Employee Benefits Consultancy
Our benefits consultancy team helps you tailor and manage your benefits with confidence. There is a huge range of benefits that we can help you choose from and configure to meet your business and budget goals.
Independant support
Bravo Benefits provides a fully independent employee benefits consulting service, helping employers design, review, and continuously improve their benefits strategy with confidence.
We don’t promote preferred providers or work on minimum-spend agreements. Every recommendation we make is guided solely by what is right for your business and your people.
Fakro
We approached Bravo Benefits for their help in creating a benefits package – it’s been one of the most meaningful steps we’ve taken to support our people. We wanted to give something back to our employees—not just in words, but in ways that genuinely improve their day‑to‑day lives.
Fakro
Rayden Solicitors
After running our benefits on Bravo’s SmartHive platform for a while, we’ve recently upgraded the solution by adding in Reward & Recognition. Now our employees have a way of sharing our peng-wins, so everyone can see the great work our teams do!
Rayden Solicitors
Bravo Benefits helped us do a market review last year for our Health Cash Plan – we’d been with the same provider for a while, and it was key for us to make sure it was still fit for purpose and that we were getting the best value for money. As well as approaching the providers, they created a comprehensive comparison for us, saving us lots of legwork! We even split out our EAP to get a better overall picture about how our employees are doing and what support they need, mentally as well as physically. Combined with the additional support around awareness and engagement, it’s been a pleasure to work with Adele and the team and we look forward to future projects!
Halo Leisure
Our employees asked if we could provide access to 24/7 GP, so we reached out to Bravo Benefits and Adele – they helped us find the best and most cost-effective option that met the needs of our workforce. Using Bravo Benefits’ expertise we were able to also identify further areas of need and introduced an Employee Assistance Programme to offer a more inclusive mental health and wellbeing solution for our employees. The outcome has been better than expected – through videos, marketing and training the roll out of these benefits has been both straightforward and well received.
University of Lancashire
We decided to move our employee benefits provider because we were looking for a more hands-on, supportive approach for both our HR team and our employees. From the outset, the team took the time to understand our workforce, our challenges and what we wanted to achieve from our benefits strategy.
The level of ongoing support has been a real standout. From clear communications and employee engagement activity to being readily available whenever we have questions, we now feel confident that our benefits are being actively managed rather than simply administered.
Hartpury College
Even as a smaller business, Bravo Benefits have helped us create a comprehensive benefit package and given us the guidance and support to implement something our staff really get value from.
Sancroft
Why independence matters
Some employee benefits consultants operate within preferred provider arrangements, meaning recommendations may not always reflect the full market.
We take a different approach. We are fully independent.
That means:
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No preferred provider bias.
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No hidden incentives.
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No automatic renewals without challenge.
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No one-size-fits-all solutions.
Our employee benefit plan consulting focuses on long-term outcomes, balancing cost control, employee experience, and strategic alignment.
We continuously review the market, compare providers and pricing, and challenge existing arrangements to ensure your benefits remain the best fit as your organisation evolves.
Help for your benefits journey
Keep your benefits programme active, relevant, and aligned with your business goals.
Your dedicated Employee Benefits Consultant becomes a single point of contact and an extension of your internal team, providing clarity, continuity, and trusted guidance throughout the year.
- Ongoing communication and strategic planning.
- Independent market insight and benchmarking.
- Proactive recommendations, not reactive renewals.
- Practical support for HR and Finance teams.
- Continuous refinement of your benefits strategy.
Our consultative process
Discover and understand
- Workforce demographics and needs.
- Existing benefits and associated costs.
- Engagement challenges.
- Business objectives and future plans.
Market review and strategy design
To help make informed and confident decisions, we independently assess the market, comparing providers, pricing structures, and benefit designs. You are presented with a range of options.
- Value for money.
- Employee relevance.
- Long-term sustainability.
- Administrative simplicity.
Implementation and delivery
Ongoing review and optimisation
- Renewal negotiation and provider challenge.
- Regular market benchmarking.
- Strategy reviews and refinement.
- Engagement insight and recommendations.
- Proactive improvement planning.
How to increase benefit visibility
Smart Hive is a value-driven employee benefits platform designed to make benefits simple, visible and engaging, without unnecessary complexity or inflated cost.
It’s a modern digital employee benefits platform, accessible on any device, built to help organisations turn investment in people into everyday value.
Smart Hive helps employees clearly understand and engage with their benefits while simplifying administration for employers. By combining consultancy with technology, your benefits strategy becomes visible, accessible, and actively used, not simply implemented.
Interested in our solutions?
Our team would be delighted to explain our employee benefits consultancy service in more detail. Contact our team for a no-obligation conversation.
FAQs
We want you to have the simplest, easiest experience possible when choosing the right employee benefits. But we know you might have a few questions. Read on for more information here. If you still have questions, talk to us.
We are fully independent and do not operate preferred provider panels or volume agreements. Every recommendation is based solely on what delivers the best outcome for your organisation and employees.
Not always. Some organisations appoint us as their primary consultant, while others engage us to independently review or support existing arrangements. Our approach is flexible and guided by your needs.
We support growing businesses through to established employers. Our consulting approach scales depending on workforce size, complexity, and strategic objectives.
Employee benefits consulting is continuous. We provide regular reviews, renewal negotiation, market benchmarking, and proactive recommendations throughout the year.
Not necessarily. Independent market review often identifies pricing improvements, structural efficiencies, or better-value solutions that strengthen outcomes without increasing overall spend.