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| Formerly |
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| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Vehicle rental |
| Founded |
2020 (Redde Northgate) |
| Headquarters | Darlington,County Durham, England, United Kingdom |
Key people |
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| Revenue |  £1,833.1 million (2024)[1] |
 £193.8 million (2024)[1] | |
| £125.0 million (2024)[1] | |
| Website | www |
Zigup plc is a large commercial vehicle rental provider and of accident management and repair services, operating in the UK, Ireland and Spain.[2] It is headquartered inDarlington,County Durham with over 130,000 vehicles, mainlylight commercial vehicles. The company is listed on theLondon Stock Exchange and is a constituent of theFTSE 250 Index.
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 acquiredNorthgate Motor Holdings, a company established by Alan Noble in 1981 asNoble Self Drive inDarlington.[6]
In 1997, Goode Durrant bought Transport Development Group (TDG) Vehicle Rental.[7]
In 1999, Goode Durrant plc was renamed into Northgate plc.[6] In 2002 the company acquired 40% ofFurgonetas 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 aschief executive in 2017.[10][11]
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 aschief executive as part of the merger.[13]
In 2024, Redde Northgate plc announced a change of name to become Zigup plc.[14][15]
The company offers vehicle rental, fleet management, electric charging installation, vehicle disposal, vehicle ancillary services, replacement vehicle, repairs, incident & claims management, vehicle data and EV fleet consulting.[16]
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