Leading HR Consultants
Our HR consultants take a hands-on approach to delivering HR Services and bring a wealth of HR knowledge and innovative ways to engage with your most important resource, people.
At Red Kite HR Services, we provide outsourced HR Consultancy services to businesses spanning a wide range of commercial industries from our offices in Sudbury, Suffolk. These include professional services, hospitality, manufacturing, construction, estate agency, technology, publishing, and creative design.
Our experienced HR consultants will work with you in a pragmatic and practical way, working with you to achieve the right people solutions for your business. We make a commitment to our clients to be proactive, straight talking and provide the right advice for your business.
We also coach, upskill, and educate our clients, supporting them to make real changes in their organisations.
We design and implement bespoke policies and procedures and can work seamlessly with your internal team with the same look and feel as an internal HR department.
Why Choose Red Kite HR Consultants?
What sets Red Kite HR Services apart from other, larger nationwide providers, is our personable approach. We do not operate as a call-centre, and you would have a dedicated human resources consultant. We are a boutique but flexible consultancy which is reflected through our fee structure and our clients consider our consultancy to be an extension of their own organisation.
Certified B Corp Business
We’re delighted to be a certified B Corp business. B Corp reflects our commitment to meeting rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. As a certified B Corp, we join a global movement of companies dedicated to using business as a force for good. More information about our B Corp Certification can be found on our Group website here.
Meet the Red Kite HR Consultants
Lydia Boyden, Managing Director
Lydia is a postgraduate qualified CIPD HR professional who founded Red Kite HR Services after 12 years’ of experience delivering HR consultancy to a range of private and public sector employers throughout London and East Anglia. Having worked as a director of an employment law consultancy, Lydia has dealt with the sharp end of employment disputes and can guide clients across tricky legislative hurdles. With an interest in organisational data, Lydia takes a strategic and data-driven approach to work with clients to enable smart decisions, identify growth opportunities and highlight areas of risk.
Associate Directors
Red Kite HR Services is part of The Mackman Group, which brings together a group of agencies focusing on human resources, strategic insight, brand development and market research. Our focus on best practices and insight-driven strategies enables us to drive positive change for organisational culture, brand development and implementing effective marketing. Together we support our clients in their ambitions to make their organisations a great place to work, attract the best talent and compete in the marketplace.
Paul Mackman, Mackman Group Managing Director
Managing Director of The Mackman Group, Paul oversees a group of customer focused agencies which draft and implement HR and Marketing strategies driven by market insight. With in-depth commercial and marketing experience across a wide range of sectors, Paul works alongside Lydia at a strategic level on projects which span both Marketing and HR.
Gemma Mackman, Research Director
Research Director at Mackman Research, Gemma has over 20 years’ experience delivering research projects for clients across The Mackman Group. These focus externally on a company’s customer or market behaviour or internally, assessing employee engagement and corporate culture. The research team collaborate with Red Kite to provide insight to scope HR Services.
Support Staff
Adam Chamberlin, Head of Development
Adam provides support to Red Kite HR Services from day-to-day technical requirements to ongoing support and development of the company website.