Redde Northgate plc provides mobility solutions and automotive services in the United Kingdom, Spain, and Ireland. The company offers contact center support, sales, claim processing, customer service, and general insurance products; provides fleet management, rapid response, and recovery management services; and supplies and installs electric vehicle charging equipment. In addition, it provides personal injury law and legal advice services; light commercial vehicle hire services; used vans for business and private individuals; and automotive crash repair and accident administration services. Further, the company operates a fleet of approximately 126,000 owned vehicles and 600,000 managed vehicles. Redde Northgate plc was formerly known as Northgate plc and changed its name to Redde Northgate plc in February 2020. The company was incorporated in 1897 and is headquartered in Darlington, the United Kingdom.

History

Goode Durrant plc

Goode Durrant plc was incorporated on 2 July 1897.In January 1987 Goode Durrant & Murray Group plc was acquired by an Australia-listed company Ariadne Australia via its Hong Kong listed company Impala Pacific, which renamed the UK company to Goode Durrant plc.In July 1987 Goode Durrant acquired Northgate Motor Holdings, a company established by Alan Noble in 1981 as Noble Self Drive in Darlington.In 1997 Goode Durrant bought Transport Development Group Vehicle Rental.

Northgate plc

In 1999 Goode Durrant plc was renamed into Northgate plc. In 2002 the Company acquired 40% of Furgonetas de Alquiler SA, a Spanish vehicle rental business, and subsequently exercised an option to buy the remainder. In 2005 Arriva sold its UK-wide vehicle rental business to Northgate for £129 million.Kevin Bradshaw replaced Bob Contreras as chief executive in 2017.

Redde Northgate plc

In 2020 Northgate plc merged with Redde plc, a provider of incident and accident management services, to form Redde Northgate plc.Martin Ward replaced Kevin Bradshaw as chief executive as part of the merger.

Mission

Our mission is to empower organisations with smarter technology solutions through innovative products, services and advice.

Vision

Northgate's vision is to become the leading provider of IT and fleet services in the UK and Ireland.

Key Team

James Kerton (Gen. Counsel & Company Sec.)

Mr. Richard Chambers (Group HR Director)

Russell Smithers (Managing Director)

Mr. Mark Tredwell (Head of Devel.)

Mr. Harvey Stead (Managing Director of Redde)

Mr. Roberto Maestro (Chief Financial Officer of Spain)

Jorge Alarcon (Chief Exec. Officer of Northgate Espana - Spain)

Recognition and Awards

Northgate has won several awards including the coveted Sunday Times Tech Track listing, an Eclipse Award for Innovation in Technology and the National Business Awards for excellence in Customer Service.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redde_Northgate

https://in.investing.com/equities/helphire-group

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/REDD.L/profile?p=REDD.L

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/northgate-plc

https://reddenorthgate.co.uk

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Leadership team

Mr. Philip J. Vincent (Group CFO & Exec. Director)

Mr. Martin Ward (CEO & Director)

Ms. Diane Hames (Chief Information Officer)

Products/ Services

Automotive, Rental

Number of Employees

1,000 - 20,000

Headquarters

Darlington, Durham, United Kingdom

Established

1981

Company Registration

SEC CIK number: 0001490286

Traded as

LSE:NTG

Social Media

URL

https://reddenorthgate.co.uk

Last updated: Tue Feb 25 2025

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