NRL Group rises up Insider’s North West Top 500 business rankings

NRL Group, a leading provider in engineering recruitment and contracting, is celebrating moving up 101 places in Insider’s North West Top 500 businesses listing.

The Wigan-based company, with branches across the UK and internationally, now sits at 175 on the prestigious list, which annually identifies the top-performing companies in the North West region across all industry sectors, based on their financial performance.

This substantial leap from last year’s position of 276 is a result of a continued focus on a number of strategic areas as part of the company’s Group strategy. Key areas include providing recruitment and workforce solutions for net zero energy transition projects both on home soil and across the globe, and subsequent significant overseas service expansion to 32 countries. Whilst within the NRL Group’s contracting businesses, new innovations and technical advances have secured contract wins and helped grow client bases. All providing a positive impact to the financial performance of the company.

To achieve sustained and incremental growth, the company has also invested heavily in colleague training and development, as well as welfare support and financial wellbeing resources. Across the NRL Group 46 colleagues undertook development training in 2024, and 14 colleagues celebrated long service milestones ranging from 5 to 25 years working at the company.

Ben Humpage, NRL Group CFO, welcomes the move up Insider’s North West Top 500 business rankings.

“This is a direct result of our collective focus on our Group strategy that is designed to allow us to work more closely with our clients whilst ensuring we provide opportunities for our colleagues to progress. It’s great to see that everyone has played a part in driving our company forward. Together, we’ve embraced opportunities for growth, aligning every step we take with the core values that define the NRL Group.”

Whilst recognition such as the increased position on Insider’s North West Top 500 business listing is always welcomed, CEO David Redmayne and the Group Executive Board also looks at wider environmental, social and governance measures to gauge how the company is performing.

“The way in which we evolve is of huge important to us. We carefully consider each strategic move to ensure we’re doing business the right way, investing our time on focus areas such as the energy transition that will help to deliver a net zero future. Whilst also choosing to use our company for good, such as giving back to our local communities through company match funding and paid charity days. We invest some of our profits to help drive our business forward in a sustainable way, including maintaining our Carbon Neutral International Standard each year and looking for further ways to reduce our carbon footprint.”