Flexible vehicle solutions.
History
| 2007 Acquisition of Hampsons The success of easyCar.com sees the launch of easyVan.com |
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| 2006 Northgate were approached by easy to become the commercial vehicle supplier for their online van rental service through easyCar.com Completes second stage of the acquisition of Record Rent a Car purchasing the remaining 51% Acquires Fleet Technique Limited, a specialist fleet management business Acquires Arriva Vehicle Rental Limited, increasing the fleet by +10,000 vehicles |
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| 2005 Acquires 49% of Record Rent a Car, a light commercial vehicle rental company in Spain |
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| 2004 Northgate’s in-house servicing and maintenance facility awarded a Fleet Safety Forum Award for safe vehicle maintenance by the road safety charity, Brake Acquires Foley Self Drive Ltd based in the West Midlands Completes purchase of Fualsa Van Monster, a new brand offering remarketed vehicles to the retail market, is launched |
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| 2003 Northgate Vehicle Solutions is launched to serve customers who have national daily rental needs and require a single point of contact |
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| 2002 Acquires Target Vehicle Rental Limited adding a further 1,100 vehicles to the fleet Expands into Europe through the acquisition of 40% of the equity of Fualsa, one of the largest van rental companies in Spain, with a fleet of 10,000 vehicles Achieves number one ranking in the Fleet News Daily Rental league table, featuring the UK’s top 20 daily rental companies |
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| 2001 Northgate Sale and Rentback is launched offering customers the opportunity to sell their fleet to Northgate and then rent it back providing an instant mechanism to change to a flexible risk-free fleet Northgate opens its 50th site – Maincrest Hire Ltd in Chester |
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| 2000 Name changes from Northgate Motor Holdings Limited to Northgate Vehicle Hire Ltd Executive Director, Alan Noble, wins North East Businessman Of The Year Award Northgate Vehicle Hire Ireland opens in County Dublin Northgate wins Tees Valley Company of the Year Award for the 2nd time, having previously won in 1995 |
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| 1999 Goode Durrant announced that it would be relocating from the City of London to the North East following the Company’s decision to change its name from Goode Durrant plc to Northgate plc |
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| 1997 Acquires TDG Vehicle Rental adding 2,250 vehicles to the fleet and strengthening the Group’s presence in Scotland, the South Coast of England and the M4 corridor |
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| 1996 Acquires Huddersfield based Ember Rental Achieved a major milestone when the fleet size reached 10,000 vehicles |
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| 1994 Acorn Self Drive based in Chesterfield was acquired giving Northgate coverage in South Yorkshire |
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| 1993 Acquires Trukvan Rental Limited in the North West of England |
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| 1990 East Midlands Vehicle Hire Ltd in Derby, Maincrest Hire Ltd in Liverpool and CarTrux Rental Ltd in Birmingham were all acquired |
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| 1989 Northgate Vehicle Sales Limited, a separate business responsible for the buying and selling of all commercial vehicles, was established Acquires four further hire companies: Transline Vehicle Hire Ltd in Newcastle Upon Tyne, M&G Self Drive Ltd in Hull, Cartrux Rental Ltd in Birmingham and Beeston Van Hire Ltd in Nottingham |
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| 1987 Acquires Anchor Self Drive Limited based in Leeds and Autorentals (Cleveland) Ltd based in Middlesbrough In July, Northgate was acquired by Goode Durrant plc, which was a conglomerate involved in the construction, motor, commodities and finance industries |
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| 1986 Northgate Motor Holdings Ltd was established as a holding company for the three hire locations |
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| 1984 Acquires Caledonian Self Drive Limited in Newcastle |
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| 1983 Acquires Transmore Van Hire Ltd in Stockton on Tees |
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| 1981 Alan Noble set up the first hire company in the group - Darlington based, Noble Self Drive Limited |