OUR HISTORY

Let’s take a whirlwind trip through the history of NDML...

NDML is not only one of the leading specialist insurance brokers for the night-time industry. We’re also one of the longest standing.

We’re immensely proud of all we’ve achieved in the last 25+ years, and excited to see where the next few decades will take us.

1998

Nightclub Direct & Millennium Leisure Ltd is born

Our founder, Justin Romero-Trigo, creates Nightclub Direct & Millennium Leisure Ltd from an office above a bookmaker in Horsforth, Leeds.

1999

Nightclub Direct & Millennium Leisure take on their first staff member

Venues are realising that we can offer something that non-specialists can’t. The business starts to hire staff, including some who are still with us today!

2002

Nightclub Direct & Millennium Leisure move into a new office building

Nightclub Direct & Millennium Leisure outgrew our former premises. We knew the office above the bookmakers wasn’t going to be our forever home, so we moved down the road in Horsforth to a much bigger office building.

2003

We become NDML

Nightclub Direct & Millennium Leisure is becoming a bit of a mouthful so we shorten it to simply ‘NDML’.

2012

A rebrand

As we build to becoming one of the leading specialist brokers to the night-time industry, we decide that a hand-drawn logo just won’t cut it anymore. We create a new logo and modernise the brand.

2017

NDML partners with the NTIA

NDML partners with the NTIA (Night Time Industries Association), one of the industry’s biggest lobby groups.

2018

The 20th anniversary

NDML celebrates 20 years of treating customers exceptionally. We celebrate with a party and a promise that the next 20 years will bring more of the same.

2019

Insurance Times Awards

We win big at the Insurance Times Awards, taking home the award for Excellence in Professional Development. It’s the cherry on the cake for a year that’s seen us partner with We Are Wellbeing and launch a new wellbeing programme to support our team
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2020

Supporting Venues

Throughout the pandemic, we worked closely with the NTIA and the industry to mount a legal challenge on behalf of venues. The case on business interruption went to the Supreme Court and resulted in a successful verdict, giving hundreds of venues a lifeline.
We also penned an open letter to the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, lobbying for the founding of a crisis insurance fund for night-time businesses.

2024

Published the Night Time Economy Report 2024

The third in its series, the Night Time Economy report is invaluable intelligence, a useful aid for NTIA members and partners who are advocating for essential support.
The Night Time Economy Report was hand delivered to 10 Downing Street.

2025

NDML joins Gallagher

NDML becomes part of Gallagher, one of the world’s largest insurance brokerages, risk management, and consulting firms that shares our commitment to personalised service.

2026

Your story begins

And that brings us to the present day. Are you and your business the next chapter in NDML’s history, and can we be part of yours? Get in touch with the team to discuss your insurance needs with us…

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