Answers system launched in Canada

Dec 2 2009 by Iain Laing, The Journal

A HUMAN resources company in Darlington is using new technology to grow its business around the world.

Answers in a Box has launched its new human resource management system, Answers HR, into Canada by signing a strategic partnership with Ontario-based consultancy Engage human resources solutions, who will distribute the product, following support from UK Trade and Investment.

Husband and wife team, Alasdair and Julie Ross, have spent years in the development of Answers HR.

“Answers HR is a fully secure web-hosted employee self-service system offering employers everything from holiday and absence management to relevant policy and procedures,” said Mr Ross.

“A major difference to other HR systems is that it has been designed with the end user in mind making it easy and intuitive for employees to use and access, and all at about a third of the cost of similar HR software.”

Answers in a Box is also planning to take the product into Australia and has received interest from New Zealand, the Netherlands and Austria.

Alasdair said: “Going global with the product has helped us access a whole new market we wouldn’t have got into in the past. It offers new opportunities for growing the business.”