“Steve performed a crucial role as the trainer/facilitator delivering workshops for a companywide initiative to improve meetings. Feedback from participants was excellent. Steve’s training style was very inclusive, smooth and effective and he brought with him a wealth of experience on meeting facilitation which was required for fielding questions.”

Dylan Saxby

PM / BA, Nexen Petroleum

“Tara is completely professional in her approach to all matters. Having worked with her on training projects, I have seen how she produces excellent, creative material, that delivers the outcomes in a relaxed, informative and fun way.”

Linda Fenn

Training and Development Manager, British Heart Foundation

“Tara undertook a series of equality and diversity awareness workshops. The groups were very testing and Tara demonstrated an extremely professional approach. She showed extensive knowledge and experience and handled difficult questions with sensitivity, providing clear and appropriate responses.”

Jacky Manning

Senior HR Adviser Equality and Diversity, Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service

“Tara clearly loves what she does and approaches each assignment with enthusiasm, expertise and integrity. She has provided expertise on how to deal with difficult HR issues and I have always been impressed with her empathy and common-sense approach.”

Kehrela Hodkinson

Owner, Hodkinson Law Group

“Kate is a highly experienced development manager who delivers training and development solutions in a creative way to tight deadlines. One hundred per cent reliable and outcome focussed, Kate comes highly recommended.”

Liz Edwards

HR Director, Equinox

“Steve Walker has designed and delivered bespoke training to us on a number of topics, most recently project management for directors. He has taken time and care to ensure he delivers solutions that really work for us and fit our culture. Steve has excellent interpersonal skills as well which allows him to work with diverse groups within the same organisation.”

Morag Bailey

HR Director, Ardo UK

“Elspeth’s skills, knowledge, change management experience and general expertise were extraordinarily helpful when we were planning and then carried out the closure of a large residential care home. Her commitment and hands-on involvement were invaluable both to the senior management and the frontline staff effected by redundancy. She also supported the HR function sensitively, effectively and in a timely manor.”

Martin Ensom

Director of Operations, Musicians Benevolent Fund

“Very many thanks for your help the document was perfect. Always quality and always much valued.”

Angela Mawle

Chief Executive, UK Public Health Association

“Tara’s advice is based on vast experience, of great depth, and always ‘on the money’. She provides a very useful HR advice service to my business.”

Darren Smith

Owner, Making Counters Matter

“Tara is an expert HR adviser and keeps our labour-intensive business up to date with written policies and procedures and provides practical day-to-day advice to line managers. Since engaging Calibre HR & Training we have had no worries in this important business area.”

Gordon Haggarty

Owner, Accent Catering Services

“Tara epitomises professionalism and she is extremely knowledgeable, flexible and supportive – excellent value for money.”

Claire Townshend

Senior Human Resources Manager, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

“Steve helped us when we had a lot of change going on in the organisation. He was able to creatively bring two disparate groups together and helped us to work as one larger team. He is personable and understands his audience well. A great trainer and facilitator.”

Rebecca Hawking

HR & Marketing Development Manager, Enterprising Opportunities

“Tara’s approach and style always leads to value added HR and development activities. Having worked with Tara on many projects in different industries, I highly recommend her practical and reliable contributions and direction. Tara quickly builds relationships with clients and demonstrates unbelievable flexibility to ever changing project constraints and demands.”

Pauline Bennett

Learning and Development Consultant, Jibboo Ltd

“Elspeth’s on-tap expert HR advice gives the senior management team professional support to deal with staff issues. Staff feel supported and we get peace of mind and a level of expertise usually only enjoyed by large corporations.”

Paul Scourfield

Chief Executive, Faculty of Public Health

“Calibre HR & Training have been providing us with superb training for the last few years with the reassurance of helpful, friendly, reliable service.”

Karen Hynes

Training Manager, National Autistic Society

“It’s reassuring to know professionalism is just a phone call away and that the pricing is sensible.”

Callum Husein

Group Personnel and Development Manager, Holiday Extras

“Skillsmart Retail has worked with Calibre HR & Training for a number of years with great success. The work it has done with us embedding organisational objectives across the organisation, developing new managers and management team building has really helped our business. Steve Walker and his colleagues develop a real empathy with the team and that delivers real results for the business.”

Anne Seaman

Chief Executive, Skillsmart Retail Ltd

“Tara has always been a professional deliverer. Her integrity and passion for producing excellent results is second to none.”

Deanne Lee

Managing Director, People & Partners

“Steve really took the time to identify what our training need was and what learning style would work well with the group. Both my organisation and the delegates have been very pleased with the results of the presentation skills course.”

Morag Bailey

HR Manager, ARDO UK

“Steve is an innovative training consultant who has added enormous value to our learning and development function in a short space of time. Steve works extremely well with colleagues and builds solid relationships very quickly.”

Mary Smith

Training Manager, Cabot Financial