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.
What are the biggest challenges in hiring payroll talent?
This blog includes one of the the topics discussed in our recent One Big Thing research. Click here to learn more. In this week’s blog we were joined by Sam Field from Oakleaf Partnership and our very own Adam Morris to talk about talent in the payroll space. It’s a...
How can you recruit and retain talent in a world of digital transformation?
This episode of HR on the Offensive includes one of the the topics discussed in our recent One Big Thing research. Click here to learn more. In this week’s podcast we spoke to Mervyn Dinnen about a new book he has written with Matt Alder called ‘Digital Talent’. Chris...
Life @ LACE: Chris Horton
In today’s blog we talk to a member of our Extended Leadership Team, Chris Horton, about what life is really like to be a ‘LACEr’. We are in an exciting period of business growth with lots of new clients and a growing team, of which Chris is a big part of it. Chris...
What is human business design?
In this week's podcast we spoke to Christian Voelkl from HR Pepper about a book they have recently released called 'Human Business Design'. Aaron and Chris chat with him on some of the core themes, including how organisations need to embrace change and the importance...
Here’s why HR is the missing link in successful business transformation
Research from the likes of McKinsey and Harvard Business School consistently cite the failure rate of business transformations at around 70-75%. That’s pretty huge. Aaron Alburey from our team digs into the reasons why and explains how HR is essential to get people’s...
The ever evolving relationship between HR and recruitment
Amanda Coulson from SVC Solutions speaks to Chris Howard from LACE Partners about how the relationship between the HR function and recruitment teams - both internal and external agencies - has changed and is constantly evolving....
Bringing AI to change without making change less human. Part one
Adoption drives value: Setting the foundations for success
What is a CPO? With Keniro Miller
The human shadow of automation: Navigating AI anxiety in the modern workforce
SWP Summit: Moving beyond the Bs in strategic workforce planning
My career in Reward with Jenny Craik
When transparency stops being a threat: Is 2026 the year reward gets exposed?
The end of the graduate career ladder? How AI is reshaping early-career talent
Why the workforce stalls and how a skills strategy can solve it
Starting your AI in Payroll journey: How to get the data foundations right
The AI + Human Network: The real shift in HR has already started
How can smart incentive design drive performance?
How can CPOs build greater influence in the C-suite?
Early careers in the future of work: an analyst’s perspective
Get ahead of SSP reforms – a practical guide for UK employers
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
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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