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.
HR budgeting for 2022 – what should you be thinking about?
HR budgeting is the focus of this 60'' video, where Max Bailey and Chris Howard discuss some of the key considerations for senior HR professionals, when it comes to deciding how they build the business case for their 2022 spend. https://youtu.be/JiH_p1fpZSg You...
What are the emerging trends in payroll?
We recently spoke to Sam Isaac from Neeyamo about a whitepaper they produced in 2021 which looked at what they saw as some of the emerging trends in the payroll space. Below is a summary of some of the key discussion points from our HR on the Offensive podcast, in...
HR: Make the most of budget season 2022
HR budget planning for 2022 is already underway as 2021 comes to a close. With this in mind, we were recently invited by Unleash to talk about the key challenges and considerations HR teams need to be thinking through as they set their budgets and map out their...
How should HR respond to ‘The Great Resignation’?
In this week’s blog LACE Senior Manager Luka Winterborne and MD Cathy Acratopulo respond to one of the hottest topics in HR at the moment: ‘The Great Resignation’. Read on to learn what questions every HR Director should be asking themselves and why your employee...
Is the future of payroll real-time payments?
In a recent HR on the Offensive podcast we spoke to Ian Wheeler from Income Group about this emerging technology, the impact it is having on the payroll landscape and what the future might hold. Payroll: real-time payments vs faster payments – what are they?...
HR technology integration: Is there really a ‘tech overload’ post pandemic?
In 2021, many businesses experienced a year of change, with organisations quickly adapting through the rapid deployment of HR technology integrations. However, as we approach the Q4 calendar year, there has been talk of ‘tech overload’ across trade and national media....
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
Preparing for SWP: Choices, challenges, and change
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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