The People Behind People.
Helping Business Owners navigate their people challenges is what we do best — we understand both the practical and personal side of running an SME.
Our Team
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Emily Perry
Founder, HR Consultant & Leadership Coach
Emily is passionate about supporting small businesses and comes from a family of small business owners and entrepreneurs.
Emily lives in Chichester with two black labradors and loves nature, spending time out and about and training to wear out Luna the eternal pup!
Learn more About Emily.
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Gina Wilson
HR Administrator
Gina brings extensive process knowledge and meticulous attention to detail to everything she does.
She ensures our clients' needs are met with precision, managing key administrative functions including onboarding, employee records, and compliance documentation.
With Gina on the team, nothing slips through the cracks.
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Caroline Daniel
Senior HR Consultant & Clear People Co Founder
Caroline is a CIPD-qualified Senior HR Consultant and Co Founder of Clear People with Emily. She's passionate about building tailored HR strategies that create high-performance cultures whilst maintaining legal compliance—no off-the-shelf solutions here.
Caroline's approach is human-centred, bringing clarity and transparency to even the trickiest people challenges. Whether it's recruitment, performance management, or employee relations, she's committed to making HR work for your business, not the other way around.
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Jamie Jones
HR Advisor
Jamie-Lee is a part-time HR Advisor, supporting clients with day-to-day HR queries, documentation and ongoing people support. Jamie is an expert HR generalist and loves supporting clients on the entire employee lifecycle whether thats a tricky disciplinary or restructure, to a recruitment process and onboarding.
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Abbie Rose
HR Advisor
Abbie supports our clients with all aspects of HR support. Abbie has worked in startups, scale ups as well as established HR teams and brings a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experience.
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Laura House
Employee Relations Specialist
Laura House is an experienced Employee Relations specialist and helps our clients with complex investigations, hearings and employment tribunals. Laura works for The People Consultancy as well a the wider Clear People team.
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Annemarie Siklawi
HR Consultant
Annemarie is a CIPD-qualified HR Generalist with over a decade of experience supporting local SMEs across technology, manufacturing, construction, utilities, and the charity sector.
She brings a down-to-earth approach to HR, combined with years of operational management experience that keeps her advice grounded in business reality.
Whether it's recruitment, employee relations, or day-to-day HR support, Annemarie handles the full spectrum of people challenges.
Based in Brighton, she's ideally placed to provide face-to-face support to clients across Sussex and surrounding areas when you need that in-person partnership.
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Debbie Ford
Marketing
Debbie keeps The People Consultancy visible, relevant, and connected to the businesses we serve. She manages our LinkedIn company page, website updates, and Google Business Profile, ensuring we're easy to find when you need us.
Debbie turns Emily's expertise into blogs and creative posts that speak directly to small business owners navigating their people challenges. Her work ensures we maintain a consistent, authentic presence that helps the right clients find us at exactly the right time.
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Evie and Luna
Attendance at meetings available on request.
What Our Clients Say
“What sets Emily apart is her deep understanding of recruitment businesses combined with her practical, no-nonsense approach. She's become an extension of our business, providing the kind of strategic HR support that's helping us grow sustainably. Having The People Consultancy by our side means I can focus on growing my business, knowing our people management is in expert hands.”
— Emma Warren, Director, Elite Staffing Solutions
“As a small company dealing with some complicated and very stressful staffing issues, Emily has guided us through situations we were totally out of our depth on. Where we've felt alone and vulnerable, she has reassured us that other companies have exactly the same challenges and helped us immensely, not just professionally but also emotionally.”
— Denise Pike, Director, General Maintenance Company
“As a patent attorney firm, precision and compliance are at the heart of everything we do. Finding an HR consultant who could match our exacting standards while understanding the unique dynamics of a professional services firm was crucial. Emily from The People Consultancy has exceeded our expectations on every level.”
— George Schlich, Director, Schlich Ltd
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