MITIE Group PLC (“MITIE”), the FTSE250 strategic outsourcing and energy services company, has agreed a transformational partnership to deliver facilities management services for Lloyds Banking Group. The contract, signed for a five year term, has a possible one year extension period, with an expected value of approximately £155 million per annum. MITIE will be providing a complete range of facilities management services across the bank’s entire UK branch and office estate. Services to be delivered include catering, reception, engineering maintenance, cleaning, security, waste mana...

First Security is hosting a forum at Vintners Hall on 9th May 2012, offering industry professionals the chance to engage in discussions relating to current security matters. The forum will include expert opinion from Mike O’Neill chair of BSIA Close Protection Section and founder of Optimal Risk Group as well as Stuart Hicks, Regional General Manager for First Security’s high-profile clients based in London.  The event is designed to widen and stimulate views on current security matters and will also provide the opportunity for professionals to network with other industry peers. The e...

G4S Cash Solutions (G4S), the leading provider of Cash Management Solutions in the UK, has announced the recent appointment of Duncan Faithfull to the position of Sales Director. Duncan joins from City Link where he occupied the role of Sales and Marketing Director. Starting in his new role in mid-March, Duncan brings with him valuable experience and insight from a broad spectrum of industry sectors including finance, logistics and pharmaceuticals. Of particular note is his thorough understanding of modelling and delivering outsourced solutions that allow the customer to focus on de...

The total security management business of MITIE, the strategic outsourcing and energy services company, has today announced that it is launching a suite of services for lone worker monitoring and protection. This launch sees the expansion of MITIE’s services supported by the recent launch of MiTec (the security provider’s technology hub CAT II ARC BS 5979). A range of alerts can be monitored and responded to by the technology centre’s operators 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Clients will be able to choose from a range of different protective options for their employees, often ...

G4S Secure Solutions (G4S), the UK’s leading security company, has been awarded a three year contract with global steel manufacturers, Tata Steel. The win is in addition to an existing contract with G4S Technology and provides another boost to the growing number of the business’ manufacturing clients. From April G4S will provide a range of technology and manned guarding security services across five of Tata Steel’s Long Products business sites including; Scunthorpe (North Lincolnshire), Immingham Bulk Terminal (South Humberside), Dalzell (Lanarkshire), Clydebridge (Lanarkshire)...

The government of Gabon has purchased a fleet of Maverick internal security vehicles from Paramount Group and successfully deployed them at the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament. Ten Mavericks were bought by the Gabonese authorities, who jointly hosted the football tournament with Equatorial Guinea, for deployment as public order vehicles at stadiums across the country during the competition. The tournament faced potential security issues following the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011 in North Africa, and the possibilities of terrorist attacks. An armed assault on the Togo team b...

The ‘next generation’ of protective barriers designed to meet the civilian and military needs of the future are being unveiled to the South American market at LAAD 2012. HESCO – the world renowned manufacturer of protective barriers – will be displaying a high security fence designed for events such as the World Cup and a quick-to assemble and disassemble military barrier for the security and defence market. HESCO is known around the world for inventing the most advanced field fortifications since the Second World War – and for being the biggest supplier of barriers to West...

Further to the preliminary announcement of its results for the year ended 31 December 2011 which it made on 13 March 2012, G4S plc, the international security solutions provider, announces that it has published its Annual Report and Accounts for the same period. The full Annual Report and Accounts will be posted to shareholders in due course. The document includes the notice of the company’s Annual General Meeting which will be held on Thursday 7 June 2012 at The London Stock Exchange, 10 Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7LS at 2.00 pm. A proxy form for the company’s Annual General Meeti...

OCS has been awarded a three year contract worth over £2 million to supply security services at Telford Shopping Centre, which is managed by DTZ. Services will include manning the control room and provision of customer service officers on the malls. A team of 24 staff will work on the prestigious contract patrolling the malls, controlling the CCTV room managing the car parks and manning the gatehouse. Working in close conjunction with the centre management OCS developed a bespoke solution to incorporate a re-branded uniform, which gives staff high public visibility across the ce...

The total security management (TSM) business of MITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing and energy services company, has today announced that it is launching a specialist void property security service for vacant commercial premises. This launch builds on MITIE’s TSM offering providing a fully integrated suite of response services and remote monitoring for out of hours security. The current and predicted future economic climate indicates that occupier demand is weak, increasing the security risks and costs related to vacant property. A high percentage of property managers are e...