BV Dairy hits the magic 100!

24 February 2016

The management team at Dorset-based BV Dairy can now boast that their business employs 100 people following the support it has received over the last eight years from HR Consultancy, Reality HR.

Back in 2008 BV Dairy employed 60 staff, with the HR function being one of the director’s jobs.

However, to enable the firm to grow, it soon became obvious that the business needed a greater level of HR support. An internal resource was discussed, but was considered too expensive for the level of expertise required. BV Dairy therefore researched the HR consultancy market, looking for a partner who would see them as a significant customer ……Reality HR fitted the bill perfectly.

A Reality HR director carried out a full audit of BV Dairy’s general HR processes and HR administration, covering employment contracts, job specifications, terms and conditions of employment and the employee handbook.

Reality HR then helped to restructure the team leader function to support the higher throughput needed for business growth. It also trained staff in management and supervisory leadership skills, including motivation, recruitment, disciplinary action and appraisals.

And the results are that BV Dairy has retained a flat structure by training and developing its own talent and this has created a culture of loyalty and smart working. The whole operation of the dairy is running more efficiently and effectively with more structure, as well as defined processes and procedures in place.

Reality HR has become an integral part of the BV Dairy team with a director advising the board as and when required.

Jim Highnam, Managing Director at BV Dairy, commented: “When selecting an HR Consultancy, the last thing we wanted was someone who said ‘you can’t do this and you can’t do that’, which is what we had been accustomed to hearing from employment solicitors.  We were delighted to find in Reality HR a whole team of HR professionals who always respond with, ‘we can find a way of doing that’, and whose people are focused on commercially sound outcomes.”

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