Join our HR Hub
Come and join our informal, friendly community of HR professionals, employers and people managers who are keen to learn, share and collaborate.

Our events
We run regular webinars aimed at employers, HR professionals, people managers and anyone else who may be interested in the topics. They last an hour and feature one or more guest speakers.
To receive invitations to these free webinars, please email kate@allen-associates.co.uk
Coming soon!
Our HR Hub returns on September 18th with RWK Goodman for another Employment Law Update.
We’ll be sharing more details about this event closer to the time, so stay tuned!
June's HR Hub: Employment Law Update from Kate Benefer at RWK Goodman
At our June 2025 HR Hub, hosted in partnership with RWK Goodman, we were joined by Kate Benefer for a quarterly Employment Law Update.
May's HR Hub: Mega-Trends, Micro-Lens: What Does the Next Gen Want from Work – and What Does This Mean for HR Professionals?
At our May 2025 HR Hub, hosted in partnership with RWK Goodman, we were joined by global workforce consultant and Future of Work activist Tom Hadley.
HR insights
Our guest speakers are experts in their field and are happy to share their experiences, professional advice, handy hints and checklists with us.
From our Knowledge Centre, you can access:
- Guest speaker blogs and videos.
- Quarterly employment law updates from our HR Hub partners at RWK Goodman.
- Results of our monthly polls.


Kate Allen
Executive Chair and Marketing Director, Allen Associates
Kate founded Allen Associates in 1998 with the aim of creating the type of recruitment agency that she would like to use herself as a client and a candidate. For more than two decades, Kate’s commitment to providing an outstanding service and added value has never wavered, enabling her to build a robust business and an enviable reputation in her home county of Oxfordshire and further afield.

Kate Benefer
Partner in the Employment team, RWK Goodman
Kate advises on all aspects of employment law including disciplinary, grievances and sickness management, redundancy and restructures, discrimination, tribunal claims and immigration issues. Kate has been described as “very switched on” (client feedback) and as a “confident and poised speaker” whose delivery is “on the money” (delegate feedback).
TestimonialI have to say (and I am not just saying this) it was one of the best webinars I have attended.
Get involved!
Please contact Kate Allen if you would like to:
- Speak at one of our Zoom HR Hubs
- Suggest a topic for a future presentation
- Write a guest blog
- Receive our HR Hub invitations, guest blogs, employment law updates and poll results
- Be introduced to someone you met at one of our HR Hubs
