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HR, payroll and health & safety solutions to defeat your admin demons

HR software that repels red tape and eats admin monsters for breakfast

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Health & safety software: Stop mishaps from devouring your day

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BrightHR Payroll: Slay payroll paperwork nightmares

BrightHR’s payroll software is so easy to navigate—even those with no payroll experience can use it.

  • Sync your HR and employee data with payroll for efficiency
  • Manage pay run exceptions and allow late changes, any time
  • Stay compliant with software that accounts for payroll laws
  • Get reliable advice from CIPP-qualified payroll experts
  • Pay your staff accurately and on time, always, with managed payroll
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Join 100,000+ global businesses that trust BrightHR

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Explore what else BrightHR has to offer

Upskill your employees with exclusive online courses that are CPD-accredited and RoSPA assured—so you can always be confident that your staff are getting first-class training.

Reap the benefits of happy and engaged staff with an employee recognition platform, that’s built into our HR software and accessible anytime, anywhere.

Supercharge your business with FREE advertising. Reach over 100,000 businesses and 1 million potential customers—globally. And give your team exclusive money-saving perks.

Unlock your team's potential by setting clear employee goals and objectives, providing real-time feedback and tracking progress with a system that keeps everyone aligned and motivated—driving business success.

Get the right person for the job every time. Track, store, organise, and manage your applicants from job openings to onboarding.

Say goodbye to uncertainty! Get rapid responses to more than 11,000 HR and health & safety queries, expertly curated by a team with over 50 years of experience and AI support.

Round-the-clock HR support

No matter the problem rest assured you can get fast, reliable, and compliant advice, anytime, anywhere.

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24/7 wellbeing support for all

Boost employee morale, increase productivity, and reduce staff sickness with wellbeing and mental health support—that extends to immediate family too.

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Ready to slay HR admin?

Get in touch and discover how BrightHR can revolutionise your people management today.

We’ve been using BrightHR for not long time and we are very happy with the service. The app is very easy to use and makes employees much more disciplined in managing their own holidays. Thank you! Keep up the great work!

Veronica Crudu

Feb 2025
Interbev Ireland Ltd

Great platform and super helpful representatives, great in answering all my questions! Great understanding and knowledge and patiently walked me through the intro.

Dani Colban

Jan 2025

I have been using BrightHR for a few years now and I'm happy with the service. The app is very user-friendly and makes managing my small team a walk in the park. Thank you!

Cindy Sunshine

Dec 2024

Very happy with BrightHR which has simplified all our HR documentation and ensured we are compliant. It's great knowing there is support and advice on hand for employees and employers. Highly recommended.

Niks Tea

Dec 2024

I’ve been really impressed with BrightHR! The system is incredibly user-friendly and offers so many features to make managing HR tasks simple and efficient. The customer service team is fantastic. Highly recommend BrightHR to any business!

Matthew Moran

Jan 2025

I never thought I’d love HR software, but I do. So pleased we switched to BrightHR. The software is brilliant as are their teams.

Peter C

Nov 2024

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Become a BrightHR partner

Thanks to our transparent recording system, 68% of businesses have seen a decrease in staff lateness after two years of using Bright.

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This new partnership with BrightHR offers a service that will provide real value to our customers. We understand how much time goes into administration when managing a small business.

- Graeme Sands, Head of Business Lending & Products @ Virgin Money

I use BrightHR software for people management in my café business, and it’s a total game-changer. BrightHR software has made our staff management and HR so simple. I couldn’t recommend it more, it’s cracking!

- Andy Reid MBE - Armed Forces Veteran and Business Owner

Interested in BrightHR? See it in action

Dive into our award-winning software and see our range of people management tools for yourself

A Guide to HR Software

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Your guide to choosing the right HR software

The right HR software can become the backbone of your business. But there’s lots to consider when choosing the right provider.

From a handy checklist of the features you need to look for, to the risks that software can help you avoid, our Guide to HR Software covers it all.

FAQs about BrightHR

Q. QuestionWhat is BrightHR and how does it help UK businesses?

BrightHR is a cloud-based HR software solution designed to help businesses like yours, streamline and manage HR tasks and people efficiently.

But, more than just simplified HR management, BrightHR offers, 24/7 HR and employment law advice, unlimited HR document storage, payroll software and support, health and safety software and support, performance management, employee wellbeing and innovative HR apps that are essential for your HR tool kit.

Q. QuestionHow can BrightHR save my business time and money?

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Q. Question Can I scale BrightHR software as my business grows?

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