The specialist vehicle driver recruitment firm, Drivers Direct Recruitment, have opened their first Kent based office in Ashford. The Ashford team of Vic Hawthorne, Kim Doyles and Danny Moczulski, bring a wealth of experience with them to match drivers with the needs of customers.

Vic Hawthorne, partner of Drivers Direct in Kent, said: “This is an exciting industry and we are pleased to be helping logistics and transport firms keep on the move by recruiting drivers for them.”

Drivers Direct was set up in 2002 and specialises in the recruitment and placement of temporary and permanent drivers of all classes. The company employs 28 staff and has branches in Runcorn, , Feltham, Sutton, Preston, Eastleigh with franchises in Northampton, Nuneaton, Leicester and now Ashford. The company has been listed as a ‘Fast 50’ company in the recruitment sector for the last two years.

Drivers Direct Managing Director, Gethin Roberts, said: “We’re a small but highly focussed company with large ability and we very much welcome Vic, Kim and Danny to our network of Drivers Direct offices.

“One of the things that attracted us to them was their experience in transport, logistics and recruitment, so they already had that knowledge to apply our high standards in recruitment and selection. We’re not just a recruitment agency; we actually understand the complexities of transport law, which is essential in this industry. We bring consistency and expertise to the business and this will ensure our Kent branch of Drivers Direct will be a great success.