Award-winning HR software for SMEs

Are you drowning in HR paperwork or losing track of endless spreadsheets?
Let us help you.

Breathe HR is an easy-to-use, cloud-based HR software system designed especially for SMEs. It brings all your employee data together in one safe, secure place — making HR management simpler, faster, and more effective.

Say goodbye to time-consuming admin and manual processes. With Breathe, you can streamline everything from onboarding and training to holiday requests, recruitment and absence management — all in one platform.

As a Silver Breathe HR Partner, we work closely with Breathe to help businesses get the very best from their HR software. This status recognises our proven experience in supporting clients to implement, configure and use Breathe HR in a way that genuinely adds value, improves compliance and saves time. We don’t just set the system up and walk away, we tailor it to your business, align it with your people processes and provide ongoing guidance so you feel confident using it day to day. For our clients, being supported by a Silver Breathe HR Partner means practical, hands-on expertise, trusted advice and a smoother, more effective HR experience.

Why choose Breathe HR

Breathe’s self-service functionality means your employees can log in anytime, anywhere — via desktop or mobile — to request holidays, update their personal information and stay up to date with company news in real time.

For managers and leaders, real-time dashboards and custom reports give instant access to the HR insights you need to make smart, data-driven decisions.

Key features

Stay GDPR compliant with contracts, policies and documents safely stored in the cloud
Track and monitor sickness absence, holiday and expenses with automated processes
Manage performance and recognise achievements
Run insightful HR reports
Create and share new vacancies
Export payroll ready data
Time and attendance tracking
Track and monitor training

Is HR software right for you?

Questions to consider

Are you using multiple systems, applications, or traditional filing cabinets to manage your employees?
Would you benefit from centralising your employee data?
Would you like to be able to securely store your company documents, policies, and procedures, all in one place that your employees can easily access?
Would you benefit from moving your spreadsheets to cost-effective, cloud-based HR software?
Has there been times when a holiday form has been misplaced, or dates misread?
Are you unsure if your employees are reading documents that have been issued to them?
Has it been tricky to send information to employees when they are working remotely?
Would you like to enable your employees to have access to a self-service system?
Would you like to increase employee engagement and give your employees a chance to take ownership for their own goals?
Would you like to have the option to run reports on your people data?
Would you like to streamline and automate manual processes, so you have more time to focus on your business?

If you can answer yes to any of these, then… Breathe!

Breathe HR add-on modules

Looking to do even more? Breathe offers a range of optional modules designed to simplify every part of your people management process:

Recruitment – Seamless vacancy management and applicant tracking
Rota & Attendance – Build and manage rotas, track shifts, and monitor timesheets
Expenses – Submit, approve and track expenses with handy reports
Learning – Assign and monitor online training with access to 35+ bite-sized courses

How Limelite can help you with Breathe HR
- Implementation and set-up service – We’ll get your system up and running quickly and confidently, tailoring it to your business needs so you get the most from day one.
- Breathe HR audits -We provide annual system audits to ensure your account stays optimised, compliant and delivering value.
- Ongoing support through our partnership packages – Get peace of mind with continuous HR guidance, software management and updates through our retained support packages.
Start your journey with Breathe

We’ll help you implement Breathe HR and tailor it to your business — so you can focus on building an amazing workplace.

Speak to us about Breathe HR

Our trusted partners

We’re proud to work alongside trusted partners who share our passion for building amazing workplaces and helping people and organisations thrive.

Hireful

Streamline recruitment with hireful — the easy-to-use applicant tracking system that helps you attract, manage and hire top talent faster.

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Sense HR

Sense HR is modern, cloud-based HR software that helps organisations manage people data, absences, performance and reporting in one easy-to-use system.

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