Securitas has agreed to acquire the commercial business contracts and assets of the security services company Assistance Sécurité Gardiennage (ASG) in France. Enterprise value is estimated to MSEK 27 (MEUR 3). ASG, a subsidiary of the French Group Assystem, has annual sales of approximately MSEK 125 (MEUR 14) and approximately 400 employees. The company is specialized in security services to the energy sector. Securitas is the market leader in security services in France, with approximately 20,000 employees. With the acquisition of ASG, Securitas will become the leading player in the Frenc...

Paragon Systems, Inc. (a subsidiary of Pinkerton's Government Services, Inc.), within the Securitas Group, has agreed to acquire the security services company Security Consultants Group, Inc. (SCG) in the USA. With this acquisition, Securitas expands in the primary government security services market in the USA. Enterprise value is estimated to MSEK 140 (MUSD 22). SCG has annual sales of approximately MSEK 670 (MUSD 106) and approximately 2,000 employees. The company is based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and operates in 22 U.S. states. SCG specializes in providing high level, armed security...

Directors and staff at Octaga Security Services are celebrating after being awarded their highest ever score by the Security Industry Authority’s (SIA) Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) which puts them in the top 7% of UK security companies. During their five year ACS review, Octaga has received its highest score at 96 points - officially placing them in the top 10% of performers in the industry in terms of Best Practice, Client Care & Service, Staff Development & Welfare and British Standards. Moreover, representatives of the ‘pacesetters’ group of top ACS performers have advise...

ASIS International has announced that its 11th European Security Conference & Exhibition will take place in London, UK on 15-17 April 2012. This event follows a very successful 10th European Security Conference & Exhibition held this month in Vienna, Austria. The 2012 Conference & Exhibition will kick off on Sunday 15 April with the President’s Reception. Over the following 2 days, delegates will be able to attend 33 high-level educational sessions divided over 3 parallel tracks. In addition, the conference will feature 3 keynote presentations. The 11th European Security Conf...

Pilgrims Group has been awarded a further two security contracts supporting business operations in Afghanistan. The first is to provide life support and security to a leading international communications and information technology company in Afghanistan. This further increases Pilgrims’ support to the technology industry where the company is already providing engineers in support of communications networks across the Middle East. The second contract is to support a large US global non profit organisation across Afghanistan. This will see Pilgrims supporting a critically important effort to...

G4S Employment Screening and Vetting (‘G4S’), part of G4S Secure Solutions (UK), the UK’s leading security company, is warning that employers face the risk of prosecution under the new Bribery Act if they fail to screen and vet their employees. The company says that up to one in four CVs contains significant inaccuracies, lies or discrepancies, and that firms could be accused of failing to undertake sufficient due diligence should they fail to develop procedures to perform appropriate checks on their staff. The Bribery Act has raised concerns among company directors, many of whom are un...

The contribution by individual members of staff to the success of Unipart Security Solutions was acknowledged at the Company’s annual awards which took place at Coombe Abbey, Coventry on 6th April. “We were delighted to have the opportunity to recognise and show our appreciation to colleagues who have ensured that we not only met our contractual obligations but have in fact on many occasions exceeded our clients’ expectations,” said Colin Moore, Managing Director of Unipart Security Solutions. “A key component of ‘Security – the Unipart Way’ is a commitment to look for conti...

Woking, UK April 2011: CSARN, the City Resilience and Security Networks, today announced that Esoteric Ltd, the industry-leading counterespionage and electronic sweeping company has committed to being Strategic Information Security & Counter Espionage Partner of CSARN for the next 12 months and affirms Esoterics support of CSARNs ongoing mission to promote best practice within business security. Esoteric will be the official sponsor of the Security Risk Monitor, CSARNs fortnightly publication covering the threats to UK & Ireland business communities from terrorism, political violence,...

Emprise Services plc, leading support services provider, is delighted to announce it has agreed to sponsor the SRI’s 2011 study into excellence in security. The research, supported by the BSIA, ASIS and the Security Institute, will focus on what makes security companies and security functions excellent. It will explore what is deemed to be excellence and what the larger providers do already do, and what they need to do in the future to advance the profession and provide excellent service to clients and end users. The Security Research Initiative is a three year programme of research to dev...

G4S, the world’s leading international security solutions group was recognised as the 2nd highest ranking large organisation, among this year’s Britain’s Top Employers by the CRF Institute, at its awards dinner last week at The Landmark Hotel in London, in recognition of the companies that have met the highest standards of HR. Although G4S has over 600,000 employees worldwide, it makes a conscious effort to treat its employees as individuals and gives them every opportunity to flourish. Its breadth of operations leads to an amazing choice of career options and great opportunities to wor...