Approved bios, downloadable portraits, fact sheet, and pre-cleared quotes for editorial use. Everything you need to feature Laura, in one place. All press, podcast and speaking enquiries via Cat Whelan.
Approved bios
One-line bio
Laura Davies is the Founder and Managing Director of Marshall Harmony, an independent recruitment consultancy for manufacturing and engineering across the Midlands.
Short bio
Laura Davies is the Founder and Managing Director of Marshall Harmony, an independent recruitment consultancy specialising in manufacturing and engineering hires across Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands. With twenty-six years in UK recruitment, Laura is an industry voice on the skills shortage, ethical recruitment, and culture-add leadership hiring. She is an Acorns Children's Hospice Ambassador.
Full bio
Laura Davies is the Founder and Managing Director of Marshall Harmony, an independent recruitment consultancy specialising in manufacturing and engineering hires across the Midlands, Shropshire, and Staffordshire. Founded in 2021 after more than two decades inside the recruitment industry, Marshall Harmony works exclusively with clients on roles, charges no upfront fees, and donates 2% of every placement to Acorns Children's Hospice, where Laura is an ambassador. The business achieves a 92% fill rate on open vacancies and 82% retention at twelve months. Laura is a regular industry voice on the UK manufacturing skills shortage, exclusive recruitment, ethical hiring fees, and the perception gap keeping younger talent out of engineering. She hosts the recruitment podcast Hire Me... Maybe? and speaks regularly at industry events including MACH, the Midlands Business Network Expo, ALFED Members' Day, and the Women With Metal Conference. Marshall Harmony is nominated across eight categories at the 2026 Enterprise Vision Awards.
Portraits
Licence: Both portraits are approved for editorial use in articles, programme notes, conference materials, and podcast cover art that features or references Laura Davies. Please credit "Photo: Marshall Harmony" or omit credit if house style dictates. For commercial use, advertising, or composite imagery, please contact Cat Whelan first.
Fact sheet
Brand assets
The primary brand logo, available in green and black variants. Hosted on marshallharmony.co.uk for the most current versions.
View on MH siteFor features about Marshall Harmony's senior and C-suite arm. Available from the MH Executive page on the main site.
View on MH siteFor designers laying out features and event materials that include the Marshall Harmony brand.
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Recent and upcoming
April 2026
Exhibitor and industry presence. Sponsoring the University of Wolverhampton Racing stand.
May 2026
Sponsor and seminar host. Seminar: "Are you hiring to solve the problem, or just fill the role?"
May 2026
Panellist at the Enterprise Vision Awards reception at the House of Lords, on the skills shortage and solving the real problem before hiring.
April 2026
Guest speaker to a peer group of business leaders on candidate experience and employer brand.
September 2026
Industry supporter. Eastside Rooms, Birmingham. 17 September.
October 2026
Nominee across eight categories and programme sponsor. Winter Gardens, Blackpool. 2 October.
November 2026
Attending. NEC Birmingham, 4-5 November. Co-located with Advanced Engineering.
Approved quotes
Six quotes from Laura that can be used verbatim in articles, podcast intros, or programme notes without further clearance. Click to copy. For longer interview material or new commentary, contact Cat.
"There is a generation of engineers retiring out without passing the knowledge down. That is not a skills shortage. That is a handover failure."
On the UK manufacturing skills shortage"I do not do bun fights. If we have got a job on, no one else is on it. That is how we know the work is being done properly."
On exclusive recruitment"I would not sleep at night if we took upfront fees. The work happens before we get paid. That is the deal."
On ethical recruitment fees"Young people think factories are dirty, loud places. The factories I walk into are clean, technical, exciting environments full of properly skilled people doing properly important work."
On the perception gap in engineering"Clients think they need someone on a seat and a salary for a job title. What they actually need is to go back to what the problem is and solve that."
On what hiring managers get wrong"People are too obsessed with gaps in CVs. I will dig deeper. People are people, not CVs."
On reading candidates beyond the pagePress mentions
Articles, features, and external coverage of Laura and Marshall Harmony. For new press enquiries or further mentions, contact Cat.
Press & booking
Cat Whelan handles Laura's diary, press enquiries, podcast and speaking bookings, and event coordination. The fastest route is by email. For new commentary, exclusive interviews, or panel and conference invitations, Cat will route the brief to Laura the same day where possible.
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