HR support for employers within 90 minutes of Stoke-on-Trent
OES HR is an HR consultancy based at Trent House, 234 Victoria Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2LW. We support employers with 5 to 450 staff across Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Shropshire and the West Midlands. We meet in person when the work needs a room and work online when it does not. Our service is called The HR Doctor.
Who we are and where we work
Richard Tunnicliffe founded OES HR in Stoke-on-Trent and has worked in HR since 2003. The HR Doctor gives you a named HR adviser who knows your business, written advice you can act on, and documents built for UK employment law.
Every town below is within 90 minutesā€™ drive of our office on a weekday morning. We checked each one with Google Maps, leaving at 09:00 on a Tuesday.
| County | Town | Typical drive |
|---|---|---|
| Staffordshire | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 10 to 22 minutes |
| Staffordshire | Stone | 18 to 26 minutes |
| Staffordshire | Uttoxeter | 22 to 35 minutes |
| Staffordshire | Stafford | 24 to 40 minutes |
| Staffordshire | Leek | 26 to 45 minutes |
| Staffordshire | Cannock | 35 to 55 minutes |
| Staffordshire | Burton upon Trent | 40 minutes to 1 hour |
| Staffordshire | Lichfield | 45 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes |
| Staffordshire | Tamworth | 50 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes |
| Cheshire | Crewe | 26 to 45 minutes |
| Cheshire | Congleton | 28 to 45 minutes |
| Cheshire | Macclesfield | 45 minutes to 1 hour 5 minutes |
| Cheshire | Warrington | 45 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes |
| Cheshire | Chester | 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (at the edge) |
| West Midlands | Walsall | 40 minutes to 1 hour 5 minutes |
| West Midlands | Wolverhampton | 45 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes |
| West Midlands | Birmingham | 55 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes |
| Shropshire | Telford | 55 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes |
| Shropshire | Shrewsbury | 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (at the edge) |
| Derbyshire | Derby | 45 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes |
| Greater Manchester | Stockport | 50 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes |
| Nottinghamshire | Nottingham | 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (at the edge) |
Chester, Shrewsbury and Nottingham sit at the edge, because the top of Googleā€™s range for each is exactly 90 minutes. Manchester and Leicester are inside 90 minutes at the shortest end of Googleā€™s range and outside it at the longest, so they are not listed.
If your business sits further out, HR Doctor Assist and the advice line in our Packages work the same way anywhere in the UK.
Employers we already support near you
Employers in Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stafford already use our support. Their businesses include an accountancy practice, a food manufacturer, a wholesaler, an architectsā€™ practice, a healthcare provider, a telecoms reseller, an IT and cyber security firm, a retailer and a transport operator.
What we help with
- HR Doctor Assist. Self-serve HR support on a monthly subscription, from Ā£79 a month plus VAT for up to 20 employees, with a 7 day free trial.
- The HR Health Review. A 56-question review of your people practices, around two hours, with a written report and a banded score. Ā£2,000 plus VAT.
- Packages. Daily HR advice retained for 12 months, HR Doctor Assist included, and one to three fixed outcomes chosen from our Outcomes Menu. From Ā£4,000 plus VAT.
- The Redundancy Guide. A guided redundancy consultation for employers making fewer than 20 roles redundant at one site. From Ā£2,000 plus VAT, paid once per redundancy round.
The full range is on our HR services page.
Common questions
Do you come to our site?
Yes, within the 90-minute area above, when the work needs it: a hearing, a consultation meeting, a review day. The rest of the time, advice comes by phone, email and video.
Do you only work with businesses in Staffordshire?
No. The towns above are where we can be in the room within 90 minutes. HR Doctor Assist, the HR Health Review and the advice line in our Packages serve employers anywhere in the UK.
How do we start?
The free HR Health Check takes under a minute and lets you know where your people practices stand, scored Red, Amber or Green. From there, Richard can talk it through with you on a free 30-minute call.
Your next step
Start the free HR Health Check
Schedule your Director Debrief
Telephone 01782 656134, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm.
Written by Richard Tunnicliffe, Founder, OES HR. In HR since 2003.
Drive times last checked on 26 October 2026 with Google Maps, leaving Stoke-on-Trent at 09:00 on a Tuesday.