FGH Security has been awarded a deal worth up to £1.25 million over five years with the NHS. Lancaster basedFGH Security was established in 2003 and specialises in supplying high quality manned and electronic security services in and around the Northwest. Their latest deal is to supply security guards to the Trafford General Hospital and the Altrincham General Hospital.  Additionally they will be supplying several security guard dog handlers to the redundant Stretford “St Anne’s” hospital. FGH Security Managing Director Peter Harrison commented: “This is brilliant news and expands...

G4S Secure Solutions (‘G4S’), the UK’s leading security company, has today appointed Professor Dr G Keith Still BSc PhD FIMA as a Senior Consultant in Crowd Management in its G4S Events business.  Professor Dr Still is widely recognised as one of the world’s foremost experts in crowd dynamics and has provided advice to organisers of a wide range of mass participation events around the world.  At G4S, he will be a key contributor to the company’s consultancy-led delivery of major event safety and security solutions and will augment and optimise G4S’s existing offering to police s...

 Reliance Security has praised the courage and commitment of one of its officers who suffered a terrifying ordeal after challenging an Asda shopper who left the store without paying. Colin McLaughlin was thrown onto the bonnet of the shopper’s car and had to cling on ‘for dear life’ as the driver swerved and braked around the car park of the store at the Jewel Shopping Centre in Edinburgh trying to shake him off. The Reliance officer was eventually thrown onto the kerb and left in agony as the car sped away. Police later traced the driver who was sentenced to 240 hours commun...

The International Professional Security Association (IPSA) welcomes the Government decision to retain licensing in the security industry, albeit with some changes as to how it is to be regulated.  Indeed, as disclosures in the press show, the Government has had a change of heart on licensing, with in some cases press releases changing by the hour, and the industry can be proud of what it has achieved in recent weeks. On behalf of its members, IPSA petitioned strongly, not only to the Home Office and the SIA but also to every MP and key members of the House of Lords, seeking their support and...

Yorkshire-wide security provider Select Group has announced a major new dual club and shirt sponsorship deal for the 2011 season with Keighley Cougars RLFC. Select is further developing a cross-promotional partnership first established with Cougars earlier this year to raise the profile of both company and club. The support package also includes additional benefits for both parties on and off the field. Cougars chairman Gary Fawcett said: “Select Group’s agreement to become the main club and front of shirt sponsor augments the support they have already been giving to us. We welcome their...

G4S Secure Solutions (UK) (‘G4S’), the UK’s leading security company, has today announced the signing of a national partnership agreement with Remploy, the UK’s leading provider of specialist employment services for people with disabilities. The agreement cements the relationship between the two parties that began in 2008 with a working agreement with one of G4S’s key customers.  To date, over 80 candidates have been successfully placed in employment within G4S in the security sector, undertaking a variety of roles, from customer care to front of house duties. The national partner...

G4S Secure Solutions (UK) (‘G4S’), the UK’s leading security company, will be hosting a seminar in Glasgow that will see some of the industry’s leading authorities come together to discuss the current security challenges facing Scotland.  The aim of the seminar is to outline the benefits of a partnership approach between public and private sector organisations and it will feature high profile speakers from the worlds of policing, government and private security. The seminar will be hosted by G4S in celebration of its 75th Anniversary at Scotland’s national football stadium, Hampden...

G4S Risk Management, a leading provider of risk mitigation and secure support services, has been awarded a major mine action contract in Southern Iraq by LUKOIL, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated oil and gas companies.  This is the first contract for mine survey and clearance to be signed by a major international oil and gas company operating in Iraq and will allow LUKOIL to start the development of the giant West Qurna 2 oilfield in Basra province. The contract, which has been awarded to G4S’s Ordnance Management business, starts with immediate effect and the first two ph...

A leading FTSE 250 outsourcing company with contracts across the UK and Ireland is investing in a multi-million pound technology centre in Lurgan, County Armagh. MITIE – a top outsourcing company with 56,000 employees – is building the technology centre to support its security systems across the UK and beyond. When complete in March 2011, the state of the art facility will be the most advanced non-military installation in the UK. It will provide remote monitoring of CCTV and alarm systems, vehicle tracking, lone worker support, helpdesks and screening and vetting services. The centralise...

G4S, the world’s leading secure solutions group, will be providing an extensive range of services to the England team in Delhi for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which began on 3rd October. Under the terms of the agreement G4S will provide a range of logistical and security solutions for Commonwealth Games England, (CGE) which comprises 580 athletes, coaches, medical staff and headquarters staff and VIPs.  G4S will manage all the security requirements for the team’s VIPs and receptions and will provide security on the shuttle between the Athletes Village and Games’ venues, and at the Tea...