UK based Facilities Management Company and parent to Amulet Security, Churchill Group, announced on the 17th of March 2020 that they had received investment from ESO Capital Partners UK LLOP (ESO). ESO is a capital solutions provider that specializes in European SMEs including investments in the UK, Germany, and Finland. The business areas that they have invested in include sports-related e-commerce, loan servicing, roofing contracting, alternative financing and wind energy. Churchill stated that the investment would be used to invest in its staff, develop innovation and improve it’s servic...

OCS have announced the launch of their new brand promise, Partnership Made Personal, to coincide with it’s 120th year of business. The new strap line intends to convey OCS’ intention to build mutually beneficial partnerships with clients. The new strap line will be rolled out in conjunction with a new look brand overhaul across the company’s various media, material and businesses. “Our values guide everything we do and Partnership Made Personal is our commitment to our customers. As a business we have reviewed and renewed our focus to ensure that we are delivering expert solutions, t...

On Wednesday the 19th of February 2020, Axis Security, an arm of the Axis Group, announced that they had re-secured their contract with Daiwa Capital Markets Europe. The contract covers the provision of manned guarding and front of house reception services at Daiwa’s London head office, in conjunction with Axis’ front of house arm, Acuity. Axis has be providing security and front of house services to Daiwa’s central London Grade II listed head office at 5 William Street since 2015. The contract involves seven security officers working 24 hours a day with two reception staff covering w...

On Wednesday, the 12th of February 2020, well known integrated facilities management company, The Oltec Group, announced the appointment of Geoff Kent as their new Group Commercial Director. Geoff Kent has been working in Facilities Management and workplace compliance for over 15 year, holding senior business development positions in companies such as PHS Group, Ascot Services, and CBRE. “We are delighted that Geoff Kent has joined Oltec as Group Commercial Director. We have recently experienced some significant growth across our business and it is now right to appoint someone of the calib...

On 3rd of February 2020, it was announced that Bidvest Noonan had all of Incentive Lynx’s security only contracts for an amount that has not been disclosed. The Incentive FM Group agreed to the sale as part of a wider strategy to refocus their efforts on improving their core business in Facilities Management through its’ five other businesses. No redundancies are expected to result from the sale of the contracts and the two companies will work closely together to maintain the ongoing contracts. “We have a large and established manned guarding business in the UK and particularly in Lond...

It was announced today, 30th January 2020, that Securitas UK has been recognised for its employee management and ‘people first’ human resource policies. To be certified by the Top Employers Institute, Securitas UK were judged over several key categories including: Talent Strategy Workforce Planning Talent Acquisition On-boarding, Learning & Development Performance Management Leadership Development Career & Succession Management Compensation & Benefits and Culture Following the successful assessment, Securitas became the only physical security compa...

Axis Security and Axis Academy have been nominated in the Outstanding Contract Security Company (Guarding) and Outstanding Security Training Initiative for The Axis Academy categories at the 2020 Outstand Security Performance Awards (OSPAs). Axis Security is celebrating a groundbreaking year, having attracted £24 million in new business in 2019, a 140% increase over 2018. The Axis Academy is being nominated for it’s Mental Health First Aid course, launched in mid-2019 and having already been attended by 220 participants across 3 levels. “We see ourselves as one of the outstanding perfor...

Amulet Security, part of the Churchill Group, has just launched their new Command, Control and Intelligence Centre (CCIC) in conjunction with the Senate Group. The new centre will allow Amulet to offer more advanced monitoring and intelligence services to their clients by taking advantage of the Senate Group’s extensive experience in the field.   The new CCIC services will include 24/7 monitoring and reporting, incident response and lone worker monitoring. The CCIC offers an end-to-end service, taking an analytical approach in designing a solution, taking control in monitoring it and ...

On the 7th of January 2020, Wilson James announced its plans to launch its’ new risk advisory business. The new unit will focus on helping clients improve their risk management processes. The new business will include 4 core functions, Security Consultancy, Intelligence, Protection/Bodyguard Services and Training. The Risk Advisory Service will aim to work in concert with existing Wilson James services and offer tailor-made solutions to corporate and private clients. The Security consultancy function assists clients with their security policy and strategy development, major incident planni...

Acuity, the front-of-house business unit of the Axis Group, is now delivering concierge and support services at the Broadgate Quater. In addition to their concierge duties, the Acuity team is also responsible for events that are held on sites including festivals, pop-up activities, and sports screenings. The 460,000 square feet property owned by the Blackstone Property Management Group welcomes up to 5,500 people every day and is located in Hackney, London. As part of the contract, the Acuity staff receives tailored training and development covering on the job mentoring, e-learning as well as...