Six new recruits

Ashford Orthodontics, which manufactures bespoke orthodontic appliances, has seen continuous growth over the last 15 years and will soon be moving to a new and much larger state of the art laboratory over the coming months.

New recruits Daniel Ormston (23), Imira Ramadan (25), Dominic Shaw (34), Robyn Pears (19), Lois Scott (17) and Susan Broadbent (48) have now all joined the team. All of the new recruits are from the Sunderland area and were previously unemployed.

Ashford Orthodontics is committed to playing its part in reducing unemployment levels in Sunderland and over one third of its current staff have been drawn from the long term unemployed and have been trained internally.

Imira, Lois and Robyn will be joining the team in production, where they will be making plaster study models of the patients’ mouths, with an 18 month apprenticeship with the firm to follow. Daniel will be joining the Digital/3D department. Dominic and Susan meanwhile, join the administrative team, which has grown from just one person to a team of four in the last 18 months.