MERGER AND ACQUISITION ACTIVITY/ BUSINESS INTEGRATION
How do you manage the people aspects of buying another business? What people challenges will business integration bring? How will you manage the employment law requirements of managing an acquisition?
Not sure? Call Blue Star Human Resources who are seasoned HR practitioners with first-hand, recent experience of managing the people aspects of large-scale M&A activity across the UK. Blue Star Human Resources can work with you and your management team to make sure that optimum value is achieved from your merger or acquisition. Remember in cases where an M&A fails it’s usually down to people issues.
We can:
- advise on the HR aspects of due-diligence during the pre-acquisition period helping to make sure that all relevant matters are considered before deciding to go ahead.
- produce an HR integration strategy people plan to win hearts and minds from day one.
- advise on how to motivate people in an acquired organisation, as well as those back at base.
- manage the people plan for business integration using well-honed project management skills
- advise on dealing fairly with people who will lose their jobs, including drawing up compromise agreements and managing redundancy programmes.
- advise on how to integrate different terms and conditions of employment in line with employment legislation.
- measure progress and feedback to managers where remedial action may be necessary.
- ensure internal and external communication supports a successful outcome.