G4S Cash Solutions, the largest provider of cash solutions in the UK, has been awarded a major contract Northern Rail, the UK’s largest train operator, which runs services across the north of England. The contract, which will commence in February 2012, will see G4S provide a range of services including cash in transit, cash processing, bulk cash delivery and cash collection from ticket vending and car-park machines. To help Northern Rail speed up their reporting process, G4S will conduct cash processing from one site in Manchester which will help them to manage their cash flow even more e...

MITIE’s Total Security Management business has been approved as a member of ADS, the trade organisation committed to advancing the UK Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space industries. The security risk and business resilience division of MITIE’s Total Security Management business has a significant presence in the defence and aerospace sector. Joining ADS will further the business’ access to technical expertise and develop its experience in this important market. The membership will provide exposure to the network of ADS members and a greater understanding of the issues and priorities ...

Carlisle Support Services is pleased to announce that it has been awarded Investors in People across all the operating brands within the Group; including Carlisle Security, Carlisle CCTV, Carlisle Events, Carlisle Cleaning, Carlisle Interiors and Carlisle Retail. This award is the first applicable to any UK support services business of significant size which recognises the operations of all the brands within the Group. Commenting on the award Paul Trendall, Commercial Director, said: “IiP is an important accolade as it recognises the effort we put into ensuring we have the best people poss...

Securitas has acquired 85 percent of the shares in the security services company Protect in Croatia. There is an agreement to acquire the remaining 15 percent of the shares in 2013. Enterprise value of the acquired 85 percent of the shares is estimated to MSEK 53 (MHRK 43). Protect has annual sales of approximately MSEK 73 (MHRK 60) and approximately 600 employees. The company is mainly operating in guarding services. Securitas entered the Croatian security services market in July 2011 and is the first and only major international security company in the market. With this acquisition, Securi...

G4S Events, a division of the global security firm, ensured the success of Edinburgh’s 2011 Hogmanay celebrations with the deployment of more than 400 members of its expert team. The firm provided a range of security and safety management services during the festivities, including ticket checks and bag searches at the five gates across the site, as well as securing each venue’s stage and VIP areas. Hogmanay 2011 marked G4S’s nineteenth consecutive year of support for the Edinburgh event. G4S Website...

MITIE Group PLC, the strategic outsourcing and energy services company, has invested in another business with its Entrepreneurs Fund, to deliver business services throughout the UK. The new start-up business, called MITIE Business Services UK Ltd, will be targeted specifically at regional markets. It will deliver MITIE’s existing business services offering as well as other services that meet the requirements of the regional markets they will be working in. MITIE’s existing Business Services division was established in London in 2000 under the MITIE Model. It grew rapidly and now generate...

The OCS team at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust hospitals recently received an Excellence in Supply Award from the Trust in the Best Collaborative Project Award category. The team won the award for their hard work and dedication in implementing a zero tolerance ‘Smoking Cessation’ policy which helps the Trust stop patients, visitors and staff from smoking on the Trust’s premises. Working in close partnership, the OCS team has also supported the client’s objective to reduce site costs by adjusting operational support. With enhanced technology and using OCS mob...

Ruby McGregor-Smith, chief executive of MITIE Group PLC, was named on the New Year Honours List for 2012 and will be honoured with a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her services to business and diversity in business. Ruby joined MITIE, the FTSE 250 outsourcing and energy services company, in 2002 and was appointed as CEO in 2007. She is one of a small number of women holding the position of Chief Executive in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 and is the first Asian woman to be appointed in such a role within that group of companies. Since joining, Ruby has overseen MITIE gro...

Advance Security Ltd has been awarded a national security contract by Wincanton, a leader in the design and delivery of supply chain solutions. In February 2010, Advance started working with Wincanton providing security to three sites. Service delivery improved dramatically at each site with significant increases in key performance indicator scores. Earlier this year, Wincanton, who previously had five security providers, went to tender with the aim of maintaining competiveness in this arena. As Warren Taylor-Smith, UK & Ireland Profit Protection Manager, Wincanton states ‘Helping us ...

G4S Events, Europe’s leading independent event safety and security company, will provide security support for the nineteenth consecutive year, at the world-famous Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations, as 80,000 people celebrate New Year in the Scottish capital. The G4S team of more than 400 employees will be providing a range of security and safety management services during the night’s festivities which include conducting ticket checks and bag searches at the five entry gates across the site, as well as securing each venue’s stage and VIP areas. Organised by Edinburgh-based company Uni...