professionals with the prime directive of adding measurable value to its clients’ businesses, and becoming a true and trusted partner.
• Delivering leading edge solutions Peripheral Partners differentiates itself in the market by introducing innovative technologies and processes coupled with state of the art communication techniques.