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Northgate Northgate has acquired Hampsons Self Drive Hire, the Newark-based vehicle hire company with 50 staff, for £9.8m. 13-Dec-2007 Northgate is planning to rationalise offices and car rental sites throughout the country, following the recent acquisition of Arriva Vehicle Rental. 18-Apr-2006 Northgate has acquired Arriva Vehicle Rental, the commercial vehicle and car rental company with 655 staff at 33 branches, from Arriva for £129m. 01-Feb-2006 Northgate has acquired FTL, the Gateshead-based vehicle fleet management company, for £5.7m. 24-Jan-2006 Northgate, the Darlington-based van rental company with a market capitalisation of £788m, has received a takeover approach from an unnamed company. 07-Sep-2005 Northgate is to acquire Record Rent, the Spanish vehicle rental company, for up to £95m. 06-Jul-2005 Northgate is planning to open 24 new van rental centres across the country over the next 15 months, taking the total to 100. 13-Jan-2005 Northgate has acquired full ownership of Fualsa, the Spanish vehicle rental company, in a £15m deal, and plans to double Fualsa's network to 20 sites by 2006. 04-May-2004 Northgate is to raise £15m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its van rental business in the UK and continental Europe. 15-Jan-2004 Northgate is planning to increase its van rental fleet from 45,000 to 60,000 in the UK and 18,000 in Spain by April 2006, and the number of hire locations will rise from 70 to 100 in the UK and 20 in Spain. 03-Jul-2003 Northgate has acquired Target Vehicle Rental, the Banbury-based light commercial vehicle hire business, for £3.4m. 02-Oct-2002 Northgate is to acquire a 40% stake in Fualsa, the Spanish van rental company, for £10m, and has an option to buy the remaining 60% by May 2006. 18-Jul-2002 Northgate is looking to expand its commercial vehicle hire business into continental Europe, and is seeking acquisitions in France and Spain. 11-Jan-2002 Northgate is to relocate its East Midlands Vehicle Hire business and 55 staff to larger premises at Alfreton Road in Derby over the next few months. 16-Mar-2001 Northgate has opened a new Mercia Vehicle Hire depot at the Grovelands Industrial Estate in Coventry, and expects to create about 20 jobs at the site over the next two years. 07-Mar-2001 Northgate is expanding its network of vehicle hire companies from 35 to 40 and the number of branches from nine to 60, as part of a strategy to double the size of the business within five years. 06-Jul-2000 Northgate has opened six new van hire depots to take the total to 37, and three more are due to open in the coming months. 18-Jan-2000 Goode Durrant has relocated its head office to Darlington and is being renamed Northgate, in preparation for a nationwide expansion of its vehicle hire business that will create 500 jobs over the next five years. 05-Oct-1999 More from the Motor sector Related pages: Reflex Vehicle Solutions HR Owen Axeon Holdings Howard Basford Springfield Motor Group Northgate website: www.northgateplc.com The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. Click here for further details Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008