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.
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The security industry has been fundamentally changed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The role of the security officer has moved from being invisible and seen by some as unskilled to being right...
During the Covid-19 pandemic, security officers have been performing critical roles in hospitals, food distribution warehouses, and supermarkets around the country without the wide-recognition afforded those they have been working shoulder to shoulder with. They have also been protecting the closed stores, empty office buildings and factories against would-be looters ensuring that we have something to reopen when t...
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.Â
Recent research released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that security officers are more likely than other occupa...
On the 13th of May 2020, UK based security and FM company, the Axis Group, announced that they have signed on the C-19 Business Pledge. The aim of this initiative is for industry and academia to cooperate in doing their most to help staff, clients and community stakeholders during the Coronavirus pandemic.
The initiative was launched by former UK Cabinet Minister, Justine...
On Monday the 11th 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...
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...
On Thursday the 26th of March, the British Security Industry Association’s Skills for Security called on the government to guarantee funding for independent training providers to help them mitigate damage caused by the Covid-19 outbreak.
This action is in response to the Department of Education’s guidance released on Monday which stipulates that their policy â...
