Guarding services

G4S provides a local management resource, which is dedicated to meeting our customers’ business requirements.

To support our nationwide customer base, we operate a national support structure with local management resource to ensure a quick response to any issues.  We adopt the hands-on characteristics of a local company – but one that can call on unmatched resources and expertise, and as such we have dedicated regional divisions in your area.  

Scotland 

North West 

Yorkshire and North East 

Central Region, covering the Midlands and East Anglia

London and South East 

City of London, from the West End through the City and Docklands

South West  

Our product offering is bespoke for each customer; our uniformed teams of security officers undertake a wide range of complementary duties, from patrolling a building and manned guarding to reception and customer service.  We can integrate any electronic security product you need into a complete, tailored solution to meet your security needs. We can offer the highest quality security solutions to address your security needs, whatever your requirement.  Our range of services includes:

Front of house

• Reception and concierge
• Chauffeur services
• Meet and greet services
• Messenger and courier services Crowd management
• Ticket/pass control and issue.

Back office

The role of the security officer can be broadened to take greater advantage of their presence on site.  They may be called upon to carry out a range of everyday routine tasks, for example:

• Mailroom and porters
• General maintenance
• Environmental management (e.g. turning off lights and monitors) 
• CCTV and alarm monitoring
• Lift rescue
• Help desks
• Dispatch and collection
• Fire equipment checks and maintenance
• Contractor management
• Car park/traffic control.  

Covert

Theft by customers, staff, delivery and cleaning personnel happens every day in the UK, running into millions of pounds every year.  Our Covert Services team helps you make an impact on these losses, with discretion and awareness of safety of the public and staff.  Capabilities include:

• Test purchasing
• Staff training
• Undercover staff searches
• Customer and staff profiling
• Behaviour monitoring
• Loss prevention investigation
• Anti-tout teams.
• Control room management and CCTV monitoring

As the largest security company in the UK, we are committed to investing in the development of new technology.  We use state-of-the-art equipment as an integral part of our security solutions to detect and monitor threats that may arise, including CCTV installation and recording, intruder detection and access control.

We are experts in control room management and CCTV operation, and focus on monitoring public space and residential areas.  We also have the capability to deploy a mobile patrol response unit to deal with any incidents that occur.