Ward Security has enjoyed a successful August during which the company has secured over £670,000 of additional business, and further increased its portfolio of work within the Facility Management sector. As Kevin Ward, Managing Director of Ward Security explains, “This increase is predominantly from existing clients and demonstrates their growth, which in turn assists our own development. With Facility Management companies needing to continually benchmark their approved contractors we are delighted that we are seen as an integral part of the service delivery for some of the best compani...

Securitas UK has joined a select group of organisations to be accredited by NaCTSO (National Counter Terrorism Security Office) to deliver its Project Griffin counter terrorism awareness initiative to their own staff. Project Griffin was devised by the City of London Police in 2004 to protect UK cities and communities from the threat of terrorism following a number of high profile terrorist attacks in London and abroad. Integrating and coordinating the resources of the emergency services, local authorities, businesses and the private sector security industry, the concept has been successful...

Lodge Service, the leading security company, has appointed Ian Mason as Business Development Manager. His focus will be the growth of the security consultancy’s Lodgic monitoring service, based at the Redditch ARC and intelligence centre. Ian will be identifying the needs of facilities and security managers in the retail, office and public sectors for loss prevention, guarding, investigations, staff screening and mystery shopping services. Ian Mason has wide experience of the technology sector and a background in manned guarding. He has worked in retail environments to reduce stock losse...

Mitie, the facilities management company, and its partner Lone Worker Solutions have been awarded a contract to protect employees of Essex County Council (ECC) when they are working alone or out of sight of colleagues. ECC is one of the UK's biggest councils, employing approximately 37,000 staff. Their services include: education, social care, waste and recycling, transport and highways, libraries, and leisure and tourism. Many of the employees delivering these services work by themselves, and often in challenging customer-facing roles. ECC is working with Mitie and its specialist partner...

Securitas are pleased to announce that their Head of Learning & Development in the UK, Emily O’Mahony, has won a coveted BSIA Chairman’s Award for 2016. The Awards, held annually, recognise individuals and organisations that have made a special contribution to training, community, export, the industry or standards. They are presented at a prestigious ceremony at the BSIA Annual Luncheon, this year held at the London Hilton on Park Lane on 12th July. Since joining Securitas UK in November 2014, Emily has led the business’s revitalised focus on the training and development of its ...

Incentive FM, the UK’s leading independent facilities company, has been awarded a £2 million, three-year contract to provide security and cleaning at Angel Central Shopping Centre in Islington, London. Under the conditions of the agreement, which was awarded by leading property company CBRE, Incentive FM will be responsible for all cleaning and security at the 150,000 square foot open-air shopping centre which also has a late night music venue and numerous restaurants. A team of 6 cleaners will operate 7 days a week from 5am - 11pm to deliver high levels of cleanliness and the 12-strong...

Abloy UK has supplied Electricity North West with 3,300 CLIQ® cylinders and padlocks, 10,800 mechanical padlocks and cylinders; and over 40 CLIQ® programming devices in order to secure over 23 terawatt hours of electricity. Project Electricity North West Limited Type: Utility provider Location: North-West England, UK CLIQ® devices installed: 3,300 CLIQ® cylinders and padlocks and 10,800 mechanical padlocks and cylinders; over 40 CLIQ® programming devices ASSA ABLOY brand: ABLOY UK Challenge Electricity North West Limited is the distribution network operator for the North-West,...

Broadgate Estates has appointed Ultimate Security Services, the provider of a range of integrated security solutions, as its new partner for manned guarding services at two of its developments - More London and London Bridge City, in a £4m per annum, three-year deal. The contract, which has a two-year extension, will see Ultimate Security consolidate manned guarding operations at the two sites, which includes the Mayor of London building. Both facilities are currently serviced by two different contractors, so a key driver in the tender specification was to consolidate manned guarding ope...

Incentive Lynx Security, part of Incentive FM Group, has made two senior appointments designed to support its growing portfolio whilst targeting its next phase of development. Ryan Cox has been appointed as Associate Director – Operations, with a remit to support existing prestigious contracts such as The Kings Cross Development, 30 St Mary Axe, Paddington Central and The Leadenhall Building. Ryan entered the private security industry in 2011 following a sixteen-year career with Kent Police. His most recent role was Head of Security at Covent Garden. Paul Beard joins the company as Assoc...

Cordant Services has been awarded ‘preferred supplier’ status following a competitive tender via Carillion Rail. This announcement further extends the long established relationship between Cordant Services and other parts of the Carillion Group. Initially the new agreement will see Cordant provide bespoke security solutions across various Crossrail sites to ensure that all Carillion equipment is fully secured and monitored. This will involve the supply of manned guarding for various stations and implementation of security technology across these sites. Existing Security staff based on...