Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,241 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Group 4

From Graces Guide

1934 The Philip-Sørensen family established Securitas AB in Sweden

1950 The Philip-Sørensen family businesses were consolidated as Securitas International

1968 The Philip-Sørensen group of companies was renamed Group 4 (Total Security)

1991 Group 4 began managing the first privatised prison in the UK, at Wolds in Humberside

1996 Group 4 began a joint venture with British Gas to provide meter-reading services in the UK, and established AccuRead

c.2000 Group 4 and Falck merge to become Group 4 Falck

2004 Securicor merged with Group 4 Falck's security businesses to form Group 4 Securicor, the world’s second largest security provider; traded on the London and Copenhagen Stock Exchange

2006 The G4S brand was introduced worldwide


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Sources of Information

  • [1] G4S history