G4S, the largest security company in the UK and Ireland, today announces the extension of its contract to provide security, stewarding and crowd management services to Aberdeen Football Club for another five years.  The contract has immediate effect and is a continuation of services G4S has provided to the club for over 10 years.  Commentating on the continued partnership, John Morgan, Operations Manager for Aberdeen Football Club said: “We are pleased to be continuing to work in partnership with G4S, as it provides professional stewarding services to the club with highly trained personne...

G4S Risk Management, a leading provider of risk mitigation and secure support services, has appointed Simon Baker as its new Director, Crisis Management, with a focus on further development of G4S’s kidnap for ransom, extortion and crisis management planning and response practice. Simon joins G4S from Control Risks where he had worked since 1994, latterly as Director, Confidential Response Services and member of its Executive Committee.  In this role Simon was responsible to the Board for the running of the response department, managing a team of 20 which dealt with issues such as kidnap, e...

G4S plc, the world’s leading international security solutions group, today announces the appointment of Dan Ryan as Regional CEO – Asia, encompassing all of the G4S businesses across Asia and the Middle East. Dan joins G4S, from global logistics and transportation company Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) where he held a number of senior management positions including Regional President for Greater China for NOL’s APL division, and Regional President for the Middle East and Regional President for Europe for the group’s APL Logistics division. He was also previously Managing Director for Midd...

G4S Forensic and Medical Services, the leading provider of medical and forensic services to the police in England, has been awarded a three-year contract to deliver forensic medical services to five police services, including Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire.  The contract was awarded following a competitive four-way re-tender. As part of G4S Integrated Services, which specialises in providing integrated facilities management and specialist support services in critical environments, G4S Forensic and Medical Services will deliver a full range of forensic medical servic...

In recognition of more than a decade of work on the formulation and development of standards for the security sector, Skyguard Director, Patrick Dealtry, has been presented with the British Security Industry Association Chairman’s Award for Contribution to Standards. The prestigious Chairman’s Awards are made at the discretion of the BSIA chairman and committee to publicly acknowledge the commitment and effort of the finest individuals in the security industry. A former chairman of the BSI GW3 Committee, in which role he guided the development of UK and European standards relating to manne...

G4S Secure Solutions (‘G4S’) has announced the appointment of Adrian Taylor as Managing Director of its Employment Screening and Vetting division.  Adrian will be responsible for developing the business into a market leader in the global screening industry, based on his considerable experience of managing Human Resources (HR) projects.  Adrian will be responsible for delivering significant growth of G4S’s operations in this market, as increased regulatory compliance demands and corporate risk mitigation drive market expansion.  He is charged with overseeing the next phase of the deve...

Vigilant Vision, one of the UK’s fastest growing security equipment suppliers, has announced record growth achieving a 100% increase in business over the last twelve months.  This has been achieved by specialising in the supply of high quality video monitors designed specifically for security applications in mission critical environments.  Increasing demand for these systems has also necessitated the move to new and larger premises and doubling the number of staff employed. “Vigilant Vision is now the UK’s largest supplier of monitor screens for security applications to virtually all ...

The National Security Inspectorate (NSI) has announced a new appointment to its management team. Chris Pinder will join NSI from the beginning of August as the Inspectorate’s Sales and Marketing Manager. Chris comes across to the NSI on the back of thirteen years with the industry’s trade association, BSIA. Commenting on his appointment Chris expressed, “I have been very privileged to work in the security industry and to gain a solid grounding within the industry’s trade association. My new role within NSI will allow me to develop my skills as part of another well respected organisatio...

Integrated Security Consultants Ltd (ISC) has welcomed Robert Webster as its new Senior Operations Manager. The majority of ISC’s operations will now be overseen by Robert who joined the team this June, bringing with him years’ of operational experience accrued whilst working within the corporate manned guarding sector. Robert’s contribution will further benefit clients and add to the wealth of experience already on offer from the ISC management team. He will also be taking an active role in ensuring that ISC remains at the very top echelon of security industry practice and standards by...

Kingdom Security has recently been selected as an IKEA preferred security supplier throughout the UK. Following a robust pre qualification process, presentation and National Support Centre visit Kingdom developed a tailored service package to meet the needs of the leading furniture supplier which included a 10 module training package including an NVQ in Loss Prevention, Customer service training, First Aid and Conflict Management. Each training module relates to IKEA policies and procedures making the training unique to the brand. The service provided by kingdom also includes a uniform to refl...