OCS employees have been awarded for their efforts in three Land Securities contracts by the commercial property company’s ‘People into Action’ initiative. The scheme is designed to reward those people who go above and beyond the call of duty. OCS staff all received quarterly awards including Kathleen Healy from Leeds Shopping Plaza in the ‘Excellence’ category for her work in improving cleaning standards at the centre; Keith Arnold from St David’s shopping centre in Cardiff for helping to prevent a fatality; and the OCS security team at Bon Accord St Nicholas shopping centre i...

Wilson James is delighted to announce another year of high achievement with the successful completion of its latest SIA Approved Contractor Scheme annual audit. Matching last year’s unprecedented score, we believe we have achieved the highest ranking each and every year since the Approved Contractor Scheme was introduced by the SIA. Notification from the auditors this week confirms our place as one of the industry’s highest quality providers. And in June 2011, Wilson James joined ranks with other leading UK security service providers to participate in the new infologue.com ACS Star P...

Forty MITIE clients attend unique seminar on the latest energy saving LED technology Dozens of leading retailers and major high street brands attended a unique seminar-workshop showcasing the latest energy saving LED technology last Thursday 24th November. The seminar, which took place at Vinopolis in London, was hosted by MITIE and Philips Lighting and took the form of presentations and five “LED experiences” at five different pods. Each pod was hosted by an LED expert and provided guests with a hands-on demonstration of the different LED technology available as well as an opportunity ...

Momentum Recruitment are pleased to announce their attendance at Intersec in Dubai from January 15th – 17th, 2012. Momentum provide specialist Recruitment and Talent Acquisition services to the Middle East market and are looking forward to meeting new and existing clients at the event. Established for over 13 years, Intersec is the leading regional trade event in the security, safety and protection industries. It features a brand profile of 4 niche vertical sections, namely: Commercial & Information Security; Homeland Security & Policing; Safety & Health and Fire & Rescue, p...

After the recent unrest in some of the UK’s busiest cities, the private security industry has new demanding challenges to meet. Oltec Group is stepping up to the challenge by launching their “BookaGuard.com” service which is available both for business and private individuals to protect their premises or home on short term contracts. SIA Approved Professional security guard cover can be tailored to meet clients’ requirements with a minimum of an eight hour shift and deployed within four hours. Oltec Group has over 30 year’s security industry experience and can advise clients to prov...

Innovative bespoke security solutions provider Ward Security hosted its first ever breakfast briefing which focused on Business Security for the coming year. The event held at KBC’s London headquarters in the City Of London on 29th November was intensive yet informative and provided an insight into how private security may develop in the future. It also highlighted how much of a forward thinking company Ward Security really is. The event commenced with Operations Director Kevin Ward opening the proceedings and introducing the first speaker,of the City of London Police who is currently ...

Unipart Security Solutions Ltd has recruited Steve Greenaway to be Director of its Manned Guarding division. With over 15 years experience of working in the Manned Guarding industry, Steve has previously held senior positions at Chubb Security Personnel, OCS Security and more recently, at Churchill Security Solutions. Reporting to Managing Director, Colin Moore, Steve will be responsible for the day-to-day operational efficiency of the company’s Manned Guarding activities, whilst taking the lead in the strategic planning for the future growth of the division. “We are delighted to ha...

Since it was launched a year ago G4S’s new online recruitment platform has been processing more than 650 job applications per day. Since the innovative site went ‘live’ in November last year (2010) 2,600 jobs have been advertised, and there have been applications from more than 160,000 people in 184 countries. G4S says it is revolutionising the recruitment process, and estimates that compared to traditional recruiting measures the savings for the company, in the UK alone, amount to more than £1m. The new recruitment tool has been developed on the TribePad platform and pushes G4S ...

Interserve Site Services’ new £2 million state of the art waste recycling facility at Aldridge is on track for completion in December, after which it will play a key role in assisting the region’s councils, commercial and construction sectors in meeting their landfill reduction targets. The new facility is being built by Interserve itself, the international support services and construction group, of which Interserve Site Services is a part. Once completed, the new plant will be able to process approximately 250,000 tonnes of waste material per year, and return a range of recycled produc...

MITIE, the strategic outsourcing and energy services company has launched a new business called Built Environment. Following research within the industry, MITIE have recognised the strategic opportunity to provide a combined mechanical & electrical and interior fit out service. Coupled with its complimentary Group offerings of technical and soft Facilities Management, MITIE provides advice and accountability around the customer’s need to comply with energy legislation. Making buildings work more efficiently and reducing their carbon footprint is core to this new offer. This integ...