MITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcer, has won a £3 million security contract with Essar Oil (UK) Ltd, part of Essar Energy, the integrated energy company. The contract was awarded to MITIE’s total security management business following a competitive tender process where MITIE presented its approach to delivering integrated and risk-based security services. MITIE was chosen based on its experience of working in high-risk environments, such as the oil and gas industry and its specialist knowledge of the critical national infrastructure and defence sectors. The contract will involve MIT...

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals has ranked ISS as the #1 on its annual list of the world’s best outsourcing service providers – The Global Outsourcing 100. ISS, a leading global facility services provider, has been ranked number one on the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) annual ranking of the world’s best outsourcing companies. “We are very proud and deeply honoured that IAOP has recognised ISS as the world’s best outsourcing company,” said Jeff Gravenhorst, ISS Group CEO. He continued: “We take the ranking as a v...

A new multi million pound deal to provide soft services to a Land Securities shopping centre has been secured by Europa. The three year deal, worth in excess of £2.2million, sees Europa deliver cleaning and security to the Galleria outlet centre in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The 325,000 sq ft centre, which is home to over 85 shops and restaurants and an Odeon cinema with parking for 1750 vehicles, is the latest edition to Europa’s Retail portfolio. Europa already works in partnership with Land Securities to deliver services at Westgate shopping centre in Oxford and Princesshey in E...

Local MP Stephen Timms has thanked G4S, the UK’s leading private security company, for its support at the Newham Jobs Fair last week held in Upton Park, home of West Ham United Football Club. The MP has heralded the event on Thursday as a “runaway success”. The Jobs Fair is an initiative organised by Mr Timms, MP for East Ham, and Lyn Brown, MP for West Ham, with the aim of introducing jobseekers to potential employers, helping them apply for roles and aiding them in accessing careers advice. G4S Secure Solutions was represented at the packed event by Operations Manager Jonny Rose and...

Incentive Lynx Security, the security services arm of the Incentive FM Group, has been selected by Green Park, the premier business park in the Thames Valley, to be its partner for the provision of manned security guarding services. The three-year contract sees Incentive Lynx Security providing Green Park with building and estate security, control room management, building receptionist services and mobile patrols. One of the largest managed environments in Europe, Green Park, owned by Oxford Properties, combines first class business amenities for occupiers within an attractive landscape. T...

MITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing company, announced recently, it is launching a Piaggio MP3 300 LT Touring bike, set to significantly reduce the company’s response times around the capital. The bike will be used by MITIE’s total security management business to service its mobile response customers in London. It will be dedicated to responding to alarm activations, meaning a MITIE team will be able to arrive much more quickly to secure clients’ buildings. The time benefits at stake are considerable. A recent test of a journey from Chigwell to central London took...

Last Friday G4S security officers were presented with the prestigious BSIA Award for Best Regional Team (South West) in recognition of their work at the Hinkley Point C nuclear new build site in Somerset. At the on-site presentation Trevor Elliott, the BSIA’s Director of Manpower and Membership Services, handed the award to Luke Pearce, popular G4S senior team leader at Hinkley Point C. Also there to celebrate the team’s achievements were John Whitwam, Managing-Director of Security Services at G4S, and Director of Gurkha Services Noah Price. The Hinkley Point C officers from ...

MITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing company, announced today that they have been awarded a five year contract valued at £15 million with Nottinghamshire Healthcare, the leading healthcare service provider. Nottinghamshire Healthcare provides a range of integrated healthcare services, spanning mental health, learning disability and community care, with over 8,800 employees in the Nottinghamshire area. MITIE will deliver a number of FM services in high-secure and challenging environments, including reactive breakdowns, engineering maintenance, and fabric maintenance activit...

Global risk management and security specialist, Pilgrims Group Limited, has appointed John McCaffery as Director for the Middle East following the company’s continued expansion in the region. McCaffery will head up the company’s new Dubai office, where Pilgrims’ offering includes risk management and operational consultancy services as well as corporate training in risk management, crisis management and business continuity planning. He will continue to grow the Pilgrims brand in the Middle East, particularly within Iraq in the oil and gas and EPCM markets. “Dubai is the regional base...

G4S Secure Solutions’ Ulster Bank Team has won the BSIA’s Best Team Award in the Northern Ireland Region at a ceremony on Friday. The Ulster Bank Team, from around the UK, won the award for their outstanding work as a part of G4S’ contract with the Royal Bank of Scotland. The award-winning close-knit team is made up of G4S employees Luis Martin Renderio (earlier winner of the BSIA’s Outstanding Regional Act Award), Emma Cook, Shaun O’Connell, Nicola Semple, Matthew Balura, Matthew Stanley, Patricia O’Keefe and Jenny Jarecki, who all jumped into action when RBS experienced a system...