About us
Find out about Rockford and why we are committed to creating a better experience for our employees and a more effective recruitment strategy for our customers.
A new, fair, more efficient way to recruit
Rockford Resourcing and Rockford Payroll are bringing a fresh perspective to the contingent worker marketplace, by addressing the most common pain points organisations face when it comes to finding and recruiting the best talent.
Our Mission Statement
Our mission is to ensure that contingent workers receive the financial and employment support they deserve while providing businesses with high-quality employees who make a positive impact. We believe that happy and content workers become motivated, high-performing employees, and that companies with an effective, sustainable recruitment strategy become better businesses.
We are dedicated to fostering a supportive environment for both clients and candidates, building lasting partnerships that are grounded in mutual success. By bridging the gap between talent and opportunity, we help create a stronger, more resilient workforce—driving growth and success for all.
Our values
With over 30 years of experience in Big 4 consultancy and recruitment, we have witnessed firsthand the mistreatment of contingent workers and the lack of clear financial management by some recruiters. At Rockford, we are driven by our core values of fairness and transparency and committed to delivering not only speed, pace, and quality but also the reassurance that both our employees and clients deserve.
Our customers
Our customers are large businesses who require significant numbers of high performing, contingent workers fast. Our track record speaks for itself with 850 candidates successfully placed in the last 12 months,over £2 Million savings for customers who use our combined resourcing and payroll model and 95% of candidates vetted within 12 days.
For our customers it’s vital that they can demonstrate a transparent resourcing supply chain so unlike some other resourcing businesses we ensure we are ahead of any upcoming legislation to ensure our customers remain compliant.
Rockford Team
Drawing upon 30+ years of invaluable Big 4 consultancy experience, Rockford Resourcing and Rockford Payroll were borne out of an ambition to give both clients and candidates the service, efficiency, energy, dedication and transparency they deserve.
Stephen Nicholas
CEO
24 years of building, running and transforming large scale operations across a number of sectors. 12 Years as a contingent worker as well as sourcing and using contingent workers in a number of ways from niche needs to large volumes, up to 2k at a time.
Paul Aitken
COO
Over decade a of experience of leading the contingent workforce resourcing function in a big four consultancy, developing the capabilities to handle varied demands whilst navigating a changing legislative landscape.
Mike Bell
Chief Growth Officer
30 years of experience (16 as a partner) in big four consultancy solving some of the biggest challenges faced by FTSE250 companies, including the creation of the capability to source and utilise of large volumes of contingent workers.
James Rooney
Delivery Manager
With two decades of industry experience in driving high performance operations more recently in the management and execution of large-scale contingent worker projects, ensuring efficiency and excellence.
Ashleigh Belgrave
Delivery Manager
15 years of resourcing and executive talent acquisition experience, managing delivery operations and specialising in client relationship management. Comprehensive understanding of the recruitment landscape, combined with a commitment to operational excellence.
Sophie Hunter
Payroll Manager
15 years of payroll management experience providing professional payroll solutions and accurate payroll methodology for contingent and permanent workers.
Ben Thomson
Recruitment Lead
15 years of recruitment experience within external and in-house functions, leading teams to achieve best results for clients. Managing and delivery key recruitment drives for large remediation programmes across financial services and also previous experience building onshore technology teams across Shipping, pharmaceuticals and Oil & Gas.
Malcom Ratcliffe
IM Manager
15 years of recruitment experience within external and in-house functions, leading teams to achieve best results for clients. Managing and delivery key recruitment drives for large remediation programmes across financial services and also previous experience building onshore technology teams across Shipping, pharmaceuticals and Oil & Gas.
We support our employees to help our customers thrive
Our approach ensures that contingent workers are treated with the respect and support they need to thrive. Happier workers are more engaged, proactive, enthusiastic, and perform better. They also collaborate, building positive relationships and improving organizational efficiency. In customer-facing roles, happiness improves service quality and customer experiences. So as well as benefitting our employees our approach means clients benefit from a trustworthy, efficient, and sustainable resourcing model.
Contact us today to find out how we can help your business