Talent services firm chuffed at new deal

Talent services specialist Ford & Stanley Group is celebrating after being awarded the exclusive recruitment partnership for one of the UK’s leading rolling stock maintenance and overhaul businesses.

The partnership with Gemini Rail Services will utilise all three recruitment businesses within the Ford & Stanley Group – Ford & Stanley TalentWise, Ford & Stanley Recruitment and Ford & Stanley Executive Search.

Operating from Wolverton Works, near Milton Keynes, Gemini offers a full range of vehicle overhaul and modernisation services.

The two-year deal will see Ford & Stanley provide white-collar and executive search talent solutions.

In a joint statement, director Dan Taylor and head of sales Jon Levers, said: “We could not be more excited to start 2024 with confirmation of this new partnership.

“With less money being invested in the building of new trains, it is expected there will be an increase in demand for modification and fleet improvement.

“With this upturn in the overhaul market, there has never been a more opportunistic time for those both in rail seeking an exciting career move and those from transferable industries to consider a career within UK rail industry.

“We’re thrilled to be working with such an established and well-respected business as Gemini Rail, which draws on its rich rail heritage and deep-rooted culture of innovation spanning over a century.”