Aspire HR Ltd was founded in March 2008 by Angela Thorburn  - an experienced, qualified HR Professional (Chartered MCIPD) . With over 14 years HR and Training experience - you can be confident with us.

Our aim is to provide relevant, focused and highly practical HR solutions for your business. We do this by listening to you carefully and we work with you to identify the appropriate intervention ensuring that your business gets the right solution, at the right time. 

We value people as an important asset in any business and we work with organisations to develop managers skills so you can be confident when dealing with any employee situation. We aim to build better organisations by improving the performance and engagement of employees. 

We can provide the HR expertise to support your business.

Employing staff is not all about complying with the law - although this is still very important, but in today's business climate - it is the managers role to create the environment which helps employees grow, develop and achieve their potential - as they are the key to better business performance and success.

Angela is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and adheres the high professional standards and requirements for Continuing Professional Development set by the CIPD.

Previous Company Background

Since 2001 Angela has held HR Management roles for 2 Global, US owned corporations which have involved managing multi-site HR operations, European HQ and commercial subsidiary environments.

Prior to 2001 Angela was a seasoned Learning & Development professional, working for a global pharmaceutical company, before moving into more generalist HR roles. With an early career in Retail Management, then business consulting, Angela has a good commercial business background with exposure to most industry sectors

Angela now works freelance for clients in both the private and public sector.