Norse Group Limited

The Group is the largest Local Authority Trading Company in the UK comprising of NPS Group (NPS), Norse Commercial Services (NCS) and NorseCare. We are one of the country’s fastest-growing service providers, with a broad range of services including facilities management, property services and specialist care facilities. Providing commercial solutions which address current and future built environment challenges, we have 36 partnerships across England and Wales.Our company was originally founded in 1988 by Norfolk County Council, our sole shareholder, in response to the introduction of Compulsory Competitive Tendering.Today, our ongoing success is borne out of true partnering, delivering efficiency savings for partners in an open and transparent fashion. We provide an annual return to the public purse of around £5.5m each year and with over 9,000 staff, (6,000 or so in Norfolk) we employ many more people than the county council.Our operations cover the majority of the UK and although we are a significant employer in Norfolk, we are a national company with a presence across England as well as in Edinburgh in Scotland and Newport in Wales.