Simple HR software designed for SMEs

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  • Flexible, commitment-free plans
  • Quick to set up and easy to use
  • Dedicated service and support
  • Affordable prices to suit your business

Breathe is your all-in-one HR solution

With 40+ features and growing, Breathe makes HR admin easy for businesses with up to 250 people.

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Streamline your holiday processes

Make keeping track of who’s off and when quick, easy and fuss-free. Your team can request time off in seconds, respond to leave requests in a single click and get an overview of upcoming leave.

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Ramp up recruitment processes

With Breathe's purpose-built recruitment tool, finding top talent is effortless. From creating and sharing vacancies to collecting applications, sending interview invitations and making job offers, we've got you covered.

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Keep track of absences & trends

Breathe's absence management tool gives you everything you need to monitor sickness trends and keep all absences in one convenient & secure place.

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Develop your people & track progress

Track progress, recognise achievements and keep your people engaged with Breathe's performance management tool. Effortlessly record objectives and goals, one-to-ones and give your team 'Kudos' to show your appreciation for their hard work.

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Manage employee shifts and rotas

Breathe's rota management software gives you valuable time back to focus on running your busy small business. Build templates, drag & drop shifts and share rotas with your team and lots more, all within one modern system.

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Keep your data safe and secure

Relying on spreadsheets or filing cabinets to store sensitive information? Ditch security concerns & stay GDPR compliant with Breathe's purpose-built employee database.

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Streamline your holiday processes

Make keeping track of who’s off and when quick, easy and fuss-free. Your team can request time off in seconds, respond to leave requests in a single click and get an overview of upcoming leave.

Try Breathe for free View holiday management
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Ramp up recruitment processes

With Breathe's purpose-built recruitment tool, finding top talent is effortless. From creating and sharing vacancies to collecting applications, sending interview invitations and making job offers, we've got you covered.

Try Breathe for free View recruitment tools
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Keep track of absences & trends

Breathe's absence management tool gives you everything you need to monitor sickness trends and keep all absences in one convenient & secure place.

Try Breathe for free View absence management
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Develop your people & track progress

Track progress, recognise achievements and keep your people engaged with Breathe's performance management tool. Effortlessly record objectives and goals, one-to-ones and give your team 'Kudos' to show your appreciation for their hard work.

Try Breathe for free View performance management
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Manage employee shifts and rotas

Breathe's rota management software gives you valuable time back to focus on running your busy small business. Build templates, drag & drop shifts and share rotas with your team and lots more, all within one modern system.

Try Breathe for free View Rota, Time and Attendance
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Keep your data safe and secure

Relying on spreadsheets or filing cabinets to store sensitive information? Ditch security concerns & stay GDPR compliant with Breathe's purpose-built employee database.

Try Breathe for free View employee database

Loved by 15,000+ UK SMEs

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Why choose Breathe?

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Why choose Breathe?

HR software you can tailor to your needs

With a bunch of additional modules to choose from, you can adapt the system as your SME grows. Whether you’re going through a hiring phase or need to streamline your expense claims, solve it with Breathe.

No long term contracts, no hidden costs

We won’t tie you into long-term contracts. With our flexible, subscription-based plans, you have the freedom to cancel anytime without worrying about hidden costs.

Dedicated support, when you need it

Breathe is designed to be self-service, but if you do need a hand, our friendly support team are here to help - both during your trial and once you’re up & running.

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Join thousands of happy customers

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“I'd recommend it to anybody. It's cost-effective, easy-to-use and fantastic value. Information is held nice and safe in the cloud"

Juliet Price, MD, Park City

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“Breathe gives me more time to concentrate on other parts of my job, I feel more organised and it's become like my own assistant”

Esther, EA to CEO, Ridgeview

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“Without Breathe, we'd have likely needed to hire a dedicated training manager, so this is saving us a lot of money.”

Jane Theaker, CEO of PBD Biotech

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New feature

Automate holiday approvals

Save valuable time and reduce human error with Breathe's new holiday approval automation tool. Set limits on how many people can be off at once and Breathe will look after the rest.

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Free tool

Calculate your people’s holiday entitlement

Struggling to calculate holiday allowance for a part-time employee, or for someone who joined mid-year?

Our free calculator makes it easy.

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Our marketplace

Breathe has partnered with a variety of apps and integrations to further reduce the time you spend on HR admin.

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