Lincolnshire based award winning security firm ProTouch Security Ltd. will have a valid reason to celebrate as the clock chimes midnight on 31st December, thanks to their most successful year yet. Established in 2008, the security company will be able to look back on the last twelve months that’s seen them not only handle an element of security for the Olympic Games in London, and the Olympic torch relay in the region, but also secure contracts at major UK festivals, as well as expand into three divisions - ProTouch Security, ProTouch Staff and ProTouch Supplies. “2012 has been an absolu...

It will be one of the most photographed Christmas trees in the world, so it’s important that everything is in full working order. And it's been left to MITIE engineer Winston Haywood from our Technical Facilities Management team to individually check all 600 bulbs that will be used to light up the 70ft tree that wil be switched on in London’s Trafalgar Square on Thursday evening. The lights will then stay on 24 hours a day until midnight on the Twelfth Night (January 6). The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree arrived in the capital on Monday after a 700-mile journey from Oslo, No...

After months of dedicated training, a team of 75 employees from ISS Facility Services UK, completed the 17miles (40,000 steps) of the High Peak Winter Trail to raise funds for ISS UK’s corporate charity, the British Heart Foundation. Over 600 walkers took part in this hike for the British Heart Foundation (BHT), with Team ISS entering the biggest team from a commercial organisation.  ISS UK expects to raise over £10,000 from the event to help the BHF in the organisations’ pioneering work. Early in the morning, with the temperature at minus three degrees Celsius, the walke...

Paramount Group, Africa’s largest privately owned defence and aerospace company has expanded its business into South America, in a sign of significant international growth for the company, and following successful trials of its armoured vehicles with a number of police forces in the region. Paramount Group has announced a strategic partnership with pioneering Argentinean defence and homeland security company, Codesur, in an agreement based on shared technology and a regional programme to introduce Paramount Group’s security and land systems, electronic and aerospace systems to Latin Ameri...

Telenor, a leading international provider of tele, data and media communication services, and ISS, a leading global provider of facility services, have entered into a strategic partnership where ISS will be delivering Integrated Facility Services (IFS) to most of Telenor’s operations throughout the Nordic countries. The new contract, signed with Telenor Real Estate, includes delivery of property and support services, cleaning, catering, security as well as facility management to more than 5,000 offices, buildings and telecommunications installations in the Nordic countries. The...

Two of MITIE’s employees have been recognised for excellence at the PFM and BEST Training awards, reinforcing the importance the company places on developing talent. Antony Law, a regional operations manager in maintenance and engineering, won Young Manager of the Year at this year’s Premises and Facilities Management (PFM) Awards. Reece Sandy, an apprentice, was awarded the under 18 Building Services Apprentice of the Year at the London and South East Building Engineering Service Training (BEST) Awards. Antony’s highly competitive award recognises management potential among facilit...

Interserve Plc (the Company), the international support services and construction group, announces today, that it has entered into a conditional agreement with the trustee of the Pension Scheme (the Trustee), to transfer its remaining interest in a portfolio of 19 PFI assets (the PFI Assets), to the Trustee at a valuation of £55m.* The proposed transfer is conditional upon the approval from the shareholders of Interserve Plc at a General Meeting to be held on 7 January 2013. Key Transaction Highlights The proposed Transaction will: Provide a significant contribution towards the ...

NFL fever descended on London once again this October, with the annual Wembley showdown this year playing host to American Football’s St Louis Rams and New England Patriots. For the sixth year in succession, London-based Integrated Security Consultants (ISC) was called upon to ensure the complete safety and security of the visit. The company demonstrated its breadth of capabilities, managing a complex close protection operation for cheerleaders of both teams, NFL officials and VIPs. ISC also provided event security management for a large fan rally held in Trafalgar Square before the match. ...

Incentive Lynx Security, the security services arm of the Incentive FM Group, has appointed Richard Rafferty as Associate Director – Operations, in a move designed to support its recent and future growth. Richard joins Incentive Lynx from Knightsbridge Guarding where he was responsible for various assignments including the mobilisation and development of security guarding services at the Heron Tower, one of the City of London’s most prestigious office and retail developments. In his new role he will be responsible for assisting in the management of all security operations within the ...

Total facilities management company OCS has won a £2 million contract with MyFerryLink at the port of Dover. The contract covers the highly-specilaised work of mooring and letting go of ferries as well as the onloading and offloading of unaccompanied freight. MyFerryLink is the new ferry operator on the Dover-Calais route and will operate up to 22 crossings daily with their modern, purpose-built fleet of ships. OCS’s Integrated Landside Operations (ILO) team has been working at Dover since April 2009 when the port authority outsourced several services including ferry mooring and linkspan ...