Ashworth Black Ltd

Ashworth Black Ltd, founded in is Scotland’s leading bespoke pay and reward consultancy. One of very few specialists in the UK, it is based in Scotland. Ashworth Black reviews and delivers effective pay and reward systems to suit the need of businesses operating in Scotland, the UK and Europe. Pay and reward management is the term given to the management, operation and process of all aspects of pay and benefits systems which are used to reward employees in both cash and wider benefits. The effective design and operation of pay and reward systems help an organisation to meet business objectives and minimise business risk through initiatives including job evaluation, annual salary reviews and benchmarking, performance pay and management and multi-level bonus schemes. With over 20 years’ experience, managing director, Lorna Ashworth heads up Ashworth Black. The company has worked with organisations with staff numbers from single figures up to employees and annual salary budgets in excess of £100m per annum, providing award-winning advice. Ashworth Black advised Glasgow Housing Association and HBoS on aspects of pay and reward, both of which won ASA HR Excellence Awards. Ashworth Black has a wide range of clients from different sectors including David MacBrayne Ltd (transport); Scottish Rugby (sport); Dunedin Canmore Housing Association (housing); Edinburgh Leisure (not-for-profit); Accord Group (housing) and Benkert UK Ltd (manufacturing).