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.
Women in Tech: Alison Sellar, CEO of Activpayroll
‘Scotland’s best kept secret’ Described by those in the know as ‘Scotland’s best kept secret in global payroll’, Alison Sellar is the CEO of Activpayroll, an innovative award-winning global payroll service to over 1000 companies in more than 146 countries worldwide....
LACE PARTNERS IS ATTENDING UNLEASH 2018
LACE Partners is attending UNLEASH 2018, London Excel, March 20-21 LACE Partners is excited to be at UNLEASH London this month. The event brings together thought leaders, from across Europe, to share insights, software, technology and collaborative tools to unleash...
HR titan Kevin Green joins LACE Partners in advisory role
LACE Partners is excited to welcome Kevin Green to the recently established LACE Advisory Board. Kevin, previously CEO of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, will work with LACE, alongside a portfolio of other new roles and projects. Kevin will bolster...
Introducing the LACE Partners’ Women in Tech Series: Be brave!
This article by Kathryn Evans, part of our LACE team, introduces a series profiling five female CEOs heading up tech start-ups that partner with LACE. They include Abigail Rappoport at Emoquo, Katz Kiely at Beep, Alison Sellars at Activ Payroll, Lorraine Scroope at...
I’m One in Four, and It’s OK. #TimeToTalk
I’m one in four, and it’s OK. It’s even profitable. I am a Co-Founder and Research Director of a highly successful business. I have two small children who I believe are raised well and turning out to be good little people. In previous professional incarnations, I have...
Life at LACE – LACErs’ Experience Workshop
“If you look after your staff, they’ll look after your customers, it’s that simple” - Richard Branson. And you know what, I believe this. It should be this simple but often companies, as they grow, lose the ability to stay focused on this simple principle. My mum...
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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