Manned Guarding / Security

Front-of-house specialist SmartSec Solutions has been appointed by Colliers International to oversee security at 10 Old Bailey in the City of London.   

Mercury Security & Facilities Management (MSFM) Northern Ireland’s largest independent FM and security provider, has been awarded a contract by retailer Homebase.

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

Facilities management provider Incentive FM has renewed three existing retail centre contracts with long-term client British Land – and won a new deal at a shopping park near Manchester. 

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.

Business protection company Expeditious Services has won a place on Fusion21’s Workplace and Facilities £1.1billion, four-year procurement framework.

Axis Group has won a contract with property consultancy BNP Paribas Real Estate to deliver front-of-house and security services at 77 Coleman Street in the City of London.

Security experts are advising businesses and FMs to ensure that vacant or minimally occupied buildings are kept safe and secure in the wake of increased security threats.

Reading-based Q3 Services Group has expanded its range of self-delivered services to include security. 

The Covid-19 lockdown could be eased during late spring, but security challenges will not end then for businesses, warns Steve Frost, an integrated solution specialist with G4S Academy in the UK and Ireland.

ndependent regulator the Takeover Panel is to supervise a resolution to end the long-running bidding war for G4S security services. 

Carlisle Security Services has extended its 20-year partnership with Merseyrail to provide passenger safety measures until 2023.