NRL is launched by Andrew Redmayne and brother Hugh Redmayne, delivering NDT services from an office on the Sellafield site. They are soon joined by Phil Jennings and
Stephen Murphy.
1983: NRL is founded
NRL opens its Egremont office and begins providing workers
to the Sellafield site. This long-standing relationship remains strong to this day.
1984: Recruitment begins
NRL grows its presence in the North-East by opening an office in Washington, currently led by Gillian Gomersall who also joins the company this year.
1990: North-East expansion
Current Director Donald Livingston joins NRL as part
of a team in the company’s newly launched Falkirk office.
1991: Scotland-bound
Paul Murphy joins the NRL team in Egremont, providing IT services to the company. Paul
has enjoyed a long career at NRL and is currently the Group’s IT
Director.
1993: Paul Murphy joins NRL
Jim Taylor joins therecruitment side of the
business before taking control of the Rail division and becoming a Director of the company later on.
1994: Jim Taylor joins NRL
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OUR STORY
From where we first began, to where we are now.
A brief overview of NRL’s history over the last 30 years.
1997: Wigan office opens
NRL wins a contract to provide workers to British Nuclear Fuels
Limited on the Sellafield site.
1999: BNFL contract
NRL officially commences its rail maintenance service, delivering
grinding, signalling and ultrasonic inspections. The
division is led by Director Jim Taylor.
2001: Rail division launched
The company proves its commitment to providing an
exceptional recruitment service by being welcomed as a
member of the Association of Professional Staffing
Companies.
2011: APSCo Membership
To expand its reach and appeal, NRL launches its Rail Training
division which is located at the Wigan branch. The team
provides a variety of accredited training courses, including
Personal Track Safety, Emergency First Aid and
Manual Handling. The company also continues to grow in
Scotland by opening a new branch in Glasgow.
2012: Training Division
NRL expands its list of accreditations by gaining ECIA Membership and is one of the first recruitment companies to
do so.
2008: ECIA Membership
NRL is rebranded and launches a new website. The company
also acquires Petrolic Consultants Limited, with offices
established in Guildford and Cairo. NRL also opens a site
office in Drax this year.
2013: Going international
NRL makes new additions to its board of Directors by bringingon board Ben Humpage who
joins as CFO and Will Fossey who joins as International Development
Director.
In addition, the company also launches its International division
with the addition of a branch in the UAE.
The company tops off the year by earning a host of awards and
accreditations, including APSCo Recruitment Company of the Year (>£50m turnover), a placement in
the LSE’s 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain, and a listing in the Sunday
Times Top Track 250.
Finally, the company launched a benefits scheme to support
employees with healthcare plans, childcare vouchers and more.
2015: New Directors,division and awards
Petrolic is given a full rebrand in order to align it more closely
with NRL. This includes a complete makeover of all
promotional materials, logos, the Petrolic website and more.
David Redmayne is also promoted and becomes a
Director of NRL.
2014: Petrolic rebranded
The company continues to expand it’s presence in the
North by opening a new office in Wigan. Greg Compton also joins the team and goes on to become a Director at NRL in
2014.
This year, NRL was named as one of the LSE’s 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain for the second year running, a feat which was shared by NRL’s newly promoted Director Rebecca Graves live
on BBC Radio Cumbria.
The Petrolic business changed its name to NRL, in order to integrate fully into the group and function as a single unit and
the Group completed the sale of the Simplyco business to Paystream as part of its strategy to focus on core markets.
The former Petrolic team moved into new NRL branded offices in Woking and the company expanded even further by opening
a training centre in Barnsley to support our Rail operations.
And the year ended with a bang as the NRL Group held its inaugural Christmas Conference to celebrate the hard work and
dedication shown by its employees throughout the year.
2001: NRL becomes part of the National Grid supplier framework.
2014 turnover - £172m
2016: From strength to strength
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