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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Official HR, Payroll and Hiring Partner of Leeds United

01 – 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.

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.

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That resilience is remarkable.

But resilience shouldn't mean doing it the hard way.

We handle the hard part. So the only job left is yours.

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

A software interface mockup displaying a 'Pay Runs' dashboard with a red 'Revisions Required' tag for a March 2025 pay period, along with a dialog box for submitting pay revisions that includes an AI writing assistant icon.

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

UI mockup of a hiring workflow showing recruitment agent evaluation questions.

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

Yorkshire businesses we're proud to work alongside

and more to be announced

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

Read Eleven Sports Media’s full story

Different jobs. Same team.