Security

Apleona HSG Facility Management UK has renewed its contract with Electricity North West to provide cleaning, security and technical maintenance services.

Ward Security has been chosen to provide security and risk management at a new building in Farringdon bordering the City of London.

Equans has secured positions on all three lots of the East Shires Purchasing Organisation’s (ESPO) Total Facilities Management Framework (676).

OCS Group UK has been selected as the official security personnel provider at the  Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Boden Group has renewed and extended its contract to manage building facilities for Premier Rugby club Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park stadium in Devon.

AM Services Group has won a security contract at The Merrion Centre shopping centre in the Arena Quarter area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, with Town Centre Securities (TCS) plc.

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Security services specialist Orbis Protect has finalised a management buyout with its investment partners to support the next stage of its growth strategy.

Bidvest Noonan has signed an agreement with Twenty20 Capital to purchase UK cleaning and security services Cordant Services for an undisclosed sum.

ICTS UK & Ireland has extended its security contracts with Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in Surrey and Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in South London. 

ICTS UK & Ireland has been awarded a contract to provide security services at Wycombe and Amersham hospitals for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. 

Key UK government security outsourcer G4S has finally been acquired by North American security and FM business Allied Universal at a purchase price of £3.8 billion.