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Young offenders take part in Tate Liverpool Exhibition

Using words and icons to help express what family means to them, artwork created by children from HMYOI Parc has been exhibited at the iconic Tate Liverpool. 

Health Services Devon & Cornwall Custody Team win inaugural prestigious award

G4S custody team wins award for ground-breaking support for vulnerable patients

G4S partners with OneBanks in shared branch banking venture

G4S, the UK’s leader in secure cash management, is partnering with OneBanks, the shared branch banking innovator, to enable banking customers to pay bills, deposit and withdraw notes and coins at OneBanks shared banking kiosks, currently being trialed in the UK. 

Restarting Cash: Giving customers the choice of how they pay

As coronavirus restrictions in the UK are steadily lifted and people and businesses try to return to normality with face-to-face transactions, it is evident that many people still prefer to pay with cash when they have the choice. The G4S Cash Solutions team have been working hard up and down the country to meet the increasing demand again in the cash cycle.

G4S chosen to support over 100,000 people to find work

G4S has been chosen as the provider in the North-West of England to deliver the UK Government’s Restart Scheme, which gives long-term unemployed people important support to help them get back into work.

New fleet of electric vehicles to protect the environment

G4S cash vehicles make thousands of essential journeys in the UK every year to keep cash moving between people, businesses and banks. Now, an investment in clean electric vehicles will help to reduce the impact of these necessary journeys on the environment. 

Safe return of events: Covid-19 is not the only threat

G4S event security experts explain what threats and challenges event organisers will have to consider as Covid-19 restrictions lift in the UK.

The community recruitment strategy behind G4S's COVID-19 testing site rollout

As part of the UK government’s COVID-19 testing plan, G4S has set up dozens of testing sites. How is a concerted effort to hire locals at each site helping make testing friendlier, safer and more effective?  

Protests, theft and lone working biggest security threats to Utilities in 2021

Steve Frost, Integrated Solution Specialist from G4S Academy, UK and Ireland, discusses the security threats that utilities companies should prepare for in 2021

G4S Pay Shortlisted for ACS Technology Showcase

The recently launched cash, card and digital payment solution G4S Pay has been shortlisted by the Association of Convenience Stores to be presented at their Technology Showcase in February. 

G4S will be UK’s first major cash services provider to arrange card and digital payment solutions

Businesses in the UK will be able to streamline their cash flow and efficiently manage their payments through G4S, as G4S Cash Solutions launches G4S Pay and becomes the first major UK cash company to be able to arrange cash, card and digital payment solutions.

G4S wins 10-year UK contract to run the new HM Prison Five Wells

G4S announces that, following a competitive tender, its UK Care and Rehabilitation business has won a 10-year contract to operate the new HM Prison Five Wells in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK.

Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier’s workforce protected by all-purpose Emergency Response Team

HMS Queen Elizabeth (QNLZ) and HMS Prince of Wales (PWLS), the largest warships ever built for the Royal Navy, were constructed by thousands of people at Babcock’s secure site in Rosyth, north of Edinburgh. A team of specialist security officers trained to fight fires, deliver first aid, navigate confined spaces and rescue at height, protected workers throughout the assembly and commissioning phases.

Independent monitors report detainee safety is ‘paramount’ at Gatwick IRCs

The Independent Monitoring Boards at G4S-managed Brook House Immigration Removal Centres have published reports which praise efforts directed towards providing a safe environment for detainees and staff. 

Young people feel safe at Oakhill STC, says new Ofsted report

An Ofsted inspection report found that young people at Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC) “feel safe” and highlights that the trainees “have benefited in significant ways from their support and experience of care at Oakhill.”

Is 'normalisation' the key to prisoner rehabilitation in the UK?

HMP Oakwood has opened six new family visiting rooms to enhance the relationship between prisoners, their families and significant others to help reduce reoffending.

Security with a smile: how G4S Ambassadors bring together customer experience and security 

An innovative and award-winning G4S security and customer service solution first launched for banking customers in Scotland has been expanded to London.

G4S publishes UK Gender Pay Gap Report for 2018

Today G4S has published its UK Gender Pay Gap Report for 2018.

HMP Birmingham agreement

G4S announces that by mutual agreement with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) it will permanently transfer the management of HMP Birmingham to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) with effect from 1 July 2019.

Response to asylum accommodation contract announcement

G4S's response following the award of the new asylum accommodation contracts by the Home Office