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  Group 4 Securicor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Group 4 Securicor is the world's second largest security services provider.
Formed by the merger of Securicor and Group 4 Falck in July 2004, it employs 360,000 people across 110 nations and six continents.
Group 4 Securicor also owns the Wackenhut Corporation, a leading provider of security services in North America.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Group_4_Falck   (114 words)

  
 Group 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Group 4 is looking to recruit about 300 people for the new Rye Hill prison on the outskirts of Rugby, including prison officers and teaching, healthcare and catering staff.
Group 4 is being acquired by Falck of Denmark for £550m, in order to create one of the world's leading security groups.
Group 4, the security company, has announced plans to bid for all three of the next round of rail franchises being renegotiated - the Trans Pennine Express, Central Trains, and South West Trains.
www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /group4aa.htm   (84 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | Security concerns boost Group 4
Group 4, which is at the vanguard of global security service privatisation, made a 492m Danish crown (£42m; $66.5m) net profit for the three months to September.
Group 4 is reportedly looking to sell the Woomera asylum seekers detention centre in Australia, which it acquired in the takeover of Wackenhut.
Group 4 also acquired Israel's largest security firm Hashmira, but withdrew its private guards from the West Bank after the legality of their operations was questioned.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/business/2494445.stm   (406 words)

  
 Group 4 Falck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Group 4 Falck is a multinational corporation based in Copenhagen Denmark.
Falck A/S claims to be the largest security guard service provider on Earth.
Group 4 Falck also owns the Wackenhut Corporation a leading provider of security guard services in North America.
www.freeglossary.com /Group_4_Falck   (265 words)

  
 Group 4 Falck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Group 4 Falck appointed as RSO for Denmark
Group 4 Falck appointed as RSO for Norway
Group 4 Falck can now show results that support their efforts to become one of the world's leading suppliers of Anti Terrorist Measures and general safety on ships and in ports.
www.group4falckmaritime.com /09_news.htm   (885 words)

  
 Group 4 Falck A/S and The Wackenhut Corporation: A report on the merger situation
G4F announced the acquisition of TWC on 8 March 2002, stating that this was part of its strategy to become a global provider of security and security-related services.
G4F had announced at the time of the acquisition that it intended to sell its shareholding in WCC on the grounds that its core business was security and safety services, not custodial and correctional services.
G4F told us that financial and legal advisers had been appointed to handle the sale of its interest in WCC and that the disposal was intended to be completed before Christmas 2002.
www.competition-commission.org.uk /rep_pub/reports/2002/471group4.htm   (1469 words)

  
 Corporate Watch : Group 4 Falck : Corporate Crimes
Group 4 Falck’s role in privatisation, and the mismanagement of privatised sectors can in itself be seen as a corporate crime.
In education, Group 4 won a £12 million contract in 1996 to administer the inspection of up to 20,000 nursery schools and playgroups participating in the then Conservative government’s controversial nursery voucher scheme.34 The NUT and teachers groups were sceptical about Group 4’s suitability35.
Group 4 was at the centre of a corruption scandal at the European Commission in Brussels.
www.corporatewatch.org.uk /?lid=340   (2777 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Group 4 security firm pulls guards out of West Bank
The security conglomerate Group 4 Falck, which pioneered the private contracting of detention facilities and prisons in Britain, has decided to withdraw the private guards employed by one of its offshoots at Israeli settlements in the West Bank after the Guardian raised questions about their behaviour and the legality of their role.
Group 4 Falck, based in Denmark, paid $30m in March for a 50% stake in Hashmira, Israel's largest private security company.
Group 4 Falck asserts that it works ethically, "both nationally and internationally on the basis of principles regarding such issues as human rights, racism and child labour".
www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,807093,00.html   (1263 words)

  
 Group 4 Falck Technology
Group 4 Falck Technology is one of the only institutional security companies focused on content; this uniquely positions us to develop products and alternatives to this unconventional, dynamic sector.
Group 4 Falck Technology's experience with and participation in the industry provides a singular level of knowledge and understanding of its clients' businesses that cannot be matched by traditional firms.
Group 4 Falck Technology considers its clients members of its family and seeks to provide value through its international consortium of partners, and affiliates.
www.group4.ca /2Intrgrtd.html   (215 words)

  
 Corporate Watch : Group 4 Falck : Overview
Group 4 Falck is better known in the UK as Group 4, a name which has come to be associated with incompetence and failure.
In 1981 the activities of the Sørensen family were split up into Securitas AB (the Swedish activities) and the Group 4 group (the rest of the European activities).
Group 4 has been one of the benefactors of the UK privatisation policy during the 90s.
www.corporatewatch.org.uk /?bid=45   (736 words)

  
 Print Article: Detention centre deal under attack   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Group 4 Falck had underbid the present management firm, Australian Correctional Management (ACM), in tendering for a new contract that included improved management controls at the facilities, Mr Ruddock said.
Group 4 Falck bought ACM's parent company, Wackenhut Corporation, in May, but the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission insisted that they continue to operate autonomously to satisfy competition rules.
The Copenhagen-based Group 4 Falck is the second-largest security firm in the world, operating detention centres in Britain, the Port Phillip prison in Victoria and the Mount Gambier prison in South Australia.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2002/12/22/1040510965438.html   (385 words)

  
 Group 4 Securicor
Group 4 Falck heeft deze niet nagezien en wijst elke aansprakelijkheid af met betrekking tot alle informatie of materiaal dat is geplaatst op één van de sites die zijn verbonden met deze Website.
Evenmin geeft Group 4 Falck een impliciete of expliciete beoordeling met betrekking tot de exactheid en/of betrouwbaarheid van de informatie die, rechtstreeks of onrechtstreeks, op de websites van derden kan worden gevonden of met betrekking tot de betrouwbaarheid en/of de eerbaarheid van derden.
Desondanks kan Group 4 Falck niet borg staan voor de nauwkeurigheid, de adequaatheid, de volledigheid, de tijdloosheid of de geschiktheid voor een bepaald doel van de informatie en het materiaal die deze Website bevat of waarnaar wordt verwezen of de betrouwbaarheid en de eerbaarheid van hun bronnen.
www.group4.be /page.asp?LID=1&T=Legal   (1049 words)

  
 BBC News | BUSINESS | Surviving the jokes: Group 4 Falck
Group 4 Falck was running the centre, which only opened last November, under contract to the Home Office.
Group 4 Falck, which has a turnover of about £1.5bn, is the world's second largest provider of security and related services.
Group 4 first became an entity in 1968 when it was founded by Jørgen Philip-Sørensen, a member of the Swedish family that set up Securitas.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/1822528.stm   (696 words)

  
 Group 4 Securicor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Група 4 Секюритас /България/ е оперативна фирма на международната компания Group 4 Securicor.
се състоя ІІІ-тият Национален семинар на „Група 4 Секюритас /България/” ООД.
Group 4 Falck и Securicor извършиха сливане, създавайки нов глобален лидер на пазара за предлагане на услуги по сигурността.
www.group4securitas.bg   (142 words)

  
 UNI : Group 4 Falck Acquisition in Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Group 4 Falck A/S is taking over Top Control Group, a German security services company with an annual turnover of DKK 55 million and close to 300 employees.
The acquisition brings Group 4 Falck's combined turnover in Germany to approximately DKK 750 million and the number of employees to 2,300.
This means that, as a full-scale provider of security services, Group 4 Falck now has the potential of generating organic growth through efficient product bundling, which will enable Group 4 Falck to differentiate its products from those offered by the most important competitors.
www.union-network.org /uniproperty.nsf/c222fe1674421766c1256b3c00578ea2/1b14cbfab45e35d0c1256a9c001e511f?OpenDocument   (378 words)

  
 Norton Rose - Norton Rose - Group 4 Falck announces disposal of GSL
Group 4 Falck A/S has agreed to sell the entire issued share capital of Global Solutions Limited, its UK based facilities management business, to Englefield Capital and Electra Partners Europe for a total consideration of DKK2,330 million (£207.5 million), payable in cash.
Under the terms of the proposed merger between Group 4 Falck’s security business and Securicor, GSL was to form part of the demerged Falck group together with the rescue and safety business of Group 4 Falck.
Falck will be able to focus on its core business of rescue and safety and GSL will be able to pursue its own focused strategy with a parent committed to helping fund its long-term future.
www.nortonrose.com /news/viewrelease.asp?pressid=1204&ref=722   (437 words)

  
 EGYPT Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Group 4 Falck Egypt is on of the largest security company in the Egypt.
Group 4 Falck Egypt has almost 1,500 employees in 8 governorates throughout the country and is expanding daily
Group 4 Falck Egypt is a partnership between Group 4 Securicor plc represented by Group 4 Gulf, Al Hamed Entreprises and General Sameh Seif Al-Yazal
www.group4falck-eg.com   (198 words)

  
 IRR: Private security firms suggest new removals regime
Group 4 Falck, Britain's biggest immigration detention company, today called for the right to report 'disruptive' detainees to the immigration authorities so that asylum seekers' behaviour in detention be taken into account when decisions on refugee status are made.
David Banks from Group 4 Falck, now the largest private prison 'service provider' in the UK, told the committee that, 'detainees who act in a violent or disruptive manner should have their behaviour taken into account by the immigration authorities and Immigration Adjudicator.
Group 4 was responsible for the Yarl's Wood detention centre when a fire broke out on 14 February 2002.
www.irr.org.uk /2003/january/ha000015.html   (1313 words)

  
 LHMU: Security News: Global campaign defends rights of US security workers - 30 October 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Group 4 Falck has a good relationship with security unions in Europe, and the LHMU is developing a positive relationship with the same company in Australia.
In the UK, in South Africa, in Denmark union security delegates employed at Group 4 Falck have condemned the different way this company treats its US workforce against the way they work with their unionised workforces in other countries.
We wish to strongly condemn your organisation's behaviour in the US and call upon you and the Australian management team to request that Group 4 Falck in the US take steps to recognise SEIU and bargain with them on behalf of workers for improvements in wages and conditions of their employment, including health insurance.
www.lhmu.org.au /security/news/1067487733_22043.html   (498 words)

  
 Group 4 Securicor - SourceWatch
Group 4 Securicor provides security solutions for public and private organizations around the world, from the installation of residential security systems to providing fully armed prison guards, management and technology.
Group 4 was formed in 2004 by the merger of two of the largest international security firms, Securicor and Group 4 A/S, formerly Group 4 Falck.
The merger makes Group 4 the largest security firm in the world, with over 340,000 employees in 108 countries capable of providing services in virtually every niche of the sector.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Group_4_Securicor   (732 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of Danish companies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Group 4 Securicor, formerly Group 4 Falck, is a multinational corporation, based in Crawley, UK.
Group 4 Securicor claims to be the second largest security guard service provider on Earth.
The LEGO Group is a family-owned company, based in Billund, Denmark and best known for the manufacture of LEGO-brand toys.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Danish-companies   (631 words)

  
 Group 4 Securicor India
Group 4 Securicor plc is a leading international security services company operating in some 100 countries around the world with over 360,000 employees.
Today the Group is proud to have a strong and lasting association with over 18,000 satisfied customers, which includes embassies and consulates.
New Delhi, September 30: Today, G4S, the new brand created by the 6.5 billion dollar merger of Group 4 Falck and Securicor, was unveiled at a well-attended function hosted by the British High Commissioner, Sir Michael Arthur at his residence..
www.g4india.com   (119 words)

  
 EUROPA - Rapid - Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Group 4 Falck, a Danish company, and Securicor, a company based in the United Kingdom, are active in the industry of private security services.
The parties intend to merge all their assets into a new company named Group 4 Securicor, with the exception of Group 4 Falck’s justice activities.
Group 4 Falck has activities in 80 countries and Securicor is present in 50 countries.
europa.eu.int /rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/693&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en   (357 words)

  
 Wackenhut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bernstein has informed the Board of Directors of Group 4 Falck that he is resigning for personal reasons from his position as COO and member of the Management Board, as well as all other positions within the group, including his position as CEO of Wackenhut, Group 4 Falck's US subsidiary.
Group 4 Falck has regretfully accepted his resignation.
He has worked out of his regional office in Palm Beach since Group 4 Falck's acquisi-tion last year, and will for the foreseeable future spend the majority of his time operating from the Palm Beach headquarters.
www.wackenhut.com /investor/pr/announcement.htm   (213 words)

  
 Press release: Cable & Wireless Selected by Group 4 Falck for Three-Year Communications Outsource Contract
Cable and Wireless, the global telecommunications group, announced today (3rd April 2001) that it will take over management of all fixed data and voice communications for Group 4 Falck, the international security and related services company.
It will also be an option for Group 4 Falck to convert its traditional voice technology to a Voice over IP (VoIP) system which would run on the data VPN network and enable Group 4 Falck to reduce costs further, by running one, combined data and voice network.
Group 4 Falck has a turnover in excess of £1.25 billion or DKK 15 billion (1999 figures), making it the world's second largest provider of security and related services.
www.cw.com /media_events/media_centre/releases/2001/04_03_2001_21.html   (615 words)

  
 ‘Maoist ire toward Group 4 Falck baseless’
After Group 4 Falck Nepal "clarified" to ANFTU, through human rights groups, that it was a fully-owned subsidiary of the Denmark-based multinational Group 4 Falck A/S, the rebel outfit withdrew its earlier allegation and threats a week ago, replacing it with a "request" for "no uniform".
Group 4 Falck A/S has over 245,000 employees worldwide and over 4,000 employees in Nepal.
Group 4 Falck came into being when Group 4, which had been providing security services, merged with another Danish company Falck about a year ago.
www.kantipuronline.com /kolnews.php?&nid=14017   (259 words)

  
 Hansabanka - News
Negotiations held between Group 4 Falck and banks lasted for more than a year: they were commenced in November 2000 and were closed in January 2002 when business purchase agreements were signed.
Now Group 4 Falck Latvia is the first private company, non-bank institution, which offers for customers and banks services of collection and money processing.
Group 4 Falck is the second largest security company having its headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, and having its presence in more than 50 countries worldwide.
www.hansabanka.lv /engl/news/250202.php   (803 words)

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