Redde Northgate

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Redde Northgate plc
Formerly
  • Goode Durrant & Murray,
  • Northgate plc
Company type Public
IndustryVehicle rental
Founded
  • 2 July 1897;126 years ago (1897-07-02) (the legal entity)

  • 1981 (the Northgate business)
entity)
2020 (Redde Northgate)
Headquarters Darlington, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Key people
RevenueIncrease2.svg £1,489.7 million (2023) [1]
Increase2.svg £199.5 million (2023) [1]
Increase2.svg £139.2 million (2023) [1]
Website reddenorthgate.co.uk

Redde Northgate plc is a large commercial vehicle rental provider and of accident management and repair services since its merger with Redde in 2020, operating in the UK, Ireland and Spain. [2] It is headquartered in Darlington, County Durham with over 130,000 vehicles, mainly light commercial vehicles. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

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History

Goode Durrant plc

Goode Durrant plc was incorporated on 2 July 1897. [3]

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. [4] [5]

In July 1987, Goode Durrant acquired Northgate Motor Holdings, a company established by Alan Noble in 1981 as Noble Self Drive in Darlington. [6]

In 1997, Goode Durrant bought Transport Development Group (TDG) Vehicle Rental. [7]

Northgate plc

In 1999, Goode Durrant plc was renamed into Northgate plc. [6] 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. [8] In 2005, Arriva sold its UK-wide vehicle rental business to Northgate for £129 million. [9]

Kevin Bradshaw replaced Bob Contreras as chief executive in 2017. [10] [11]

Redde Northgate plc

In 2020, Northgate plc merged with Redde plc, a provider of replacement vehicle, incident and accident management services, to form Redde Northgate plc. [12]

Martin Ward replaced Kevin Bradshaw as chief executive as part of the merger. [13]

Operations

The Company offers vehicle rental, electric charging installation, vehicle disposal, vehicle ancillary services, replacement vehicle, repairs, incident & claims management, vehicle data and EV fleet consulting. [14]

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