Recruitment firm Ford & Stanley has agreed a new three-year contract with rolling stock company CAF-UK.

CAF-UK is the UK arm of the Spanish publicly listed Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, which is based in the Basque country.

The two companies have already been working together for three years, with Ford & Stanley recruiting workers for CAF who can help it meet its operational targets. Ford & Stanley believes that the deal “cements [its] position as one of the fastest growing and exciting businesses in the UK talent field.”

The contract means that Ford & Stanley will recruit temporary and permanent staff throughout UK and Ireland temporary and permanent recruitment for CAF Rail UK Ltd & CAF Rolling Stock UK Ltd, and will carry out a series of planned initiatives over the agreed period.

Ford & Stanley will provide an account management team and support with key industry events and apprentice recruitment programmes, and has made several commitments on sustainability, including its ‘A Tree For Every (Permanent) Placement’ initiative. The company sees itself as a “long-term advocate of sustainability and wellbeing”, and Ford & Stanley Group also works with the Better Workdays Trust on a small environmental scheme, the Better Workdays Conservation Meadow, which is a three-acre site in Derbyshire, dedicated to conservation, teamwork and mental fitness.

Chris Jones, Director at Ford & Stanley, said: “Ford & Stanley’s unique service offerings have played a pivotal role in ensuring we continue our collaborative partnership with CAF, supplying a full site-managed service for contract and permanent placements, covering disciplines within engineering, operations, procurement, finance, business support and administration; all of which combine to help the company meet its operational targets.

“Just one of the many key aspects of our strategic relationship over the past three years has been working closely with the CAF hiring community to overcome the recruitment challenges faced due to the pandemic, the lack of suitably skilled and available candidates and legislation changes such as IR35 that has further reduced to pool of available candidates. Working together we have developed strong relationships and affirmed our role as a talent services provider that CAF can depend on and trust.”

Iain Taylor, Head of Human Resources and Support Services, CAF Rail UK Ltd said, “The partnership between our business continues to evolve and deepen as time and again Ford & Stanley step up to the plate to deliver solutions which meet our evolving demands. Their recent proactivity in the sustainability initiatives show their cultural alignment to CAF as Danielle and the team continue to embed themselves within our business.”

Jenny Buck, Head of HR & Support Services, CAF Rolling Stock UK Ltd added “Ford & Stanley have strategically aligned themselves with our business needs and their innovation, support and the hard work invested in developing the partnership has been very beneficial for both companies; we look forward to the relationship developing further during the next three years”.
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