Welcome to LACE Partners.
We are the leading management consultancy specialising in HR, workforce and payroll transformation.
Your project is unique. Let’s shape it together.
About us
Based in the UK, we operate globally and across industries, helping over 500 organisations tackle their most complex people challenges.
From strategy and advisory to hands-on execution, we offer expert, unbiased guidance across business and technology—free from vendor conflicts.
What sets us apart? Our collaborative approach. We work closely with clients to drive successful outcomes, reflected in our outstanding satisfaction scores.
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Our customer satisfaction score (CSAT)
Our CSAT score reflects the percentage of satisfied clients, tracked monthly and at project completion. Updated December 2025.
NEW CAMPAIGN
Rewired HR – The new ecosystem
HR must do more with less, becoming the driver of responsiveness, agility, and value.
Next events
We regularly run both online and offline events, webinars, networking opportunities and more. Find out more on our events page.
Our latest whitepapers
Becoming skills-powered
How to build a skills-based organisation that drives agility, performance and talent mobility.
From implementer to influencer
Discover how HR is evolving from a reactive support function to a strategic influencer in business transformation.
Less stress HRIS - Part three: Beyond launch
Part three of our Less stress series focuses towards optimising your HR technology system.
Less stress HRIS - Part two: Beyond basecamp
This paper explores eight essential areas for setting up your HRIS for long-term success.
Less stress HRIS - Part one: The road to the Cloud
A guide towards a successful HRIS implementation, ensuring high employee adoption and stress-free project management.
Optimal payroll starts with the foundations
Laying the foundations for an optimal Payroll function.
The efficiency paradox
Boosting productivity in the face of economic constraints.
How to build your HR operating model to support business success
Our new guide will help you assess your current setup, explore different HR models, and build your HR operating model tailored to your organisation's needs.
HR Shared Services Trends 2024 Report
Our latest HR Shared Services Trends report outlines 2024 key trends including AI, service delivery technology and function capability.
CPOs: From HR to workforce transformation
Download our free whitepaper for insights on aligning people strategy to business objectives and more.
Five steps to successful EX
Download our free whitepaper for practical advice on the power of employee experience in delivering business value.
Insights
We believe that great work comes from great insights and we have a dedicated team that sits at the helm of the business, feeding into new and innovative thinking and shaping our service offerings.
Can your technology actually deliver to my business?
We spoke to our CEO Aaron Alburey about why he and Co-Founder Cathy Acratopulo set up people_tech four years ago. Aaron discusses his past experience of dated conference models that never allowed attendees to truly assess the viability of technology for their...
My first week at LACE – Life at LACE series
As part of a new series brought to you by the team at LACE Partners, we're delighted to kick off our Life at LACE series with Charlie Frost, a second year management student from the University of Nottingham. Charlie is spending the summer with LACE Partners as an...
Five simple steps in making a successful HR tech business case
At LACE Partners, we often work with clients to set up a new programme of work or piece of HR tech. This often starts with the development of a strong business case for the change. So what makes a successful business case? I've identified five easy steps and have...
HR on The Offensive – HR must ‘step out of the shadows’
HR needs to think the unthinkable and reinvent the very nature of what it does and why it does it. The HR profession is at a tipping point. Unprecedented turbulence, driven by tech innovation, hyper-competitiveness and market disruption, has created levels of...
Innovation from the inside out
Workday Elevate 2019 At LACE Partners we are very enthusiastic about the HR technology market, innovation and disruption. It's also fair to say that tech adoption is our passion – we love it! When we read through the Workday Elevate agenda for this year, it really...
Asking the million dollar question…how can you sustain true adoption after go-live?
75%1 of all technology adoption programmes fail. Needless to say, the impact of this is massive, both to an organisation’s finances and its people. We waste millions of pounds and countless hours – and on top of this, spending months on a project doomed to fail from...
SWP Summit 2026 – all you need to know ahead of the conference
From service centre to strategic engine: The future of HR Shared Services
The death of the job application: Is AI at fault?
How to gain maximum value and efficiency through payroll outsourcing
When change feels personal – navigating tough times
What does M&A get wrong about people and how can it be fixed?
HR strikes back: How can HR use AI to respond to the rise in AI generated tribunal claims?
Rewired HR in reality: Bringing the future operating model to life
AI and ESG: Busting the myths
How is AI moving workforce decisions from insight to impact?
Intelligence and insights: the core of a responsive, insight-led HR function
What strategic disruptors will define HR in 2026?
Rewired HR: Building an ecosystem for continuous change
Connected advisory that delivers HR and Payroll value
Rewire HR – The new ecosystem
What should payroll leaders know from the Reward Strategy Summit 2025?
How can organisations optimise UK pensions post-budget?
The AI shift: Redefining the future of work and payroll
Becoming skills-powered: A blueprint for future-ready organisations
SWP Conference 2025: Key insights
Beyond the UK Budget headlines: Preparing your People strategy for 2026
Unlocking HR value with AI: How Pathfinder turns ambition into action
Human skills vs AI skills
Driving HR transformation with AI agents: Insights and perspective on the Aisera and LACE Partners webinar
Our culture is what makes us who we are.
Having a good culture is beneficial for us as a business, for our clients we work with, which helps us to deliver a better service. We are committed to our sector, steeped in knowledge and expertise and collaborative – we are supportive of each other and that enables us to get the best out of everyone.
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