Nancy Prest

Doodle HR has been created to make HR affordable and available to all companies no matter how small. At Doodle HR, we take a very pragmatic approach and work very closely with our clients, considering ourselves to be an integral part of their management team. Founded by Nancy Prest in 2013, Doodle HR is based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Nancy is an experienced HR professional with CIPD graduate qualifications at master’s level, a Diploma in Employment Law, a Chartered Fellowship and over 20 years’ experience in public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Nancy is passionate about HR and brings a thorough understanding of regulation and policy development and the importance of compliance for small to medium size businesses. Key HR projects the establishment of HR departments and their operational processes, and the design, delivery and communication of benefits packages as well as include the design and implementation of new HR and Payroll systems, such as SAP, Breathe HR, and People HR. Nancy works alongside Employment Law Solicitors and continues to update and expand her HR skills to provide clients with expert, up to the minute practical advice, on all day-to-day Human Resources issues as part of the HR Inner Circle with renowned Barrister, and LBC presenter, Daniel Barnett. She also works closely with local recruitment agencies to enable preferential rates for her clients. In 2015, Nancy was joined in the business by Marie Davies, with Marie becoming Nancy’s business partner in 2019.