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