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NIS Group Supports Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team

On Saturday 15 September, the NIS Group of Companies (NSG, NIS and Hold Engineering) proudly supported the Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team as it moved into a new £650,000 purpose-built base in West Cumbria.

NSG Shortlisted for Two BECBC Awards

NSG Environmental Ltd is delighted to announce it has been shortlisted in two award categories at the Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster (BECBC) Awards 2018.

NSG Awarded Dounreay Design and Engineering Services Framework

NSG Environmental Ltd is delighted to announce it has been awarded a framework agreement for Design and Engineering Services by Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd.

NSG Staff Take Home NWEEG Awards

On Thursday 17 May, NSG enjoyed a successful evening at the annual North West Employee Engagement Group (NWEEG) Awards at Ribby Hall Village in Preston.

#TeamNSG Get Muddy for Derian House

On Saturday 12 May, an eleven-strong team of NSG employees completed the Manchester edition of Born Survivor to raise money for NSG's chosen charity Derian House.

NSG Achieves Cyber Essentials Plus Accreditation

NSG Environmental Ltd is delighted to announce it has been awarded Cyber Essentials PLUS accreditation.

NSG Awarded RoSPA President's Award

NSG Environmental Ltd is delighted to announce it has been awarded the RoSPA President's Award for achieving 14 consecutive RoSPA Gold Awards.

Key Milestone Reached on Magnox-NSG MILWEP Project

Earlier this month, a key milestone was reached on the Magnox-NSG Modular ILW Encapsulation Plant (MILWEP) project with the erection of the MILWEP Grout and Concrete Plant at NSG's R&D facility in Chorley, Lancashire.

NSG Staff Walk Miles for Sport Relief

During the week commencing Monday 19 March, members of the NSG team at the company's Chorley, Aldermaston and Cheltenham offices walked each lunchtime for Sport Relief 2018.

NSG Signs Mental Health Pledge

At NSG, we want to help break the silence and end the stigma around mental health. One in four of us will be experiencing a mental health problem at any one time. Nine in ten people who have experienced a mental health problem have faced negative treatment from others as a result. That’s why we have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge, England’s biggest programme to challenge mental health stigma and discrimination.

NSG Recertifies ISO and OHSAS Standards

NSG is delighted to announce the recertification of its ISO 9001 and 14001 quality and environmental management systems to the 2015 standards.

Daniel's Dream Placement at NSG

Earlier this month, NSG welcomed A-level student and aspiring project manager Daniel Goodfellow from Cockermouth School as part of the Centre for Leadership Performance’s Dream Placement programme.

NSG Sponsors Whitehaven AFC

NSG is delighted to announce that it recently sponsored the Whitehaven AFC under-six team.

NSG Awarded LLWR Waste Characterisation Framework Contract

NSG Environmental Ltd is delighted to announce it has been awarded a framework contract by LLW Repository Ltd for Waste Characterisation and Assurance Support Services (WCASS).

#TeamNSG Complete Born Survivor for Derian House

On Saturday 9 September, a team of staff members from NSG completed the Lake District leg of Born Survivor to raise money for NSG's chosen charity Derian House.

NSG Grows Cumbrian Consultancy Office

NSG is delighted to announce the latest recruit to its Consultancy Services team, Chris Fisher.

NSG Awarded RoSPA President’s Award

NSG Environmental Ltd is delighted to announce it has been awarded a RoSPA President's Award for achieving 13 consecutive RoSPA Gold Awards.

NSG Continues Support of Cumbrian Dream Placement Programme

NSG Environmental Ltd is delighted to announce its support of the Centre for Leadership Performance’s Dream Placement programme for the third consecutive year.

NSG Awarded Multi-Million Pound Magnox Contract

NSG Environmental Ltd has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by Magnox Ltd to design and supply cement and polymer encapsulation plants for three of its nuclear licensed sites: Berkeley, Hinkley Point A and Chapelcross.

NSG Wins RoSPA Sector Award

NSG Environmental Ltd is delighted to announce that it has won the RoSPA Sector Award for Research & Development at the 60^th annual RoSPA Awards in Birmingham on Thursday 14 July.

Company Announcement

NSG Environmental Ltd is delighted to announce the appointment of Jim Porter as Managing Director with immediate effect.

NSG Awarded Contract for NDA DRP Framework

NSG is delighted to announce it has secured a position on the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s Direct Research Portfolio Lot B framework.

NSG Support Seascale School's Bright Stars

On Friday 5 February, NSG Environmental Ltd were delighted to support Seascale School Enterprise Club’s car wash at LLW Repository Ltd’s Pelham House office in Seascale.

NIS Group Commits to Women in Nuclear

NSG Environmental Ltd, NIS Ltd and Hold Engineering Ltd (HEL) have shown their continued commitment to Women in Nuclear (WiN) UK by signing the WiN Industry Charter for gender balance in the UK nuclear industry.

NSG Wins NDA Innovation Award

NSG Environmental Ltd is delighted to announce that it has won the SME Innovation award at the annual NDA Estate Supply Chain Awards, which took place on Wednesday 4 November at EventCity in Manchester. The award recognises NSG's success in supporting Magnox in the development of a simple and robust cost-effective solution based on the novel combination of a cement and organic matrix to recover and solidify contaminated water from Harwell's ILW storage tubes.

NSG Awarded Prestigious Health and Safety Award

NSG Environmental Ltd is delighted to announce it has won a prestigious Sword of Honour from the British Safety Council. The nuclear decommissioning and waste management company was one of 61 organisations worldwide that achieved a Sword of Honour, which is awarded to organisations who have demonstrated excellence in the management of health and safety risks at work.

NSG Opens New Cumbrian Office

NSG Environmental Ltd is delighted to announce the opening of a new office in Cleator Moor. The office, based at Phoenix House, signifies the company’s commitment to supporting the UK nuclear industry and the wider Cumbrian community.

Major Milestone Achieved at LLWR

A major skyline change is under way at the Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR) in West Cumbria. As the preferred partner on the PCM Decommissioning and Demolition contract and in collaboration with LLW Repository Ltd and KDC, the Drigg-based NSG site team have safely completed the demolition of the Magazine 4 Retrieval Facility (MRF), a fixture at the site since the 1990s.

NSG Highly Commended at 2015 RoSPA Awards

As part of our commitment to continual improvement, we are delighted to announce that we have once again been ‘Highly Commended’ by RoSPA for the Research & Development Sector Award at their annual awards ceremony in Birmingham on Wednesday 15 July.

Seascale School Visit NSG and LLWR

On the 8th of June, we were delighted to co-host Seascale School’s Year 3 class for an afternoon of educational and fun activities at the Low Level Waste Repository with our partners LLW Repository Ltd, who we are currently working in collaboration with to decontaminate and demolish a number of the site’s legacy facilities.

NSG Sets the Standard for Safety

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the British Safety Council Five Star accreditation, which sets the standard for excellence in occupational health and safety.

Company Announcement

Having successfully led NSG for over seven years and in recognition of his contribution to the NIS Group, we are pleased to announce that John Morris has been appointed to the board of NIS Holdings.

A Dream Placement at NSG for Two Cumbrian Students

As part of our CSR commitments, we are pleased to support the Centre for Leadership Performance's unique and innovative Dream Placement scheme, which brings together the brightest and boldest young students of Cumbria with some of the most forward-looking and successful businesses in the county.

NSG Highly Commended at NDA Awards

We are delighted to announce that we have been Highly Commended at the NDA Estate Supply Chain Awards, which took place on Thursday 6 November at EventCity in Manchester. The commendation, in the category Best application of an innovative solution(s) with tangible savings/benefits, recognises NSG's success at Magnox Berkeley with the bulk retrieval of ILW sludge and resin from storage tanks in the Caesium Removal Plant.

NSG Feature in Nuclear Future

We are delighted to feature in this month's edition of the official journal of the Nuclear Institute, Nuclear Future. The article, entitled 'Collaboration: a Non-Zero-Sum Game', touches on our recent successful collaborative work with Nuvia on Sellafield Ltd's Silos Direct Encapsulation Project (SDP) and LLW Repository Ltd (LLWR), with whom we are currently decommissioning a number of the site's legacy facilities.

NSG Collaboration Celebrated at Sellafield Supply Chain Awards

We are delighted to announce that we, together with our supply chain partners who collectively make up the Enabling Innovation Framework (EIF) team, have won the award for Supply Chain Collaboration at the annual Sellafield Supply Chain Awards 2014, which took place on the 12th of June at Energus, Workington.

NSG are Highly Commended at RoSPA Awards 2014

NSG Environmental Ltd are delighted to announce that we have been Highly Commended by RoSPA at the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2014, which took place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel on the 14th of May.

NSG Inspire Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers at UTC

In the months of March and April, NSG Environmental Ltd have collaborated with University Technical College (UTC) Burnley to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. This three step partnership, brought together through the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network (STEMNET), has provided the UTC students with a first-hand glimpse into the UK nuclear industry and an appreciation of the workplace.

Magnox and NSG Successfully Retrieve Sludge at Berkeley

NSG were contracted by Magnox on the ILW Framework to design, install and commission a vacuum retrieval system for the ILW sludge and ion exchange resins stored within the tanks at the Caesium Removal Plant (CRP) at Berkeley Power Station.

NSG Sponsor Local Football Clubs

NSG are delighted to sponsor three local amateur football clubs: Thatcham Town Harriers, Duddon Sports JFC and Chorley Wanderers FC.

NSG Collaboration Celebrated at NDA Estate Supply Chain Awards

We are delighted to announce that NSG, together with our supply chain partners who collectively make up the Unity team, have won the Award for Best Supply Chain Collaboration at the annual NDA Estate Supply Chain Awards which took place on the 13th November at the main Supply Chain Event in Manchester.

Annual Charity Dinner Dance Helps Hospice at Home

On the 27^th of September, NSG Environmental Ltd – along with sister companies NIS Ltd and Hold Engineering Ltd – held their fifth consecutive annual Charity Dinner Dance in support of Hospice at Home West Cumbria, which provides palliative care in the local community, and help and support to their carers and loved ones.

NSG Makes the Final of the BIBAs

We are extremely proud to announce that NSG have been selected as a finalist for ‘Business of the Year’ as part of this year’s BIBAs, which are Lancashire’s leading and biggest business awards.

NSG Environmental Ltd Secure a Place on Sellafield Enabling Innovation Framework

NSG Environmental Ltd are delighted to announce that we are one of the nine companies to have been selected to support the Enabling Innovation Framework at Sellafield Ltd. This Framework contract is aimed at improving the process of contract delivery at the site by introducing external innovation and challenge into the early stages of scope development.

NSG Environmental Achieve ‘Preferred Supplier’ Status for Major Decommissioning and Demolition Project at LLW Repository Ltd

NSG Environmental Ltd are delighted to announce that following a comprehensive, competitive tendering process, we have reached ‘Preferred Supplier Status’ for the provision of Decommissioning and Demolition Work at the LLW Repository Site in Drigg. This project is expected to encompass all of the site’s nuclear decommissioning requirements, including the decontamination and demolition of a number of legacy site facilities, with a programme duration of up to 8 years.

NSG Environmental Ltd Awarded 5th Consecutive RoSPA Gold Medal

We are delighted to be able to announce that NSG Environmental Ltd have been awarded our 5th consecutive RoSPA Gold Medal for Occupational Health and Safety.

Holy Cross School Visits NSG

NSG were delighted to host a visit for over forty-five Year 11 students from Holy Cross High School in Chorley on Tuesday 27th of February. The day was organised by NSG’s STEM Ambassadors who have been liaising with the school since late 2012 and working in collaboration with the teachers to develop a programme for the day that would complement the nuclear module of the students’ syllabus.

NSG Support World of Work Event at Whitehaven School

NSG were delighted to be able to support the World of Work event held at Whitehaven School on the 27^{th of}February. The event was run by ‘Inspira’, an award-winning, national social enterprise company based in Cumbria, and included three ‘speed dating’ style activities during which, year 9 students were given the opportunity to ask questions about the areas of work that delegates were in and what skills and qualifications were required for their role.

NSG Sponsors Jennings Rivers Ride

NSG are delighted to announce that we have been given the opportunity to sponsor one of four routes of the Jennings Rivers Ride in September 2013. The Rivers Ride was launched in 2011 to help raise funds to support the charitable work of the Cumbria Community Foundation and has raised more than £35,000 to date. The event starts and finishes in Keswick and provides four stunning bike routes for cyclists to choose from, catering for all abilities. Last year the event attracted over 1000 cyclists!