A KIDDERMINSTER recruitment and training firm has signed a major jobs deal to supply up to 200 temporary workers to a local timber manufacturing firm.

Employment specialists eResponse Recruitment will supply the workers to fellow Wyre Forest firm Forest Garden Ltd, one of the UK’s largest producer and distributor of panels, timber buildings, outdoor furniture and landscaping materials.

The two-year contract will run until January 2017 with eResponse providing shop floor personnel, general operations staff and delivery drivers to Forest Garden for its 15-acre manufacturing and distribution base in Hartlebury.

eResponse will also be training drivers for Forest Garden through its accredited employee development programmes.

Amy Byng from eResponse Recruitment which is based in Church Street, Kidderminster, said: “The team at Forest Garden have been clear that they want us to deliver the most appropriately trained production, warehousing and customer-facing workers for them.

“We are already seeing a flood of applications for the variety of roles available. The interest is great news for the local economy and Worcestershire’s jobs market.”

Gerald Gregory, operations manager at Forest Garden, added: “Our manufacturing and distribution centre in Hartlebury is the hub of our operations and vital in our UK supply chain.

“It is essential for us to have appropriately skilled and committed people who provide quality products and services to our customers. We are delighted to be working with eResponse who have an impressive track record in recruiting reliable, professional people from the local area.”

The recruitment contract win is just the latest in a long line of good news for eResponse. Last November the firm, which was founded in 2003 by brothers Paul and Joe Alekna, was listed at number 45 in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 – the second year in a row eResponse had featured in the national business barometer.

Anyone interested in applying for one of the Forest Garden roles can contact Ms Byng through abyng@e-responserecruitment.co.uk or telephone 01562 750600.