Securitas UK employees were recognised at an event at The Belfry Hotel and Resort, near Sutton Coldfield on Thursday, September 15.
Now in its seventh year, the Securitas UK Annual Community Awards 2016 event welcomed 40 finalists, selected from the company’s year round awards, to recognise them for their work over the past 12 months.
The finalists and their guests were joined by customers and event sponsors. The finalists have been selected by the awards’ sponsors from hundreds of nominations submitted over the year, and winners for each of the ten award categories were announced on the night.
The winners included those who used their quick thinking and training to protect their customers’ businesses, keeping staff and members of the public safe and even saving lives; those who applied their expertise to delight our customers by going over and above or improving processes and systems; and a team who mobilised an operation of 400 security officers, so that a tourist attraction remained secure and open to visitors.
Securitas points also to its strategy to move all employees to the National Living Wage by 2020 while determining to work against a trend of blending these critical protective services with other less crucial services, such as catering and cleaning.
Brian Riis Nielsen, Securitas UK Country President said: “Another great opportunity to recognise and reward our people, who go beyond the call of duty to deliver an excellent service to our customers. Our employees are having an impact in every type of role, with every type of customer, not only dealing with security threats but making a difference to their community, customers and colleagues, and often dealing with life-changing situations. Our company is focused solely on security and safety and that means our people become experts in their work. I am exceptionally proud of our employees who really do go over and above in the jobs they do.”
A Securitas Good Customer Award was presented to Astra Zeneca. This is to reward those customers who have contributed to an improvement in the standards and perception of the security industry as a whole.
The evening raised £3,080 for this year’s dedicated charity, Wooden Spoon (the Children’s Charity of Rugby), funding projects across the UK and Ireland to support disadvantaged and disabled children. The money was raised through a charity auction on the night, with donation matching by Securitas.
Winners
Community – Martin Hudson
Core Values – Matthew Gabb
Helpfulness – Sandra Shand
Innovation – Ben Sanders and Aaron Windle
Integrity – Richard Lenton
Leadership – Bayonle Bamidele
Safety First – Adrian Hollinghurst and Shaun Miller
Outstanding Act – Yam Bahadur Pun, Bishnu Limbu and Preston Stuart Fosbraey
Vigilance – Norman Johns
Team – The National Gallery Team
Thanks
The security firm thanks supporters of the awards who included Marks & Spencer plc, Innovise, The Fire Service College, London Fire Brigade, [email protected], Axis Communications, Hutchison Technologies Ltd, University of Hertfordshire, British American Tobacco and P&MM Sodexo.
