Leading support services provider OCS Group UK Limited has successfully retained its contract with St David’s, Cardiff for a further 3 year term. Valued at £8m, the contract includes security, cleaning and support services. The contract is multi disciplined with security and cleaning as the two main services provided, supported by window cleaning, pest control, washroom hygiene and the new customer information team which was TUPE’d across from Land Securities. At the site the current workforce includes 147 OCS staff for all the service streams combined. Malcolm Dacey, Business Unit Dire...

G4S, the world's leading security solutions group, has helped repatriate over 1,000 clients from Egypt over the last week via the country’s key international transport hubs including airports, ports and country borders. G4S Egypt, which has over 5,200 employees across the country, has been working closely with G4S Risk Management to provide a rapid response service utilising their expert knowledge of the country and current issues. To date G4S has provided assistance to the employees of numerous major multinational companies. Services provided by the repatriation team since the Egyptian c...

G4S Cash Solutions (UK) (‘G4S’), the leading provider of cash solutions in the UK, is launching the world’s first fully electric cash in transit vehicle. The pilot vehicle, which will operate in the Greater London area, is projected to save 4974kg of carbon emissions per year1 and is the latest step in G4S’ ongoing commitment to reducing its environmental impact. The ground-breaking vehicle, developed in partnership with Allied Electric, combines the latest in battery technology and electronic management software together with a tried and tested production vehicle converted into a hi...

The world’s leading international security solutions group G4S, has appointed ETS, the UK’s top provider of bespoke HR software and consultancy, to develop its global employee engagement survey. G4S is the second-largest global private sector employer, with over 625,000 staff and operations across 150 businesses in over 120 countries. G4S faces some unique challenges in developing its employee survey and engaging its employees.  This is due  in part to the fact that many of its front line employees are remotely based at customer premises such airports, prisons or sporting events or in v...

G4S Secure Solutions (‘G4S’), the UK’s leading security provider, is warning that travellers face more delays to the country’s rail network unless urgent action is taken to put effective security measures in place to prevent the theft of essential metal and cables. Theft of copper cable is a particular issue as international copper prices have this week reached an all-time high.  Last year there were 5,000 incidents of metal theft on railway lines across the UK and the problem is expected to cost around £20 million by 2014. G4S believes that the rail operators and owners need to wo...

MITIE and A4e, two of the UK’s leading public services providers, have joined forces to launch the first MITIE Enterprise Centre at Hollesley Bay Prison, Suffolk, on Monday 31 January. The MITIE Enterprise Centre will offer offenders industry-level training in plumbing, plastering, painting & decorating and bricklaying.  Wider key employment skills, including timekeeping, communication and motivation, will also be regularly assessed through appraisals. On completion of the course, all participants will receive an electronic record of their performance standards and achievements – a ...

G4S Events, Europe’s leading independent event security and safety company, scooped a win for Best Outdoor/ Ambient Media at the Recruitment Awards Design awards (‘RADs’) ceremony, which took place in London at the Grosvenor House Hotel, on Thursday 20 January.  The recruitment campaign was chosen as the winner by the judges who described it as “…very focused and relevant to the target audience.” The brief for Wave Advertising, who won the contract to deliver the campaign alongside G4S in April 2010, was to recruit Event Safety Stewards for future events and raise awareness of G4...

MITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing company, has won two highly prestigious Business in the Community awards for its ground-breaking Real Apprentice scheme. The scheme won the ‘innovation’ and ‘large company’ categories in the UK leg of the BITC’s European Volunteering Awards and will now go forward to the Europe-wide competition. The Real Apprentice scheme works to help people of all ages and backgrounds get back into the world of work through placements both at MITIE and with its clients. With support from mentors, the ‘apprentices’ get the opportunity to work in a numb...

Profile Security Services Limited is giving its website a whole new look as well as added functionality. Set for launch on Monday 24 January 2011, the company’s revamped website is much more than a mere facelift. Andrew Thompson, Profile’s UK Sales Manager, commented: “The new website will make it easier for existing and prospective clients looking for a wide range of services to find what they need.” New listings, more detail Improved navigation will drive traffic to sections describing Profile’s mix of Security Services, a section outlining the various sectors for which the comp...

Advance Security has gathered a number of high profile speakers from across the industry to tackle one of the biggest emerging threats to City businesses at a London breakfast seminar on Wednesday 26th January. The events of last year exposed growing concerns over the vulnerability of couriers and air cargo to terrorist activity. When a routine fuel stop at East Midlands Airport uncovered bombs bound for US synagogues it served as a stark reminder of the very real threat to the supply chain. To address the severity of the alert and how the City can proactively protect against another occurrenc...