Paul Larkin Advisory Services

Paul Larkin Advisory Services

Providing a seven day a week personal service, especially to the regional and local press, whether through office visits, over the telephone or via email. 

Paul Larkin Advisory Services offers guidance and assistance in the areas of HR, Employment Law, Training and Health & Safety. The service is offered with extensive knowledge of the media industry, and experience of previous roles within operations and HR in other industry sectors.

Background Experience

  • Over twenty years experience within the finance sector at operational and senior management level covering lending, private and commercial banking, marketing, HR and training.
  • Three years in the research and sales sector managing research and training projects for the finance, pharmaceutical and car industries.
  • Four years in the education sector as deputy director responsible for operations and HR. 
  • Fourteen years with the Newspaper Society covering all aspects of:
  1. Employment Law
  2. Industrial Relations
  3. HR
  4. Health and Safety
  5. Training
  6. The development of Occupational Standards in Journalism and Advertising and Sales for the Newspaper Industry
  • Four years as a consultant to regional and local press clients, covering employment law, HR, health and safety and management training.

Experience Within The Media Sector

  • Providing a wide range of advice, legal and non-legal, on all aspects of HR, employment law and health and safety.
  • Representing clients at employment tribunals with a high success rate in settling claims.
  • Acting successfully in resolving employee/employer disputes.
  • Delivering a wide range of training programmes for companies including:
  1. General Management
  2. Leadership and Motivation
  3. Appraisals
  4. Recruitment and Selection
  5. Discipline and Grievance
  6. Absence and Sickness
  7. Advertising and Sales
  8. Health and Safety
  • Produced a guide booklet and DVD for publishers, deliverers and newsagents on "Delivering Newspapers Safely".
  • Led the development and approval of the National Occupational Standards in Journalism and Advertising and Sales.
  • Set up and advise on company HR policies and procedures and staff handbooks.
  • Set up and carry out risk assessments and display screen equipment assessments.