SCOTS agency Northern Marine Providers is to be taken over by Aurora Vitality Providers in an effort to broaden its portfolio and geographic attain.
A longtime supplier of non-conventional lifting, inspection, logistics and marine companies, Northern Marine Providers founder Alasdair Noble will proceed to guide the rebranded Aurora NMS, as Lifting and Marine Providers Director.
Supported by contemporary funding, Aurora NMS will roll out its companies throughout the UK, anticipating to create as much as 10 new jobs and trainee positions within the subsequent three years.
The rebrand marks Aurora’s third acquisition of well-established Scottish companies, following the takeovers of R&M Engineering and Inverness Entry Coaching Providers.
Aurora’s massive Inverness facility, which additionally hosts a Renewable Vitality Coaching Centre, will complement NMS’s Wick operation in addition to enhancing mobilisation occasions on shopper operations.
NMS has in depth experience in supporting wind turbine inspections, telecom mast installations and infrastructure initiatives which require modern entry options.
Aurora’s marketing strategy is to create a world vitality companies supplier by mirroring and supporting the vitality trade’s transition from oil and gasoline, in addition to creating a powerful presence in wind, photo voltaic and hydrogen vitality sectors, one thing that NMS can help.
Additional, Aurora says it’s dedicated to providing technical programs and reskilling packages for staff seeking to transition into renewables sector jobs.
Aurora Vitality Providers Chief Govt Officer, Doug Duguid, mentioned: “NMS’s robust observe file in renewables aligns effectively with our personal ambitions of changing into a number one vitality companies supplier.
“Aurora will make investments capital in NMS to strengthen its specialist tools and belongings, providing them to a wider shopper base outwith North West Scotland.
Alasdair Noble, Lifting and Marine Providers Director of newly branded Aurora NMS mentioned: “In changing into a part of the Aurora group, we now have the monetary and organisational backing which utilities are searching for.
“We consider this can take the enterprise to the next degree.
“We’re excited that we can provide alternatives for the native workforce in Wick, not simply regionally, however internationally, as Aurora NMS grows its market share and geographic attain.”
