Partners
Partners we work with.
The tools and services we'd recommend to our own clients — chosen for how well they support people, culture and growth.
01 · Travel & perks
Keep your people moving.
Bolt Business is one account for all your company's ground travel: team rides, client pick-ups, airport runs and travel perks for your people. It comes with central billing, spending limits and real-time reporting.
Why we recommend it: it gives you a simple way to look after people on the move, from late finishes and shift cover to visiting candidates. It's also an easy perk to add, and it takes travel expenses off your team's plate.
No activation costs or minimum commitment.
Figures from Bolt.
Bolt Business · How teams use it
Four ways to use Bolt Business.
Reward freely. Travel flexibly.
- Add rides to your benefits or perks package
- Give travel coupons or allowances as an incentive
- Let people choose rides, scooters or bikes
Smoother than take-off.
- Book airport transfers for staff and guests
- Flexible rides for shift workers and emergency cover
- Book on demand or up to 90 days ahead
Delight clients. Treat guests.
- Complete pick-up and drop-off for client visits
- Courtesy rides for interview candidates and visitors
- SMS trip updates and live ride tracking
One account for all business travel.
- Real-time analytics and reports
- Custom spending limits and ride rules
- Automated expenses and centralised billing
What customers say
"Using Bolt Business has paid off as it's worked out two times cheaper than taxis and other mobility services."
Daniel Piskorz, Assistance Department Manager, Hertz — shared by Bolt
Bolt Business · Getting started
Set up in minutes.
- Sign up through our linkIt takes you straight to the Bolt Business registration page.
- Add your detailsYour name and phone number, then your company details.
- You're all setAdd billing details and explore the dashboard. Bolt's team will get in touch to help you get started.
02 · Workflows & projects
Run people operations like a well-oiled project.
monday.com is a flexible work platform for planning, tracking and automating work. HR teams use it to bring the processes that sit around an HRIS into one place: hiring pipelines, onboarding checklists, approvals, policy reviews and the projects that keep a people function moving.
Why we recommend it: it's easy for non-technical teams to set up, and it gives managers and leaders a clear, live view of who is doing what and what's overdue, without chasing updates by email.
Figures from monday.com.
monday.com · How HR teams use it
Four ways to use monday.com in HR.
Hiring pipelines
- Track candidates stage by stage
- Collect applications with forms
- Automated nudges for interview feedback
Onboarding that runs itself
- Reusable checklists for every new starter
- Tasks assigned to HR, IT and managers
- Reminders before day one
Requests & sign-offs
- Approval workflows with a human sign-off
- Policy and document review cycles
- A clear audit trail of decisions
Less admin, more insight
- monday sidekick, an AI assistant for boards
- AI notetaker to capture meeting actions
- Dashboards for leadership updates
Where we fit: we design the workflows first, then build them in monday.com, so your boards reflect how your business actually hires, onboards and manages people. They connect to tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams and your HRIS.
03 · HR system & payroll
One home for your people data.
Bob, from HiBob, is a full HR information system (HRIS): employee records, onboarding, time off and attendance, compensation, reporting and UK payroll in one platform, with HR, payroll and finance all working from the same data.
Why we recommend it: when a business outgrows spreadsheets and disconnected tools, Bob is a strong, modern backbone. It's well suited to multi-country teams, and its UK payroll runs from the same records as HR, so there's no double entry.
Figures from HiBob.
Where EngageTalent fits
Choosing an HRIS is a people decision, not just a tech one.
We help you decide whether an HRIS like Bob is right for your stage, shape your data and policies before you migrate, and set it up around how your business actually works.
Bob also includes surveys, performance and learning tools, which work well in their standard format. If you want onboarding, culture, growth and recognition resources fully branded as your own, our People Hub sits alongside your HRIS. It's a branded layer for your people, while the personal data stays in Bob.
What others say
"HiBob is one of the few SaaS companies that have successfully cracked the code on user experience."
Josh Bersin, global industry analyst, as quoted by HiBob
04 · US payroll & expansion
Hiring in the US? Get payroll right from day one.
Gusto is one of the best-known payroll and HR platforms in the US, built for small and growing businesses. It runs full-service US payroll and files federal and state taxes. It also handles US benefits such as health insurance and 401(k) retirement plans, and covers hiring, onboarding and time off.
Why we recommend it: US employment works very differently from the UK. Every state has its own tax and new-hire rules, and benefits are expected as standard. For UK businesses opening a US entity, Gusto takes much of that admin off your plate.
Month-to-month, no long-term contract, and you don't pay until you run payroll.
What changes when you employ in the US
- PAYE & RTI with HMRCFederal and state payroll taxes, filed state by state
- Right to work checksForm I-9 and state new-hire reporting
- P60s & P45sW-2s for employees, 1099s for contractors
- NHS & workplace pensionEmployer health insurance and 401(k) plans
- Statutory holidayNo federal minimum — PTO is set by policy
From Gusto.
Gusto · What it covers
US people admin, in one place.
Full-service US payroll
- Multi-state payroll and tax filings
- W-2s, 1099s and digital payslips
- Contractor payments, including international
US benefits, handled
- Health, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k), HSAs, FSAs and commuter benefits
- Deductions calculated in every payroll
Onboarding the US way
- Digital I-9s and W-4s
- Offer letters and e-signing
- State new-hire reporting
Hiring beyond the US
- Employer of record in 12 countries, including the UK
- Powered by Remote
- US and global teams on one platform
Good to know: Gusto's own payroll is built for US employers. For UK payroll, we'd usually point you to an HRIS with UK payroll built in, such as HiBob.
05 · Training & onboarding
Turn your policies into training people actually complete.
Evolve is an AI learning platform that takes the documents, slides and videos you already have and builds them into full training courses, with lessons, quizzes, realistic practice scenarios and AI feedback on written answers. Managers get clear dashboards showing who has completed what, and where the skill gaps are.
Why we recommend it: most businesses already have the right content, such as a handbook, policies or process guides, but nobody reads it. Evolve turns it into onboarding and compliance training in hours rather than weeks, so it's actually used.
Evolve offers a free pilot: a ready-to-use course, practice simulator and knowledge base built from your own materials.
From Evolve.
Where EngageTalent fits
Great training starts with the right content.
We write and update the handbooks, policies and manager guides. Evolve turns them into training with assessments, so you can show that people have actually understood them, not just received them. That matters more than ever as employment law changes roll out through 2026 and 2027.
It also works alongside our People Hub: the Hub is your branded home for onboarding and resources, and Evolve delivers the structured training and tracking behind it.
06 · Time & attendance
Accurate hours, wherever your people work.
Buddy Punch is a simple, cloud-based time clock. Employees punch in and out from a phone, tablet or computer. Managers approve timesheets, overtime is calculated automatically, and hours export straight to payroll.
Why we recommend it: for hourly, shift-based and field teams, accurate time records protect people as much as the business. Everyone gets paid correctly, overtime is visible, and you have clear records if a question about working time ever comes up.
14-day free trial, no credit card needed. Administrators are free; you pay per active employee.
From Buddy Punch.
Where EngageTalent fits
The tool tracks the time. The policy makes it fair.
A time clock works best alongside clear, consistently applied attendance, overtime and leave policies. We help you write those, train managers to have fair conversations about patterns they spot, and set the system up to match your working-time rules.
Worth knowing
Using GPS, photos or facial recognition?
These features process personal data, and facial recognition counts as biometric data under UK GDPR, so it needs extra care. Before switching them on, you'll want a clear lawful basis, a data protection impact assessment and an employee privacy notice. We can help you put those in place.
07 · More partners
Other tools we recommend.
PRODUCTIVITYMotion
AI-powered planning that builds your day around meetings, deadlines and priorities.
Visit Motion →
HIRINGBreezy HR
A friendly applicant tracking system for small and scaling teams.
Visit Breezy HR →
FINANCE & PAYROLLXero
Cloud accounting with payroll, built for small businesses.
Visit Xero →
CAREERSVisualCV
Professional CVs and résumés, for candidates and career changers.
Visit VisualCV →Some of the links on this page are partner links: if you sign up, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend tools we'd be happy to use with our own clients.