International total facilities management provider OCS has won a one-year extension to its contract with Cwm Taf NHS Trust to provide manned guarding services at the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant and St Tydfil's Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil. The contract includes the provision of security services to the three hospitals, including the A&E wards. It also covers the monitoring of the maternity ward, baby security tagging, car park monitoring and key holding/activation services. Darrell Jones, Regional Operations Manager, said: �...

Interserve, the international support services and construction group, is set to smash the target for its Yukon River Quest in aid of the forces’ charity Help For Heroes by over £50,000 as its two teams return successfully from their epic Canadian adventure. The Yukon River Quest, known as ‘The Race For The Midnight Sun,’ is the longest annual kayak and canoe race in the world and in its 15th year. Fifteen intrepid paddlers from Interserve made up two teams to undertake the mammoth feat, rowing 715 km from Whitehorse to Dawson City against 66 other crews from across the globe....

ISS Facility Services Landscaping and charity Gardening Leave are teaming up this summer to help provide more Armed Forces veterans across London with horticultural therapy. In the run up to Armed Forces Day (29 June) and Seafarers Awareness Week (24th – 30th June), Gardening Leave, which offers gardening therapy sessions for veterans with combat related mental health issues, has opened its first ever outreach project at Community Housing and Therapy’s (CHT) Home Base project for psychologically traumatised veterans in East Acton. ISS, the UK’s largest grounds maintenance se...

The OCS security and cleaning team at the busy Borough Parade shopping centre in Chippenham, Wiltshire were today presented with Above and Beyond the Call of Duty (ABCD) Awards by Councillor Sylvia Gibson, Chippenham’s Mayor, in recognition of their excellent work in keeping the centre clean, safe and secure. The ABCD Awards to Rob and Dan (security) and Billy and John (cleaning) recognise their individual and collective actions over more than two years. The two cleaners have demonstrated involvement and commitment, maintaining the high standards of the centre and contributing to a ...

Prime Minister thanks G4S for security at G8 Summit Infologue.com has learnt that Eric Alexander, Managing Director of G4S Events, was thanked by the Prime Minister at a private reception in Downing Street last night for the work G4S carried out in securing the G8 Summit last week. The Prime Minister's private reception at Number 10 was a 'thank you' to those involved with the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland last Monday and Tuesday. In his speech to the attendees, the Prime Minister specifically thanked G4S for its successful security services. G4S employees Adriaan Brynard an...

  G4S has launched the world's first global mining-specific security training programme, as part of a drive to support the up-skilling of its workforce, whilst creating a sustainable business model for the future The programme, which began earlier this year, provides far-reaching security training covering a diverse range of specific operational mining industry issues, including conflict management, CCTV control room operations and management and response team operations. G4S employs 18,000 specialist mining security personnel across the globe and the intention is to hav...

MITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing company, has been recognised by the Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals (AHCP) for “Working in Partnership” with Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust. AHCP is the professional association for healthcare cleaning in the UK and Ireland. Their annual awards, which took place in Bolton last week, distinguish the best cleaning teams in the healthcare sector. A team from MITIE’s Facilities Management business, which provides cleaning services to Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust, was nominated for the award following ...

Fifteen intrepid rowers from Interserve, the international support services and construction group, are testing their endurance for the second year running as they head off from Heathrow today for the gruelling 715 km Yukon River Quest in Canada  - all in a bid to raise £100,000 for the forces’ charity, Help for Heroes. Joining forces with Bath Rugby coach Neal Hatley, the two Interserve teams will be each crewing a 26 ft Voyager canoe, with the aim of completing the race, now in its 15th year, in under 50 hours. Competing against 66 other crews from across the world, the team will begin...

The latest name in aviation security has been established with the intention of providing specialised security services, whilst effectively anticipating and meeting present and future security threats, within aviation. It is committed to ensuring that its clients’ requirements are met, a specialised level of service is provided and innovation is constantly present at the forefront of its thinking. At the heart of the business is a team of experienced, consummate professionals, all driven by a desire and passion to make a difference through the deployment of high quality aviation security s...

ISS Facilities Services has won a one year contract to deliver manned guarding to RK Harrison Group Limited. Both companies share a long and distinguished history and have won accolades in their respective fields; RK Harrison is the current Insurance Broker of the Year (Insurance Insider Honours 2012), whilst ISS has recently been named the World’s Top Outsourcing Company by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). Under the new contract, ISS is delivering 24/7 security guarding services including patrols, control room and reception services to RK Harrison�...