
Google Workspace is Google’s cloud-based productivity and collaboration suite designed to help businesses, teams, and organizations communicate, collaborate, manage data, and automate workflows through integrated applications and AI-powered tools. The platform combines premium business versions of Gmail, Google Drive, Google Meet, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Chat, Keep, Forms, Sites, Tasks, NotebookLM, AppSheet, and Gemini AI into a unified cloud ecosystem optimized for modern workplaces. Google Workspace enables organizations to manage professional email communication, real-time document collaboration, cloud storage, video conferencing, project coordination, and business productivity from any device while maintaining centralized administration and security controls. The platform’s built-in Gemini AI capabilities provide intelligent assistance across applications, helping users draft emails, summarize meetings, generate reports, create content, analyze data, brainstorm ideas, and automate workflows using contextual information from business operations. Google Workspace also includes advanced collaboration tools such as appointment scheduling, eSignature support, AI-generated meeting notes, mail merge functionality, shared cloud storage, and real-time co-authoring for teams working across distributed environments. Security and compliance are major components of the platform, with enterprise-grade features including AI-powered data classification, endpoint management, secure access controls, S/MIME encryption, Data Loss Prevention, eDiscovery, Vault archiving, compliance management, and AI-driven threat protection. Businesses can choose from multiple subscription plans that scale from small startups to large enterprises, with options for expanded storage, advanced security controls, large video meetings, and enterprise-grade administration features.
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If your employee details are spread across spreadsheets, emails and disconnected apps, Breathe brings them together. It's a UK HR platform launched in 2012 for small and medium-sized businesses. More than 17,000 of them use it, along with over 1,000 UK HR consultancies.
Three everyday HR problems Breathe fixes
Information everywhere: one central, accurate record for every employee.
Endless chasing: staff book leave, sign documents electronically and follow shared workflows.
A small HR team: start with the essentials and add more as you grow.
The essentials: Core HR
Store records and documents securely, manage holiday and leave, track sickness and absence, and let staff update their own details. Collect e-signatures, set goals, run one-to-ones and reviews, and spot trends with built-in reports.
Optional extras
Rota, Time and Attendance: plan shifts and track hours
Expenses: claims, receipts and manager sign-off
Recruitment: advertise roles and follow each candidate
Health and Safety: risk assessments, incidents and compliance evidence
e-Learning: assign UK-specific courses and see who's completed what
Breathe is also building an AI Assistant to answer HR and policy questions, and plans to launch payroll in late 2026.
Who gets the most from it
UK organisations with up to 200 people, particularly charities, schools, healthcare, retail, start-ups and professional services firms with lean HR. If you need multinational payroll, global compliance or enterprise workforce planning, weigh it up first.
Pricing, support and security
Plans start from £24 a month for your whole organisation, with no long-term contracts or hidden fees. Try it free for 14 days, with UK-based support from setup onwards. Breathe holds ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 accreditation and keeps your data in UK data centres, protected by encryption and access controls.
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PurelyHR
PurelyHR Time Off is a completely online software platform designed to streamline the management of employee absences, time-off, and leave requests. This system accommodates three categories of users: employees, managers, and administrators, each with distinct access levels and permissions tailored to their roles. It maintains a detailed audit trail of every time-off request and features a multi-tier approval process, along with automatic accruals based on length of service. Additionally, users receive timely reminders for their time off, and the platform supports bulk imports and updates for user accounts. Integration capabilities with Google Calendar and Outlook further enhance its utility, ensuring that all scheduling needs are effectively met. Overall, PurelyHR Time Off simplifies the complexities associated with leave management for organizations of any size.
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Appogee HR
Seamlessly track and manage employee absences, including vacation days, sick leave requests, time off in lieu, unlimited paid leave, and absence records. This system integrates effortlessly with both Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 calendars, offering a tailored experience to meet your leave management needs. Protect employee profiles and documentation related to work authorization, career development, and performance reviews. Maintain company documents with features like version control, acknowledgment tracking, and access management. Monitor attendance and schedules with capabilities for location tracking, clocking in and out, and online timesheets. Additionally, this solution includes Appogee Leave and various other integrations. Elevate your employee management strategies with our cutting-edge HR platform. Simplify the onboarding experience for remote and in-office employees through an intuitive online portal. Improve your performance management processes using robust tools that facilitate meaningful employee evaluations, aligning with organizational goals, team objectives, and personal development. By utilizing this comprehensive system, you can achieve a more streamlined and effective HR operation that benefits both the organization and its workforce, ultimately enhancing overall productivity and employee satisfaction.
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