Why spreadsheets stop working at 50 people
By the time a resourcing sheet is updated, the data in it is already out of date.
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Every UI element in the project, styled to the brand tokens from Retain – New Styles and shaped by the Modern SaaS design profile. Review this before any page blocks get built. The paired export, retain-international-base.css, is the foundation every block will import.
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Seven decisions that give the site its personality. Brand tokens say what colour things are; the profile says how they behave. Change any one of these and the whole site shifts.
Section 02
Taken straight from the brand sheet. Two core colours carry the brand; three secondaries handle variety and status; four tints are background-only and must never be used for text or fills that need contrast.
Mapped onto the brand secondaries rather than generic web defaults, so error and warning states still read as Retain.
--color-error (#BC4855) instead. Green is reserved for success and primary action. Say the word if you would rather keep the skill default.Section 03
Inter throughout, as specified. The brand sheet gives print sizes; these are the web equivalents, with the tracking and line spacing ratios carried over exactly. H1 clamps between 40px and 68px so the −0.05em tracking still holds together on a phone.
By centralising project and team data, you gain real-time visibility into capacity, utilisation and skills. That visibility is what turns a resourcing decision from a guess into a calculation.
Effective resource management gives your business clarity, agility and advantage.
Anticipate conflicts early and prevent burnout with proactive planning.
Stop overbooking before it starts
Anticipate conflicts early and prevent burnout with proactive planning.
Stop overbooking before it starts
Anticipate conflicts early and prevent burnout with proactive planning.
Per the brand sheet: when either core colour fills a panel, text defaults to white. Add .on-dark to the wrapper and every child element follows.
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Three styles, matching the brand sheet. Pill shape comes from the soft profile. Hover the arrow to see it pivot.
Green outline
Download brochureNavy outline
Download brochureGreen
Discover moreNavy
Discover moreNavy section
Green section
.main-button.pink for primary. That class is aliased to the green fill, so existing block templates work unchanged — but for new work use .green, which describes what it actually is.Section 05
8px corners from the soft profile. Focus rings use green; error states use rose.
page_formSection 06
Selection and toggle controls, grouped by behaviour. These matter more for Retain than for a typical brochure site, since filter panels are a core part of the product interface.
Border turns green on hover and while dragging.
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Shadow treatment, no borders. Hover to see the lift. Images use 16px corners at 16:10, per the rounded image profile.
By the time a resourcing sheet is updated, the data in it is already out of date.
Read articleAnticipate future demand and spot resourcing gaps before they bite.
Find out moreFilter by skills, certifications and experience to identify the right person for each project.
Fifteen years balancing workloads across five offices and three time zones.
Quickly filter by skills, certifications and experience to identify the perfect resource for each project.
Use predictive analytics to anticipate future demand, spot resourcing gaps early and make proactive adjustments.
Give individuals visibility of their schedules, workloads and availability so they can manage their own time.
Ensure resources are aligned where they are needed most, across every team and office.
The brand sheet ran these gradients top-heavy. Flipped to white-at-top so headings and body copy keep contrast against the light end, and the colour resolves underneath the product screenshot.
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Interactive components shared across multiple blocks. All working — click, type and hover.
See who is booked, who is free and where the conflicts are, across every office.
Model demand against current capacity and see the gap before you commit to a deadline.
Utilisation, realisation and billability, exportable and ready for the board pack.
Search bar — type to reveal the clear button
Custom select — click to open, search filters
No matches found.
Toast copy follows the writing rule from the brand system: say what happened and what to do about it. No apologies, nothing vague.
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Used at the top of most blocks. The tags field decides which line carries the h2, which matters for page structure and search.
tags = first · pre-title is the h2 · left
tags = second · main title is the h2 · centre
Only one h2 per title holder. The other line is a styled div, so it looks identical without competing in the heading outline.
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The profile uses clean transitions: no corner borders, no curves. Rhythm comes from alternating background colour and consistent 96px padding. Below, four consecutive sections.
.body-section.body-section.light.body-section.dark.body-section.accentImage backgrounds add .section-bg-image plus .background-overlay, which uses a navy-tinted overlay at 62% rather than neutral black, so photography stays on-brand.
Hero blocks and content panels can take any of the six. The four tints keep navy text; the two core colours flip to white.
Anticipate conflicts early and prevent burnout with proactive planning.
Anticipate conflicts early and prevent burnout with proactive planning.
Anticipate conflicts early and prevent burnout with proactive planning.
Anticipate conflicts early and prevent burnout with proactive planning.
Anticipate conflicts early and prevent burnout with proactive planning.
Anticipate conflicts early and prevent burnout with proactive planning.
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Grid, at 10% opacity, masked so it only shows at the top and bottom edges of a section and fades out behind the content. It reads as measured and structured, which suits a product about scheduling.
Grid size is --profile-grid-size (64px). Decoration sits at z-index: 0 behind the container, so it never intercepts clicks.
List style 1 — cross, for the problem
List style 2 — check, for the answer
.text-restrict — 720px max
Effective resource management gives your business clarity, agility and advantage. By centralising project and team data, you gain real-time visibility into capacity, utilisation and skills, eliminating the chaos of outdated spreadsheets and overbooked calendars.
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Businesses using modern resource management tools report measurable gains: less administrative time, better project delivery, improved team satisfaction and stronger profitability.
Whether scaling across teams or adapting to shifting markets, effective resource management drives faster delivery, maximised utilisation and a more engaged workforce.
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The measurable half of the system. Standard density, so the multiplier is 1× and section padding lands at 96px.
All shadows are tinted with the core navy rather than pure black, so elevation sits inside the palette instead of greying it down.
retain-international-base.css becomes the foundation and every block imports it.Blocks
Composed sections built from the elements above — each one spans the full page width and drops straight onto a layout. First up, the homepage hero.
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Resource management software that makes capacity visible, allocation effortless, and every project deadline achievable.
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Full-bleed — spans 100% width. On tablet it keeps two columns; on phones it stacks (content first, media beneath) with a full-width CTA and badges, collapsing below 768px. All three previews track the controls above.
Media option. The frame takes either a still or a video — switch with the Media control. Adding .media-video to .home-header swaps the .hh-dash child for .hh-video, so the CMS only has to output both and set one class. The video is muted loop playsinline with preload="none", so the file is only fetched once someone asks for it — worth keeping in production, since three copies render on this page. In production the still is a real screenshot (an <img>); the dashboard and trust-badge logos here are placeholders.
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Full-bleed marquee — logos loop seamlessly and pause on hover, sitting muted/greyscale until hovered. The layout holds across breakpoints, with type and spacing scaling down and fewer logos visible on smaller screens. In production these come from the global client_logos option as supplied logo images; the text marks here are placeholders.
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With Retain's resource management software, track availability live, balance and rebalance team workloads, forecast capacity, monitor budgets, and keep your team efficient, avoiding bottlenecks. Compare scheduled time against actual time worked to make smarter, more informed resourcing decisions.
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Reversible — use the Layout control to put the image left or right, and the toggle to show or hide the CTA (classes .media-right and .no-btn). Two columns hold on tablet; on mobile it stacks with the text always above the image, whichever side the image was on. The dashboard is a placeholder for the supplied image.
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A single solution for all your resource planning needs
Book a DemoTablet
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Tabs switch the before/after panel below (try them). On tablet the tab row wraps to two rows and the two columns hold; on mobile the tabs become a horizontal swipe row and the Before/After columns stack. The green panel and CTA are shared across tabs — only the two columns change.
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It is easy to use and very logical. There are so many customizable fields that we can use for anything and the support have been great at helping me get used to the tool.
Retain enables me to compile and display data across multiple views, providing accurate, real-time reports for management. It's now our main tool for workflow planning, supporting informed staffing decisions.
Very good experience, this software has served us since 2006 for 2500 resources and for 1500 projects so far. Easy and fast to use, configuration quite easy.
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Three cards on desktop, two on tablet, one on mobile — cards keep equal height with the name and role pinned to the bottom, and the CTA stays centred. Review stars use gold rather than the brand green; say the word if you'd prefer green.
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With over 30 years of experience and 1.5 million users globally.
Retain's Excel inspired interface option ensures easy user adoption.
Whether you're switching from Excel or other tools, our team and integrations allow you to transition to Retain with minimal disruption.
Quickly fill job requests with our AI suitability matching, which learns from experience and matches relevant skills to suggest the best resource with explainable results.
Leverage integrated dashboards and Power BI Reporting for actionable insights and better resource allocation.
Our People Finder feature matches the right talent to projects quickly, enhancing efficiency and reducing time to fill requests.
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Six items in a three-across grid inside a grey panel — two columns on tablet, one on mobile. Icons are muted line marks (placeholders for the supplied icon set); titles use the brand green.
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Having your clients, jobs, resources and bookings in one place creates a powerful single view of your resource data and allows for more efficient resource allocation.
Match people to work by skills, certifications and experience so the right person lands on the right job every time.
Plan, book and adjust work on a single timeline, with conflicts and last-minute changes flagged as they happen.
See utilisation and availability across teams to spot over- and under-booking before it becomes a problem.
Built-in dashboards and Power BI reporting turn your resource data into decisions you can act on.
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One accordion item is open at a time (click to switch). Two columns hold on tablet; on mobile the accordion stacks above the product image. The scheduler shown in the device is a styled placeholder for the real screenshot.
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Harness the full power of Retain by connecting with your most loved systems with ease.
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A blue panel with a centred title, six logo cards (three across, dropping to two then one on smaller screens) and a left-aligned CTA. Logos are styled text placeholders for the supplied brand artwork.
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Discover Retain's key benefits:
What to expect in your demo:
Fill in the form to discover more.
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Two columns on desktop — benefits/expectations copy on the left, the form card on the right — stacking to a single column on tablet and mobile. The form reuses the standard field, select, radio and button elements; the reCAPTCHA is a static placeholder.
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Look for real-time visibility of capacity and skills, easy scheduling, reporting you'll actually use, and integrations with the tools you already run. Trial it with a real project, involve the people who'll use it daily, and check the vendor's support and onboarding — the right fit is the one your team adopts without a fight.
It's a single place to plan who works on what and when — tracking availability, skills, bookings and utilisation so you can allocate people to projects efficiently and avoid over- or under-booking.
Retain suits medium to large organisations in professional services, accounting and audit, consulting, engineering and beyond — anywhere billable time and skilled people need to be planned across many projects.
Yes. Retain connects with systems like Microsoft Dynamics 365, Office 365, Salesforce, SAP and more, plus an open API, so your resource data stays in sync with the platforms you already use.
It depends on your size and setup, but our team and integrations are designed to get you moving quickly — whether you're migrating from Excel or another tool — with minimal disruption to day-to-day work.
Security is built in, with enterprise-grade protection and compliance credentials. Cloud and on-premise options are available so you can host in the way that suits your organisation's requirements.
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Each question toggles independently (click any to open). Full width across breakpoints, with type and padding scaling down. In production this block also outputs FAQPage schema markup for SEO.
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Retain, part of AdvT Group
Our vision is to empower our clients with the world's smartest resource management marketplace.
Our mission is to unlock agility, people, and business performance.
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Interior-page hero — green eyebrow, title, intro text and an image (a gradient placeholder here for the supplied photo). Two columns on desktop and tablet, stacking on mobile. Optional buttons can sit under the text.
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Retain is a software company, part of AdvT Group, delivering both SaaS and On-premise resource management solutions, supporting more than 1.5 million resources worldwide. With over 30 years of experience, we serve organisations across audit, tax, advisory, consulting, IT services, and engineering.
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A simple content panel — green heading plus body text, an optional bullet or values list, and a tint option (.green, .blue, .rose, .amber, or none). Used for “Who are we”, “Business impact”, “What is…” style sections. Full width, stacking naturally on small screens.
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Learn how Cohen and Co united their resource planning across their business.
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Three feature cards — navy, green and light variants — each with a label, title, optional text and a white logo panel pinned to the bottom. Three across on desktop, stacking on tablet and mobile. Logos are text placeholders.
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See how Retain helps you improve utilisation, plan projects with confidence, and deliver work more efficiently.
Bring clients, jobs, resources and bookings into one place and plan with confidence.
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Full-width call-to-action band — centred title, text and button — in a green or navy variant (shown both). The green band inverts the button to white; the navy band uses the green pill.
Added from the live site. Every block below is a Drupal paragraph bundle currently in use on retaininternational.com that this guide was missing. Names are the live bundle names. Proportions come from the live theme CSS; the values are re-expressed on the design tokens so they re-skin with the rest of the guide rather than staying hard-coded.
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Sits above the header on every page. Green band, white centred copy, underlined link that flips to navy on hover. The icon drops out below 480px so the message keeps its full width, matching the live behaviour. It is a separate region from the navbar — when it is present the header gains .has-announcement-bar, and it hides while the mobile drawer is open.
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Desktop — .alt variant with supporting text and image
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The shorter alternative to page_head, used on /contact, /discover-your-roi and the guide landing pages. Photographic background with .bg-align-left / .bg-align-right to control the focal point, and a heavy bottom pad on desktop so the following block overlaps cleanly. One deliberate difference from live: the live block puts white type straight onto the photo with no scrim. I’ve made the navy overlay opt-in via .has-overlay (the guide’s own 62% rule) because contrast fails on lighter images — drop the class to match the current site exactly.
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In today’s market, individual talent isn’t enough — you have to orchestrate it.
Visibility over blindspots: what leaders miss, and what it costs, when they lack insight into capability.
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Used on webinar and campaign landing pages. Asymmetric 2fr / 50% split — long-form copy left, capture form right in a white card whose bottom-left corner stays square, which is the one distinctive shape on the live site. Collapses to a single column at 991px with the form beneath the copy. Field labels use the darker green #0E6637 rather than the brand accent, carried over from live for contrast against white at small sizes.
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A heading on its own, used to introduce a run of blocks without any body copy — on /resources/ebooks, /resource-management-integrations and the webinars listing. Takes .align-center or .align-right; default is left. Wrapping part of the heading in <strong> flips that phrase to green, which is the pattern used across every heading on the site.
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You should consider four things when deciding on the best resource management software for your organisation.
Team size and organisational complexity. Features and tool capabilities. Integrations and reporting. Budget and total cost of ownership.
Retain suits larger teams and enterprise organisations that need serious capacity planning rather than a lightweight scheduler.
Long-form copy with no image, sitting in an eight-column measure so line length stays readable. Closes the homepage. .no-padding removes the top pad when it follows another text block directly.
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Resource planning software makes sure people are well-suited to their roles and equipped with the right skills.
The right tooling cuts turnover, recruitment and training costs, and helps optimise staffing levels.
Build robust measures to cope with changing client demand and shifting business priorities.
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Three unboxed columns — icon, small uppercase green title, one paragraph. Lighter than the benefits block: no panel, no card, nothing to click. Two across at 991px, one at 767px. The live version sets the title as an h2; I’ve used h3 so the block can sit under a section_heading without breaking the heading outline.
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Resource planning is a strategic approach that makes sure the right people, time and budget are matched to the right work.
The goal is to get the job done efficiently, within budget, while keeping quality high.
When bookings, jobs and availability live in one place, utilisation stops being a number people argue about.
Desktop — .style-modern variant
Forecast pipeline against real availability and spot the gaps while you can still do something about them.
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Stacked feature rows that alternate image side via .img-pos-right. Two flavours on the live site: the default runs a wide-tracked uppercase eyebrow above a large title, while .style-modern drops the tracking and uses the second line as a sentence-case subtitle. Both stack image-above-text at 767px, and the order reset means the image always leads on mobile regardless of desktop side.
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A related-reading row, used at the foot of the guide and maturity landing pages. It renders the site’s article_teaser card, which is a different component from the article-card in the Cards section: the teaser puts a category pill over the image, adds a read-time and pins an author row under a divider. Three across, two at 991px, one at 767px. The live block hides the publish date inside this context and keeps only read time — reproduced here.
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Desktop — green and .has-subtitle variants
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Distinct from the cta block above: this one is an inset rounded panel inside the container rather than a full-bleed band, so it can sit between two white sections without the page banding. Navy by default, with .green and .gradient variants. .has-subtitle reproduces a live quirk — when a subtitle is present the title drops to navy and the white weight moves to the h3. Buttons stack full-width at 767px.
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Retain On-Premise is a comprehensive resource management solution for organisations that need full control over where their data lives and how the system is configured.
Centred introduction — title, green subtitle, a short paragraph, then a square image. Sits in an eight-column measure with the image at 80% of that. Currently only on /products/retain-on-premise, which runs an older template than the rest of the site.
Desktop — wrapped in coloured_block_with_paragraphs
Maximise efficiency, control and security with an on-premise solution
Respond quickly to resource demands so clients get consistent service and support.
Manage extensive resources and requests efficiently as the business expands.
See where skills sit, and where the gaps are, before they affect delivery.
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Equal-width white panels with a soft shadow, all centred text. Two bundles shown together, because that is how they appear on the live site: coloured_block_with_paragraphs is only a tinted wrapper — it contributes a background and vertical padding and nothing else — and title_text_panels is the content. Use the wrapper on its own around any block that needs a tinted band. Panels wrap two-up at 991px and stack at 767px.