About Us

With strong experience in providing employment screening services for both regulatory and non- regulatory roles for Clients, our screening department of over 150 dedicated staff members currently supports over 2000 clients with our employment screening solution, including UK based FTSE 100 companies with international requirements.

The UK's fastest-growing Screening provider

Reed Screening was established in 2011 and has since become one of the UK’s largest screening businesses.

In the past 12 months, we have:
- Completed over 120,000 full Candidate screens,
- Actioned 350,000 checks,
- Processed over 60,000 police checks,
- Obtained 515,000 references.

Global Presence

REED is a global brand with a growing international presence and offshore capacity. Outside of the UK, REED currently has offices in Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, South Korea, Malta, Poland, and Turkey.

Reed Screening supports a multitude of clients with their international screening requirements, and over the past 12 months we have conducted screening checks across over 116 countries.

Whilst REED maintains a physical office in all the locations listed above, all of our screening is conducted by our team in the UK. As our service is open and functional 24 hours a day, seven days a week, we are able to conduct checks internationally with no time zone limitations.

Our Vision & Mission

Our vision at Reed Screening is to build a world of work that is safer for everyone involved. Complementing this is our Mission to keeping businesses safe, streamlined, and successful.

We are proud of our 100% client retention rate, and we ensure this is maintained through our excellent client journey, service delivery and relationship strategy.

Our History

Sir Alec Reed founded REED in May 1960 with a clear objective: to create a world-class recruitment company. REED has since grown organically into one of the UK's largest private businesses with over 3,000 co-members. It remains a privately owned company and Sir Alec’s son James is now Group Chairman.

Supporting REED's success within the staffing and resourcing industry is the company's leading position online. reed.co.uk was established in 1995 and has since become the UK’s leading commercial jobsite. Over 25,000 recruiters also use reed.co.uk. The integration of REED's online and physical presence has resulted in a database of over 12.8 million jobseekers registered worldwide.

Established in 2011, Reed Screening is independent from the operational recruitment network, supporting REED’s success within the staffing and employment industry with an industry-leading range of pre-employment screening services.

Meet the team

Keith Rosser

Director

Having founded Reed Screening in 2011, Keith continues to work as Director of the business as well as working across the REED Group as Director of Group Risk. He’s become the UK’s leading authority on employee screening and holds a number of roles across government and industry boards.

Sarah Easton

Senior Operations Manager

Starting her career in 2012, Sarah has grown her screening expertise and progressed to her current role as Senior Operations Manager. She looks after the operational delivery of our services, keeping the customer experience at the heart of everything we do. She’s an expert across Financial Services, Insurance and Public Services sectors.

Amy Mellor

Head of Reed Screening

With over 11 years experience working in the screening industry, Amy has been with Reed Screening since day one. She holds a wealth of experience in operational and client management and is responsible for the overall delivery of our services.

Myriam Shah

Internal Senior Operations Manager

With a strong background in SLAs and client management, Miryam has spent the last 6 months with Reed Screening overseeing the teams responsible for REED clients across education, financial and public sectors.

Oliver Seymour

Operations Support Manager

Managing the Systems and MI Team at Reed Screening, Oliver has spent the last 3 years supporting the daily technical operations of the organisation whilst improving overall efficiency in the business. He is responsible for collating and analysing metrics, providing reports and implementing new clients.

Corinne Peart

Head of Strategic Sales and Client Relationships

Corinne is responsible for building and maintaining meaningful relationships with clients, increasing market awareness and growing the screening business. Throughout her career she has worked across many sectors, including Financial Services and Healthcare and FMCG, working collaboratively with clients to ensure they receive an excellent and efficient service.

Emma Carruthers

Senior Operations Manager (OOH)

Working as the Senior Operations Manager for out of hours, Emma is responsible for the quality and speed of all screening services from the OOH screening team. She’s worked with REED for over 6 years, gaining a vast amount of experience across a number of sectors.

Paul Clements

Operations Excellence Manager

As Operations Excellence Manager, Paul is responsible for business improvement and innovation within Reed Screening. Having joined REED in 2015, he’s armed with unparalleled expertise in legislative and regulatory matters across screening, fraud, criminality and credit and has a relentless commitment to improving efficiency and productivity across the business.

Kiran Herkanaidu

Business Development Manager

As an experienced Business Development Manager, Kiran works with Clients on a consultative basis to design bespoke screening solution to protect their organisation from risk. Having joined REED in 2013, Kiran has a proven track record in supporting organisations, across both the public and private sector, in outsourcing their employment screening.