Growing recruitment agency MET Recruitment has invested £100,000 into opening its first office in Staffordshire.
The firm, which is based in Dudley, has opened at Pacific House close to J10 of the M42, and has already secured its first account with Stormking, which supplies Glass Reinforced Plastic products to the construction industry.
Stormking is using MET Recruitment to source more than 30 temporary staff every week, covering six different roles.
Claire Foster, who has been appointed as Industrial Growth Manger, said: “Tamworth is full of industrial estates with lots of logistics and manufacturing businesses on them. From talking to these companies, they are crying out for a reliable recruitment company, who has access to a strong pool of skilled labour. That’s what we’re aiming to bring to the area.
“Stormking is our first client and we’re currently in discussion with several firms on Relay Park, Birch Coppice, Centurion Park, Amington Industrial Estate and Mercian Park. There’s a lot of potential and that’s why we’ve invested £100,000 into creating a dedicated base here.”
MET Recruitment’s Tamworth operation will offer commercial, industrial, skilled and tech candidates, with the emphasis on both temporary workers and permanent staff through its expanding ‘perm’ team in Dudley.
It will also look to tap into the company’s recently launched ‘logistics’ offer to support transport and distribution firms in the M42 corridor and further afield across Staffordshire and into the East Midlands.
Matthew Hunter, Industrial Director at MET Recruitment, added: “A large part of our focus in Tamworth will be industrial and logistics – the area just lends itself to these two sectors and we are perfectly set-up to deliver what they want.
“We are going into it with an open mind however, and, if new opportunities, arise we’ll go after them. This is our first office in Staffordshire, yet it is still close enough to the Black Country for us to leverage each other’s strengths.”
