Mitie has won a new one-year contract to manage 175 Regional and Local Coronavirus Test Sites and 105 Mobile Testing Units (MTUs) across England, Scotland and Wales following a competitive retender. The new contract, worth up to £365 million over the year, will have the option to extend for up to six more months and is part of Mitie’s efforts to support the UK’s fight against Coronavirus. Over the past year, Mitie has been delivering cleaning, clinical wast...

In his first editorial for Infologue.com, Amulet Security Managing Director, Darren Read discusses the importance of soft skills that security officers will need to deploy in the face of potentially aggressive or threatening behaviour from building occupants and customers in a post-lockdown world.  Security officers are so much more than simply a guard at the front door. That’s been the case for years now, and the industry reaction to the COVID-19 p...

On July 7^th 2020, Mitie announced that it would be providing security and waste management services to 12 NHS Coronavirus Testing Centres, an increase of 7 on the 5 that they already cover. These centres are distributed through the country and include Ashford, Newbury, Gloucester, Salisbury, Ramsgate, Ebbw Vale and Deeside. The opening dates for the sites were as follows:   Beehive Park and Ride in Salisbury - 30 May 2020 Hempstead Meado...

Corps Security CEO, Mike Bullock, discusses why the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has security officers so high up on the list of death rates from Covid-19 and the importance of protecting security staff from these risks. 

Recent research released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that security officers are more likely than other occupa...

On Monday the 11^th of May 2020, the Churchill group launched a new Coronavirus tracking application via their digital platform, Mo:dus. The aim of this app is to help trace and curb the proliferation of Covid-19 in the UK.

Churhill employees will be encouraged to report any symptoms on a daily basis, following which the app will share the government’s self-isolation guidance whi...

In these troubling times it has been truly inspirational to witness the efforts of organisations throughout the construction and security sectors in building the NHS Nightingale Hospital at ExCeL London. As an integral part of this massive collaborative feat, Wilson James used its security and logistics expertise to help create a facility that will treat those seriously ill with coronavirus.

The Chief Executive of the Security Industry Authority has released a statement with regards to Security Officers and whether they are considered to be Critical Workers during the Covid-19 Crisis. Please find the full un-edited statement below:

"On Monday, 23 March the Prime Minister announced further instructions to the British public to combat the spread of Coronaviru...