After 162 years of dedication to their social purpose, built on a desire to help war veterans into gainful employment, Corps Security are now celebrating their recently awarded Social Enterprise status. Since their inception in 1859 they have followed, what we now term, the triple bottom line ethos of ‘people, planet, purpose’. That’s over a century and a half of social value. Achieving Social Enterprise status acknowledges the good work that...

*Press Release* Corps Security has launched its Manned Guarding Savings Calculator to help businesses rightsize their security provision as they plan the return to workplace reoccupation. Facilities or security professionals simply input their manned guarding hourly charge rate and the number of security hours into the calculator and it shows how security costs could be significantly reduced by integrating security monitoring solutions with traditiona...

Paul Lotter, Managing Director for Corps Security discusses the importance of recognising the contributions of security in the wake of the pandemic and why Thank Your Security Officer Day is important. This Thursday marks Thank Your Security Officer Day, the second annual day of recognition for security officers run by Corps Security. It falls during a wider international week of recognition: Security Officer Appreciation Week and it couldn...

Corps Security has just released the findings of a new report, conducted under commission by Perpetuity Research, on why security officers have one of the highest death rates from Covid-19. This report follows the announcement in May by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) that the death rate among security officers Is 45.7 deaths per 100,000 people, one of the highest in the UK.

The...

Corps Security, formally named the Corps of Commissionaires, is well-known for its’ long history which dates back to 1859 when it was established to help ex-servicemen returning from the Crimean War. In order to ensure that this history is preserved, Corps Security has announced that they will be digitising their history and have hired London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) archivist Dorota Pomorska-Dawid.

Ms. Pomorska-Dawid has be...

After a competitive tender process, Corps Security has won a 5-year contract to continue providing a variety of services to Wallsall College near Birmingham. The scope of this contract covers all four campuses and includes manned guarding, control room operations, manned patrols, front of house services and student assistance.

The above-listed services will be carried out by a team of 1...

160-year-old security provider, Corps Security, is scheduled to participate in this year’s National Service of Remembrance March Past to be held this Sunday at the Cenotaph. Every year this march is held to keep the memory alive of those who have fought for and in many cases, died for, Britain.

Corps Security pays special reverence to this type of event given that it was founded as th...

Corps Security, has announced the successful win of a £3.6m annual contract for the provision of security services.

The five-year contract in with Tata Steel Europe and will cover multiple sites across the UK. Tata Steel is one of Europe’s largest steel producers, having operations in 26 countries and a commercial presence in over 50.

The contract will see ...

Corps Security has created the role of Mobilisation and Transformation manager to which they have appointed long-time security industry mainstay, Fred Lambrechts. Mr. Lambrechts will make use of his many years of experience in the industry to further develop Corps Security's integrated manned guarding and monitoring solution.

While having worked as the National Operations Manager at Interserve, L...

NEW CITY SECURITY COUNCIL FORMED TO IMPROVE CRISIS RESPONSE

A collective of premier security companies have formed the City Security Council (CSC) in order to better support the City of London Police in times of major crisis and emergency incidents. Over the last 12 months, key security businesses have collaborated to gather ideas and agree a CSC charter that standardises effective and eff...