About Cummins Mellor

A proud Lancashire recruitment agency with over 30 years experience

About Cummins Mellor

Established in 1990, Cummins Mellor Recruitment has been working with Lancashire organisations providing recruitment solutions for over 30 years. Our Recruitment Core service focusses on finding the best Lancashire people for the best Lancashire businesses. We do this by building relationships with exceptional candidates so when you have a need to recruit, we can introduce you to the top talent in the market.

For candidates, we take a truly personal approach. We take the time to understand you as an individual so you can approach your job search with confidence and confidentiality. The sectors we specialise in are:

Customer Service | Administration | Accountancy and Finance | Sales and Marketing | Operations and Management | Hospitality and Catering.

Getting to know our customers and designing a tailored approach is what we are passionate about. This is why we offer our Recruitment Lite and Recruitment Plus services too. Clients from all over the UK in many different sectors use these services meaning we can find a recruitment solution for any organisation, not matter how big or small.

Corporate Responsibility

We’re passionate about supporting great causes in the local community and have a dedicated CSR committee who organise fundraising events throughout the year.

As well as raising money, our team also give up their time to support other events in the community.

We have been supporters of Blackburn Youth Zone since 2013 and became patrons in 2016. We have raised over £50,000 for the charity during this time, organising a variety of fundraising events.

Our most successful event is the annual ‘BYZ Quiz’ supported by businesses across Lancashire.

Our Family of businesses

A little bit of history

  • February 1990 – Where it all began

    Our Chairman began ‘Richard Mellor Recruitment’ in his back bedroom. Here’s Katie (our current MD) prepping for her next meeting.

  • March 1993 – Onwards and upwards

    We moved out of Richard’s back bedroom and into the Gatehouse at GEC off the M65.

  • October 1993 – A family affair

    Richard welcomed his wife Michelle and hospitality expert June Crossley to the business.

  • August 1995 – Cummins Mellor Search

    Friend of Richard and Michelle, Nick Cummins joined the business and ‘Cummins Mellor Search’ was born, recruiting in the commercial and industrial arena.

  • May 1996 – Move to Milnshaw

    The small team moved out of the Gatehouse and into Milnshaw House on Whalley Road in Accrington. It was built in the mid 1800’s and was the home of Cotton Manufacturer and Mayor of Accrington, William Entwistle.

  • October 1998 – Cummins Mellor Recruitment

    Due to the continued growth of ‘Cummins Mellor Search’ Richard decided to merge with ‘Cooke & Mellor Recruitment’ to form ‘Cummins Mellor Recruitment’.

  • September 2004 – Personnel Checks

    Due to demand from recruitment clients, Richard began conducting criminal record checks on candidates as an added service. This later lead to the inception of ‘Personnel Checks’.

  • November 2005 – Going it alone

    Nick Cummins left Cummins Mellor Recruitment and was bought out by Richard & Michelle, later setting up his own lawn improvement business. The pair still play golf together today!

  • September 2013 – CJUK

    Due to such growth within both the commercial and hospitality recruitment market, the decision was made to split them in two, creating the third division within the Cummins Mellor Group – CJUK.

  • October 2015 – A new MD

    After 26 years, Richard stepped up into the role of Chairman, enabling Michelle to take over the day to day runnings of the Cummins Mellor Group as Managing Director.

  • September 2017 – Blackburn Calls

    Our incredible workforce means everything to us, so we moved them to a setting to be proud of and where they want to do a great job servicing our customers. Cathedral Quarter in Blackburn.

  • September 2019 – BIBA's Family Business of the Year!

    Our family of businesses were recognised as BIBA’s family business of the year! Colleagues from all three companies (CJUK, Cummins Mellor and Personnel Checks) were presented with the award alongside nineteen other fantastic Lancashire businesses at Blackpool Tower on the 13th September.

  • July 2020 – Katie takes over as MD

    After 10 years working in the business, Katie takes over as MD making Cummins Mellor a second generation family business.

CULTURE AT CUMMINS MELLOR

Our people are our biggest asset. Without them, we wouldn’t be where we are today. They invest their time and effort with us and we strive to invest in them. Happy, fulfilled people, mean satisfied customers and a profitable business that works for everyone.