G4S achieves highest praise in youth prison report
Prison inspectors have lavished the highest praise on a young offenders’ institute run by security giant G4S. An exemplary report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) says Parc Young Offenders Institute (YOI) is ‘arguably the best performing YOI in the country’ and ‘is setting a standard for the management of children and young people […]
Tim Kendall appointed as new Managing Director of G4S
G4S Secure Solutions UK, an Allied Universal company, has announced the appointment of Tim Kendall, current SVP of Enterprise Accounts, Allied Universal North America, as Managing Director of G4S Secure Solutions UK. Fiona Walters, Regional CEO for UK&I, Allied Universal – International said: “Tim has had a long and successful career with G4S since joining […]
Allied Telesis partners with G4S at IFSEC Global to showcase safety and security solutions
Allied Telesis, a provider of hardware and software products that allow customers to build secure, feature-rich and scalable data exchange solutions, will be exhibiting at IFSEC Global 2022, 17-19 May, The UK’s largest and longest-running security event. Visitors to stand IF2830, will be able to learn about Allied Telesis’ full spectrum of network security and […]
Exclusive: How security for real estate is changing
Security in the commercial property sector is changing – Noah Price, Head of the G4S Academy, provides an overview including how advances in technology will not only help businesses stay ahead of the evolving threats, but will also help support CSR goals, such as sustainability. The impact of COVID-19 COVID is accelerating changes in work […]
G4S selected to provide security for Europe’s largest nuclear decommissioning project
G4S Secure Solutions UK, an Allied Universal Company, has been awarded a £24m contract with Magnox Ltd, which manages one of the largest nuclear reactor decommissioning programmes in Europe. The new contract will see G4S provide security services for the nuclear Shared Service Alliance, a complex consortium comprising 21 sites across the UK. Commencing in […]
G4S Secure Solutions UK acquires TSS (Total Security Services)
G4S Secure Solutions UK, an Allied Universal company, has announced the acquisition of TSS (Total Security Services), strengthening its position as a major UK provider of security services. G4S and TSS both have long and deep experience in security, strong corporate values that complement each other and a central focus on providing service excellence for […]
Security threats and the best practice to stay one step ahead
Noah Price, Head of the G4S Academy, provides an overview of the security threats faced by many businesses and organisations with a useful outline of how to stay one step ahead through best practice. Terrorism With the current threat to the UK from terrorism rated as ‘substantial’, meaning that an attack is likely, terrorism is one […]
Exclusive: Far from a normal career
Noah Price, Head of G4S Academy UK and Ireland outlines how the role of security officers has changed significantly. There was a time – not too long ago, certainly within my career – when the question “what are guarding services?”, or more broadly “what does a security officer do?” could be met with a reasonably […]
Exclusive: An ever-evolving monitoring landscape
The monitoring and response landscape is forever evolving to become more effective, more efficient and to stay ahead of threats – because they never stop evolving. As Head of Monitoring Operations for G4S in the UK and Ireland, I’ve seen sites of all shapes and sizes greatly improve the security of their employees and assets […]