ChironChiron  |  Why Chiron
Startup friendly · built for growth · people first

Not traditional HR. A people partner built for founders.

You focus on what you do best. I make sure hiring, onboarding, people practice and compliance are all taken care of.
0 yrs
building high-tech and engineering teams before Chiron existed
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call centres, ticket queues or a different voice every time you ring
0–40
staff is the zone Chiron is purpose-built for
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of formal disciplinary and dismissal decisions walked through before you act

Not traditional HR

Traditional HR was built for big companies. Policy for policy's sake, a helpline that reads from a script, and advice from someone who has never sat in your chair. Founders do not need that. They need someone who has actually built teams, understands commercial pressure, and gives a straight answer.

Chiron is startup friendly by design. No jargon, no upselling, no creating problems to solve. Just clear, practical people advice from someone who has been in the room when things got complicated.

People first, paperwork second

The paperwork matters, and it gets done properly. But Chiron starts from a different place: your business grows through people. Hiring the right ones, landing them well, developing them, and keeping them. The compliance layer exists to protect that, not to replace it.

Built for growth

The model is designed for growth SMEs. It meets you at your first hire and scales with you, so the support you get at 6 staff looks different from the support you get at 30.

A person, not a product

One named advisor who knows your business, your team and your history. Visible, local and accountable. Not a different voice on the phone every time.

Operator background

Twenty years building technical and commercial teams across engineering, deep tech and manufacturing. Advice from someone who has done the hiring, not just written the policy.

Prevention first

Documented, ACAS-aligned processes and a call-before-act rule mean problems get caught before they cost you, instead of managed after they have.

So you can focus on what you do best

This is the real product. Founders and their exec teams should be building product, winning customers and raising money, not lying awake over a difficult exit or a contract they are not sure is compliant.

With Chiron in place, hiring is handled, onboarding is structured, people practice is documented and compliance is watched continuously. You get the safety of knowing the people side is taken care of, and the headspace to run your business.

I want founders doing the thing only they can do. My job is to make sure the people side never pulls them away from it, and never comes back to bite them.
Craig Jackson  ·  Founder, Chiron

Who it is for

Founder-led startups and SMEs across Scotland with roughly 5 to 40 staff and no in-house HR function. Tech, deep tech, engineering, advanced manufacturing and professional services are home turf, though the model works anywhere a founder is growing a team without a people structure behind it.

Start with fifteen minutes

A free audit call, no pitch and no obligation. Or take the 5-minute HR Red-Risk Scorecard at chironhumancapital.co.uk and see exactly where you stand first.