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Applications now open to become an apprentice with us in 2026

Would you like to become an apprentice with the UK’s largest independent engineering and infrastructure services provider? You can now apply to join our 2026 apprenticeship programme.

26 Jan 2026

Securing our Pension Plan for the future

We are pleased to announce that NG Bailey has successfully completed a £155m buy-in with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) for the NG Bailey Pension and Life Assurance Plan (the Plan).

9 Jan 2026

Fraudulent orders and spoof NG Bailey email domains

We have been made aware that fraudsters are using spoofed email domains to impersonate NG Bailey and place fraudulent orders with suppliers.

8 Dec 2025

Applications now open for our 2026 Graduate scheme

Are you a graduate looking to take the first steps in your career or thinking about a change of direction? You can now apply for our 2026 Graduate scheme.

20 Oct 2025

NG Bailey IT Services gets the gold

The IT Services business of NG Bailey, the UK’s largest independent engineering and infrastructure services business, has retained its position as a Gold Partner of Mitel, the market leader in unified communications solutions.

14 Oct 2025

Industry award success for apprentices Tom and Lewis

Congratulations to apprentices Tom Marwood and Lewis Smith, who were recognised at this year’s G4C Yorkshire & Humber Constructing Excellence Awards.

7 Oct 2025

BIG award win for apprentice Harvey

Congratulations to Electrical Advanced Apprentice, Harvey Weatherstone, who received the Sustainable Building Services Apprentice of the Year – Electrical award at this year’s Leeds College of Building BIG (Building Industry Greats) Awards.

18 Sep 2025

How to prepare your fleet for electrification

Alex Chilvers, Strategy and EV Director at NG Bailey, shares expert insight to help organisations lay the groundwork for successful fleet electrification. This feature first appeared in Fleet News on 4 September 2025.

9 Sep 2025

Honoured to receive a Princess Royal Training Award

We’re pleased to announce that we have been awarded a Princess Royal Training Award for our outstanding Early Careers and Apprenticeship programmes, which have been created to develop the behaviours, skills, knowledge, and experience needed to build a successful career.

20 Aug 2025

NG Bailey partners with BuildForce to strengthen inclusive recruitment and armed forces support

We’re proud to announce a new partnership with BuildForce, a leading organisation supporting service leavers and veterans into careers in construction and engineering. This collaboration is a key step in our ongoing commitment to inclusive recruitment and plays a vital role in maintaining our Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status.

5 Aug 2025

Freedom announces partnership with Esri to advance geospatial innovation

Freedom, an NG Bailey Group company, has announced a strategic partnership with Esri, the global leader in geographic information systems (GIS) as it seeks to drive digital transformation across its portfolio of net zero focused projects.

4 Aug 2025

Act quickly to futureproof your fleet with up to £1m in EV charging infrastructure funding

The UK government has launched a £30 million Depot Charging Scheme to help fleet operators with the cost of installing EV charging infrastructure for electric HGVs, vans, and coaches.

29 Jul 2025

How to integrate EV infrastructure into your smart building strategy

Darren Slade, Operations Director for NG Bailey’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Team, outlines how to best integrate EV infrastructure into smart building strategies.

19 Jun 2025

A year of stability and progress at ng bailey brings improved order book quality and profitability

NG Bailey, the UK’s largest independent engineering and infrastructure services business, has reported a year of record sales and improved profitability as it delivers its strategy for sustainable, long-term growth.

17 Jun 2025

Industry trends and challenges: NG Bailey: engineering a smarter, greener future

Our CEO, Jonathan Stockton, recently spoke exclusively to Northern Engineer about key trends and challenges facing our industry and how NG Bailey is helping to shape the future of UK infrastructure.

10 Jun 2025

Delivering the electrification of the First Bus hengrove depot

NG Bailey, the UK’s largest independent engineering and infrastructure services company, has completed work on the electrification of First Bus’s Hengrove depot in Bristol as it continues to support the company’s commitment to have a zero-emission fleet by 2035.

9 Jun 2025

Success at RoSPA Awards 2025

It's been another outstanding year at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Awards with a total of 11 awards being received across the NG Bailey Group.

28 May 2025

Celebrating excellence: Ruby Ingham named Degree Apprentice of the Year!

We’re incredibly proud to share that Ruby Ingham, Digital Technology Solution Apprentice has been named Degree Apprentice of the Year at last week’s West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards!

6 May 2025

NG Bailey strengthens Facilities Services team with appointment of Work Winning Director

NG Bailey, the UK’s largest independent engineering and infrastructure services business, has appointed Simon Ball to its Facilities Services team as its new Work Winning Director, as it continues to strengthen its Built Environment Division.

30 Apr 2025

Freedom secures £130m contract with SSEN distribution to strengthen electricity network

Freedom, part of NG Bailey, has been awarded a major contract worth around £130m by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution as part of its Large Capital Delivery Framework across the north of Scotland.

8 Apr 2025

Revolutionising M&E maintenance

Chris Coath, Energy & Asset Management Director, discusses revolutionising M&E maintenance, for a sustainable future in the latest edition of Facilities Management Journal.

19 Mar 2025

NG Bailey completes installation of bp pulse’s first all-electric charging and convenience hub in the UK

NG Bailey, the UK’s largest independent services and engineering company, has delivered bp pulse’s first new format EV charging and convenience hub in the UK in its role as principal contractor.

20 Feb 2025

Paving the way to a more sustainable future

In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that global warming must not exceed 1.5°C to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change. To achieve this, CO2 emissions must halve by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.

6 Feb 2025

NG Bailey Group announces new registered office address

Effective 1 February 2025, the registered office address for NG Bailey Group will officially change.

31 Jan 2025

Applications now open to become an apprentice with us in 2025

Would you like to become an apprentice with the UK’s largest independent engineering and services business? You can now apply to join our 2025 programme.

28 Jan 2025

2025 apprenticeship programme opens 28 January

Our 2025 apprenticeship programme will be open for applications next week.

24 Jan 2025

Sustainability remains a key driver for 2025

Jonathan Stockton, Chief Executive Officer of NG Bailey, joined other leaders from the property sector in sharing their views with TheBusinessDesk.com on the key trends set to shape the industry this year.

14 Jan 2025

NG Bailey invests in new Leeds headquarters

NG Bailey, the UK’s largest independent engineering and services business, is relocating to a new office in south Leeds. The business has chosen the ABC Building at White Rose Park as its new headquarters following the move from its site at Brown Lane West, Holbeck.

7 Jan 2025

Building for the future: how tech and teamwork drive sustainable retrofitting

A virtual roundtable, hosted by Building in partnership with Bluebeam, brought together engineering, construction, and digital experts—including Anna Hunter, Technical Director at NG Bailey—to explore how emerging technologies and multidisciplinary collaboration can advance retrofit efforts and make the sector more sustainable.

18 Dec 2024

IT Services - Helping you with your digital transformation

As a business NG Bailey IT Services is focused on transforming connectivity to support not just businesses but also communities across the UK.

11 Dec 2024

NG Bailey wins two new contracts to support First Bus’ transition to electric

We have secured two new contracts as Principal Contractor to support First Bus’ transition to carbon-neutral transport solutions.

20 Nov 2024

Key strategies for transforming your approach to M&E

Sarah Hotchen, Managing Director Facilities Services, shared essential steps for building managers to transform their approach to M&E in Facilitate Magazine.

7 Nov 2024

NG Bailey selected as MEP partner for new Agratas gigafactory

NG Bailey has been named as one of two MEP partners for the delivery of the new multi-billion-pound Agratas gigafactory in Somerset.

22 Oct 2024

Hinkley Point C - First electrical system hand over enables start of commissioning activities

The first permanent electrical system at Hinkley Point C (HPC) has been handed over by the MEH Alliance to the EDF Commissioning & Operations Team who are ready to start commissioning. As a Group, we form part of the MEH Alliance and this is an important step for the project, as we move closer to achieving our upcoming milestone: first Auxiliary Transformer Systems ready to be energised.

14 Oct 2024

PSTN switch off - how can you prepare?

Dave Stonehouse, Technical Director of IT Services, discusses the upcoming retirement of analogue phone lines - also known as the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) - in Modern Building Services magazine.

10 Oct 2024

Key milestone for Freedom in £8M power supply upgrade for Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks

Our Freedom business has achieved a key milestone just four months into an £8 million power supply upgrade project in Southampton, on behalf of Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN). The design and construction of the first transformer has now been completed, marking a significant step toward energizing the newly upgraded North Baddesley infrastructure.

27 Sep 2024

NG Bailey Net Zero target approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative

We are delighted to announce that the Science Based Targets initiative has approved our long-term science-based emissions reduction target to achieve net zero emissions.

23 Sep 2024

Welcome to our new 2024 graduates

This week we welcome eight new faces to the business, as part of our Graduate Programme.

6 Sep 2024

Welcome to our new apprentices for 2024

This week we welcomed our new apprentices for 2024 into the business. Our apprenticeship programme continues to go from strength to strength and this year is no exception. We received over 2500 applications, and we were really impressed with the calibre of applicants, which made the task of selecting the right candidates very difficult.

29 Aug 2024

Plymouth office welcomes work experience students

In July, a group of secondary education students successfully completed a week of work experience with our South West Engineering team.

19 Aug 2024

A look back over our 2024 Wellbeing period

Our Wellbeing period for 2024 closed on the 19 July, and it has been another huge success.

5 Aug 2024

Creating sustainable infrastructure through Modern Methods of Construction

It’s no secret that recent years have been challenging across the construction industry with inflation, cost of materials and skill shortages impacting heavily, but in the article below, Jonathan Stockton, Chief Executive Officer, talks about plenty of reasons to be positive.

30 Jul 2024

Facilitate Magazine – An Electric Vehicle Journey Planner

In this month’s edition of Facilitate Magazine, Alex Chilvers, Strategy and EV Director, gives an insight into the approach required for transitioning a business fleet over to electric vehicles.

19 Jul 2024

NG Bailey wins M&E services contract for University of Suffolk

NG Bailey, the UK’s largest independent services and engineering business, has secured a seven-year contract to provide maintenance services to the University of Suffolk.

18 Jul 2024

GOE London Bridges Charity Challenge – that’s a wrap!

On Thursday 11 July, all six members of the Group Operating Executive (GOE), three members of the Bailey family and 22 London based colleagues undertook the London Bridges Charity Challenge.

15 Jul 2024

North East Apprenticeship Awards 2024

Last night saw the North East Apprenticeship Awards take place in Newcastle and we are delighted to confirm that Elize Burn and Kieron Harden were highly commended in their respective categories.

12 Jul 2024

Hinkley Point C – getting ready to install the heart of the power station

Earlier this year, we shared that there are some exciting developments taking place on the Hinkley Point C (HPC) project, with 16 project milestones planned for 2024. In May, the first 520-tonne steam generator for the power station arrived on site, the first of eight required.

10 Jul 2024

Double finalists at the North East Apprenticeship Awards 2024

Congratulations to two of our apprentices, Elize Burn and Kieron Harden, who have been announced as finalists at this year’s North East Apprenticeship Awards.

5 Jul 2024