All heroes,
aren’t we?
The team is the badge. The businesses are the backbone. As Leeds United’s official HR, Payroll and Hiring Partner, we’re backing both.
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The partnership
Why the partnership
Don Revie knew something. It takes more than eleven players to win — it takes everyone. The kit ladies. The groundsmen. The people who keep the doors open every day. That belief didn’t stay in the dressing room. It’s still running through this city. And the numbers back it up.
Yorkshire has always backed its own, and it’s that spirit that we’re backing.
64%
of business leaders across Yorkshire & the Humber say it’s the best region in the UK to start a business.
80%
choose a local supplier over a cheaper national or international alternative.
Yorkshire businesses we’re proud to work alongside
The STATS
Leeds runs on heroes
The people who show up before the gates open, keep the books balanced, and never make the team sheet. Small businesses. Independent traders. The backbone of this city.
99%
of everything Yorkshire runs on is a small business
78%
of British firms say rising complexity held back growth this year
10%
rise in the cost of employing someone full-time
9%
month-on-month rebound in local hiring in January alone
77%
Yorkshire SME leaders say they can fill their staffing needs with local talent — four points above the national average. The talent is here. Employment Hero helps you find it.
Different Jobs. Same team.
Let us handle the hard part. So the only job left is yours.
HR: rising complexity handled
Contracts, policies, reviews and compliance in one place, updated as UK employment law changes. Nothing gets missed, and nobody chases paper around the office.
- Contracts and onboarding sent in minutes
- Policy updates tracked and acknowledged
- Leave, reviews and records in one record
Payroll: cost of employment, controlled
Pay runs, pensions, RTI and payslips handled in one flow, with the true cost of a role visible before you commit to it.
- Pay runs in a few clicks, every cycle
- Auto-enrolment and RTI filed for you
- Employment costs forecast before you hire
Hiring: local talent, found faster and cheaper
Post a role once and reach local candidates across every major job board, then shortlist without paying agency fees.
- One post, every major UK job board
- Shortlisting that ranks on fit, not order
- Local candidates, no agency fees
GET HIRED in Yorkshire
Leeds has a hiring gap. We’re helping close it.
Leeds sits at 70.9% employment — nearly five points below the UK average of 75.4%. At the same time, North of England SMEs are hiring faster than the national average. The jobs are there. The gap is between opportunity and access.
That’s exactly the problem Employment Hero Jobs exists to solve. Every Leeds United match day, you’ll spot us on the prematch shirt sleeve. That’s not just a logo — it’s an invitation.
Apply to roles across the region. Get in front of businesses that need you.
COMMUNITY
Helping Leeds find work. Together.
Employment Hero and the Leeds United Foundation share the same belief: that sport has the power to change lives beyond the final whistle. That’s why we’re working together — alongside the Hero Foundation — to make sure the people who need support finding work in this city actually get it.
Through the Support Our City Awards and the Leeds Works employability programme, we’re putting real tools in the hands of people who are ready to work.
Because the talent is here. It always has been. It just needs the right platform.
YORKSHIRE RUNS ON HEROES
The people behind the city deserve the same spotlight.
Don Revie’s Leeds was built on everyone doing their job. Not just the eleven on the pitch — the people who make the whole thing possible. That’s still true today. Yorkshire runs on its businesses, its founders, its teams. This series, in partnership with the Yorkshire Post, puts them front and centre.
Six businesses. Six stories. Six Heroes.
Leeds Runs on Heroes is an Employment Hero editorial series published in partnership with the Yorkshire Post. All Heroes, Aren’t We?
We don’t just support the club. We support the network behind it.
Eleven Sports Media, Leeds United Partner
Sports Marketing | 100+ employees | Manchester, UK
THE CHALLENGE
With rapid growth came manual onboarding, siloed payroll data and inconsistent performance processes. A patchwork of tools slowed everything down and the People team needed a system that could scale without extra headcount.
- Disconnected HR tools that didn’t speak to each other.
- Manual onboarding and inconsistent hiring.
- No audit trail for payroll or salary changes.
- Limited structure for one-to-ones and performance.
- Employees unable to access their own data or documents.
“We were paying separately for a number of incompatible systems. Bringing in Employment Hero not only consolidated our data but also reduced overall costs significantly.”
— David Barrow, Group CFO
OUTCOMES
£6,000 saved annual by consolidating systems
20+ hours saved monthly through automation and workflows
20% reduction in admin time across the People team
Different jobs. Same team.
All heroes,
aren’t we?
Employment Hero handles the HR, payroll and hiring, so you can get back to running your team. Fifteen minutes with us and you’ll see exactly how it fits your business.
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