Our Story

Based on colleague feedback, the NRL Group earned a position on the 2025 UK's Best Workplaces™ List, as well as being recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for
Development™, Best Workplaces for Wellbeing™ and Best Workplaces for Women™

NRL is awarded the prestigious Recruitment Company of the Year (£50-250m) by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies UK

97% of employees agree that the NRL Group is a Great Place To Work® through an independently verified and anonymous staff survey, earning us the official certification™

NRL Group secure the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Silver Award

As a business we thrive for equity, so it was important for us to formalise our inclusive recruitment approach, by signing up to become a Disability Confident Committed employer

NRL's International team establish a presence in Ridayh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, expanding their MENA region capability

Recognised as a top 20 global engineering staffing firm by Staffing Industry Analysts

The NRL Group invests in Mental Health First Aider training to extend welfare support for colleagues

The NRL Group marks 40 years of delivering expertise at work

Colleagues complete training to secure the company wide Inclusive+ Recruiter certification from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies

Keen to support financial, emotional and physical wellbeing in construction, the NRL Group become a company supporter of the Lighthouse construction industry charity

The NRL Group sign the Social Mobility Pledge to reinforce their support for young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds

The NRL Group sign the Armed Forces Covenant and achieve an Employer Recognition Scheme bronze award

The NRL Group acquires Newcastle based CD Group, including Contract Design (Northern) and translation and interpreting experts Eldon (now NRL Language Solutions)

The organisation voluntarily becomes a Living Wage Employer to ensure a fair and real living wage for every colleague

NRL’s compliance and NAECI expertise is recognised by winning the Back Office Team of the Year accolade at the TALiNT International Annual Recruitment Awards

The NRL Group achieves carbon neutral status across all businesses with One Carbon World

NRL’s Recruitment website wins Best Large Recruitment Agency at the National Online Recruitment Awards

Growing demand for local services sees NRL establish a new Recruitment business in the Republic of Ireland

SIA’s industry reporting lists NRL as one of the top 10 largest Engineering staffing firms in the UK

Building on over 30 years of delivering expertise in the North East, NRL sets up a second operational base in Teesside.

The Contracting Awards named NRL the Best Contractor Recruitment Agency for Engineering at their inaugural awards ceremony

The Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) recognised NRL as a top 50 largest staffing firm in the UK

NRL extended it's expertise into Transmission & Distribution and Strategic Purchasing with the acquisition of Heysham based Intec (UK) Ltd

The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) named NRL Recruitment Company of the Year (>£50m)

The acquisition of Petrolic expanded NRL’s expertise in Oil & Gas in the UK, and for the first time establishing International recruitment services

NRL joined the Engineering Construction Industry Association (ECIA), as the first major provider of NAECI recruitment expertise

Our business entered the Recruiter magazine's Hot 100 listing in position 23, a prestigious industry accolade which we continue to hold today

Recognising an opportunity to support clients in Scotland, we established a recruitment branch in Falkirk to service the central belt and wider area

The business expanded into Recruitment, as NRL began advertising job vacancies to support engineering contracting projects in Cumbria

NRL, a Non-Destructive Testing company, is launched by brothers Andrew and Hugh Redmayne, in an office on the Sellafield site in Cumbria