A Double Honour: Go HR and Louise Lithgow-Dicker Recognised by the Diamond Distinction Awards 2026

Two Awards. One Extraordinary Business.

The Diamond Distinction Awards celebrates businesses and individuals who raise the bar for their industries, those who deliver with genuine excellence, lead with integrity, and make a lasting difference to the people they serve. This year, we are proud to present not one but two Diamond Distinction honours to the same remarkable organisation: the Diamond Distinction Award for HR Support for SMEs 2026 to Go HR, and the Female Diamond Entrepreneur Award 2026 to its founder, Louise Lithgow-Dicker. Both recognitions are a reflection of a business and a leader that have set an extraordinary standard in the HR industry.

A Vision That Started at a Dining Room Table

In 2014, Louise Lithgow-Dicker founded Go HR at her dining room table with a bold and simple conviction: that every small and medium-sized business deserves access to the same calibre of expert HR support previously reserved for large corporations. Armed with over 35 years of senior HR experience, a Chartered Fellowship of the CIPD, and a career that spanned some of the UK's most respected organisations, including Vodafone, AstraZeneca, the National Exhibition Group, and Yellow Pages. Louise set about building something genuinely different.  One built on clarity rather than complexity.  Straight talking rather than jargon. Practical solutions rather than theoretical advice.

More than a decade later, that vision has grown into a highly respected consultancy with a specialist team bringing together over 60 years of combined HR expertise.  The consultancy supports businesses across the UK through the full spectrum of HR challenges from recruitment, onboarding, and policy development to complex employee relations, redundancy management, and leadership coaching. The philosophy has never changed: cut through the jargon, get straight to what matters, and give every business leader the knowledge and confidence to make the right decisions for their people.

Why Diamond Distinction is Proud to Recognise Go HR

Go HR has been recognised for the transformational impact it delivers to the businesses it supports.  For many SMEs, HR can feel overwhelming, legalistic and difficult to navigate. Go HR changes that. The team translates complex employment law into clear, practical guidance that allows business owners to move forward with confidence.  Clients consistently describe Go HR as a trusted partner rather than an external adviser, a team that treats every organisation as if it were their own.

That commitment to accessible, high-quality HR support is what secured the Diamond Distinction Award for HR Support for SMEs 2026. Alongside the company’s success sits the leadership of its founder.  Louise Lithgow-Dicker has built Go HR with courage, resilience and a relentless commitment to raising standards for small businesses.  Her work has helped countless organisations navigate difficult decisions, strengthen leadership teams and build workplaces where people and businesses can thrive together.

The Female Diamond Entrepreneur Award 2026 recognises not only what Louise has built, but how she has built it, with authenticity, honesty and an unwavering focus on doing the right thing for clients.

The results speak for themselves. Seven major industry accolades in 2025 alone, including HR Consultancy of the Year and SME HR Director of the Year, confirm what Go HR's clients already know: this is a consultancy operating at the very top of its field. Businesses across the UK speak of Go HR as transformative, describing a team that takes the complexity out of HR and hands leaders back the freedom to focus on what they do best.

A Legacy of Excellence

The Diamond Distinction Awards are reserved for those who do not merely meet expectations, but who consistently, brilliantly exceed them. Go HR and Louise Lithgow-Dicker do precisely that. With an ethos built on drive, honesty, and authenticity, and a team that treats every client relationship as a true partnership, Go HR has earned its place among the very finest businesses in the country.

Congratulations to Louise and the entire Go HR team. Two awards, one outstanding business and a legacy of excellence that is only just getting started.

For further information, please visit: HR Support for SMEs | Go HR | Outsourced HR Specialist