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A stable and profitable business built on more than 30 years industry experience...

Northgate Information Solutions origins date back to 1969, making us one of the longest established IT solutions and services companies. Since then, we have achieved significant growth building leading positions in key markets. Some of Northgate's key milestones include:

2008
Acquired back into private international ownership by KKR Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

2007
Acquired Arinso International
Acquired Kendric Ash

2006
Acquired Link HR
Acquired Edis
Acquired Engage
Acquired BIM
Acquired Rave Technologies
Business Continuity Awards, Most Effective Recovery of the Year: 11 May 2006

2005
0600 12 December, Buncefield incident, where headquarters complex was lost, but business soon continued as normal. Buncefield Investigation  -  BBC News Item
Acquired Sx3 IT, Services and Business Process Outsourcing in the public sector
Acquired MVM Holdings

2004
BS7799 Information Security accreditation
Acquired Rebus HR Group, HR and payroll solutions
Acquired CIM Systems, communication technologies for control room environments
Admission to FTSE 250

2003
Acquired CaraPeople, payroll outsourcing
Acquired blue8, location and citizen centric IT systems for emergency services
Acquired Hays CSG, data management information systems (police) and consulting
Acquired PWA Group, HR applications

2002
Acquired Prolog, payroll outsourcing & solutions

2001
Return business to profit

2000
Re-branded as Northgate Information Solutions

1999
New CEO and Chairman

1994
Listed on London Stock Exchange under name of MDIS

1983
Acquired by McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a key user of Reality, and a year later re-branded as MDIS,
McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Limited.

1981
Acquired by Microdata, a California based computer company - the originators of Reality.

1969
Founded as CMC - the originators of Sovereign, "key to disk" data entry systems.