Zigup plc is a large commercial vehicle rental provider and of accident management and repair services, operating in the UK, Ireland and Spain. It is headquartered in

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with over 130,000 vehicles, mainly

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s. The company is listed on the

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and is a constituent of the

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History

Goode Durrant plc

Goode Durrant plc was incorporated on 2 July 1897. 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. In July 1987, Goode Durrant acquired ''Northgate Motor Holdings'', a company established by Alan Noble in 1981 as ''Noble Self Drive'' in

. In 1997, Goode Durrant bought Transport Development Group (TDG) Vehicle Rental.

Northgate plc

In 1999, Goode Durrant plc was renamed into Northgate plc. In 2002 the company acquired 40% of ''Furgonetas de Alquiler SA'', a Spanish vehicle rental business, and subsequently exercised an option to buy the remainder. In 2005,

Arriva Arriva Ltd. is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England. The company was originally established on 24 October 1938 as T Cowie Ltd. Initially focused on the sale of motorcycles, it relaunched shortl ...

sold its UK-wide vehicle rental business to Northgate for £129 million. Kevin Bradshaw replaced Bob Contreras as

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in 2017.

Redde Northgate plc

In 2020, Northgate plc merged with Redde plc, a provider of replacement vehicle, incident and accident management services, to form Redde Northgate plc. Martin Ward replaced Kevin Bradshaw as

as part of the merger.

Zigup Plc

In 2024, Redde Northgate plc announced a change of name to become Zigup plc.

Operations

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.

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