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G4S Directors Resign Over Olympic Security Shambles

PA | Posted 27.11.2012 | UK

Two G4S directors have resigned in the wake of an independent review into the company's botched Olympic Games contract. Chief operating officer Dav...

G4S Donates £2.4m To Army After Security Blunder

PA | Posted 13.08.2012 | UK

G4S is to donate £2.5 million to the Armed Forces as a "goodwill gesture" after 18,200 military personnel were drafted in for London 2012 following a...

Scottish Police To Take Over From G4S

PA | Posted 19.09.2012 | UK

A Scottish police force is taking over responsibility for Olympic security from G4S amid the continuing debacle over staff shortages. The chief con...

Soldiers Will Make Olympics 'Secure', Says Top Cop

Press Association | Posted 20.07.2012 | UK

Securing the Olympic venues with the help of 11,000 fully trained soldiers is no bad thing, Britain's most senior police officer said. Scotland Yar...

Members Of Armed Services Staffing Olympics Forced To Sleep On Makeshift Chairs

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 20.07.2012 | UK

Members of the armed services drafted in to provide Olympic security in the wake of the G4S staffing fiasco are being forced to sleep rough on chairs,...

Buckles Only Learned 'Nine Days Ago' Firm Was Struggling To Fulfill Contract

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK

G4S boss Nick Buckles was under pressure on Saturday night to explain why he only learned "eight or nine days ago" that his firm was struggling to fin...

Olympic Security Staff May Not Speak English

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.07.2012 | UK

The chief executive of G4S has admitted that the company “underestimated” the job of supplying more than 10,000 guards for the Olympic Games. ...

G4S 'Theme Tune' Discovered

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.07.2012 | UK

With news that private security firm G4S will be unable to honour its full £284m contract to supply staff for the Olympic Games, one might think that...