Steady hours and reliable pay, so you always know where you stand.
A person, not a number
A real consultant who knows your name and answers when you call.
Working, fast
One conversation and we get you matched to the right role quickly.
A real career
From first shift to next step up, we back you the whole way.
The proof, in numbers
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Your journey with us
How we work for you
Four steps, one team, no unmanned inboxes. Scroll to follow the path from first hello to first day.
Step 01
Say hello
Tell us where you are and where you want to be. A real person reads every message, not a system that never replies.
No forms shouting into the void. Just a conversation.
Step 02
We match you
We only put you forward for roles that actually suit you: the work you can do, the distance you can travel and the hours that fit your life.
We would rather send you one right role than ten wrong ones.
Step 03
We prepare you
Honest advice and real support before every interview, so you walk in knowing what to expect and feeling ready.
You turn up confident, because you are.
Step 04
You get to work
From your first shift onwards we stay in touch and sort any issue quickly. Twenty-four hour support for the whole length of your placement, because peak season does not keep office hours.
Looked after on day one and year three.
Inside an induction day
Everyone we send has already sat with us
This is a morning at the Novotel Birmingham in August 2026. Right to work checks, candidate registration forms, safety briefings and a real introduction to the job, before anybody sets foot on a client site.
It takes longer at our end. It is also why our people are still there in week six.
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Scale on demand
Ten people or two hundred
Same vetting, same account manager, same weekly payroll, whether you need a handful of temps for a quiet week or a full workforce for peak season.
Pickers, packers, FLT drivers and supervisors who keep operations moving, at any volume.
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Production & manufacturing
Line operatives, machine setters and team leaders for fast-moving production floors.
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Transport
Drivers and transport coordinators, vetted and compliant, ready when you need them.
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Commercial
Office, administration and support roles placed with the same care as every other brief.
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Confidential roles
Discreet, sensitive recruitment handled directly by our managing director, with total confidence.
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Large events
Scalable teams mobilised at pace for one-off and seasonal staffing requirements.
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Why Ashford
Built for growth
We place people we would happily work alongside ourselves.
A genuine specialist service across warehouse, logistics, production, commercial and confidential staffing, with an approach tailored to you. Honesty, integrity, passion and client profitability sit at the heart of everything we do.
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“Excellent people are the difference in any business.”
Our story so far
Growing from the roots up
From founding in 2020 to a rebranded business supplying workforces across the West Midlands.
2020
Ashford Neath Recruitment is founded
Built on a simple promise: honest, people-first recruitment, where every candidate and every client deals with a real person who knows their name.
2021
First major contract and the backing to deliver it
High-volume staffing solutions gained the backing of Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC, giving us the financial foundation to scale quickly and hold continuity of supply.
2021 to 22
Working straight through a national crisis
Warehousing and logistics never stopped. Neither did we. Two years of keeping essential operations staffed while much of the country shut down.
2023
Investing in the community
Our first year as main sponsor of Redditch United, backing two teams with a board at the ground, followed by support for Wallop Boxing Club.
2025
Going independent
Standing on our own, with the same team and the same standards.
2026
A clearer name and a new home
We begin trading as Ashford Recruitment. Two office moves later, we settled into our new home on 24 May.
Today
Rooted in people. Built for growth.
Supplying temporary and permanent workforces across warehouse, logistics, production, transport and commercial roles, from ten workers to two hundred.
Natalie Ashford
Managing Director
Meet Natalie
“I started Ashford Recruitment because people deserve an agency that actually picks up the phone. That is still how we work today.”
As an owner-managed agency, I stay involved in every placement. When you call, you get me or someone on my team who knows your name, not a call centre. That is the difference. It is the reason our candidates and clients stay with us for years.
Natalie Ashford
Managing Director, Ashford Recruitment
The team
The people who answer the phone
Four of us, in one office in Redditch. The person who takes your first call is the person who looks after you from then on, so you are always dealing with somebody who knows you.
We are a Redditch business through and through, supplying across the West Midlands and Birmingham. We believe a good agency gives back to the place it grows in. Look after people properly and everyone grows together. That belief runs through our recruitment and everything we do beyond it.
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Proud official sponsor
Backing Redditch United FC
We sponsor the club’s Under 18s and Under 10s teams. Our sponsorship board sits pitchside every season. Real community means showing up for the players, the families behind them and the place you call home.
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Wallop Boxing Club
We funded a defibrillator for the club, essential life-saving equipment that helps keep young members and the wider community safe.
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Local children’s charities
Presents for the Christmas roundhouse, toy collections, GoFundMe pages when someone local needs a hand and support for people sleeping rough over Christmas.
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Opportunity, close to home
Helping local people secure employment with local businesses while backing the grassroots community that helped us grow in the first place.
We connect quality people with ambitious SMEs across the West Midlands and beyond. As an owner-managed agency, our managing director, Natalie Ashford, stays actively involved, so our values of care, trust and professionalism run through every placement.
Yes, exactly the same company. We now trade as Ashford Recruitment, though the registered company remains Ashford Neath Recruitment Ltd. The team, the values and the standard of service are all exactly as they were. If you worked with us before, your contacts and your contracts are unchanged.
No. Registering with Ashford is completely free for candidates. We are paid by the employers we work with, never by the people we place.
For many temporary roles we can have you working within a couple of days of registering, once your details and right-to-work checks are complete. We will always be honest with you about timescales.
Both. Whether you want flexible temporary shifts, an ongoing contract or a permanent position, we place across warehouse, logistics, production, transport and commercial roles throughout the West Midlands.
You call us and we sort it. From your first shift onwards you have a real consultant who knows you and your placement and is there to deal with any issue quickly.
Get in touch and we will arrange a face-to-face conversation to understand your business, your culture and exactly the people you need. From there we build a shortlist that fits the role rather than a stack of CVs.
Get started
Let’s find your right fit
Whether you are looking for your next role or your next great hire, a real conversation is the best place to start.
We now trade as Ashford Recruitment. Same company, same team, same standards, under a name that better reflects how we work today. Nothing about your contacts, your contracts or the service you receive has changed.
