Take a look at the history of the NRL Group, from where it began in 1983 to where it is now.

1. 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 the
recruitment 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 bringing
on 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