OCS has strengthened its UK security capability having completed the acquisition of City Group Security, an established nationwide security company founded in 1993 and ranked among the top 30 security businesses in the UK. The acquisition brings 600 new colleagues ...

Matt Kent has been appointed by OCS to the role of UK and Ireland Director of Engineering, following his transition from EMCOR UK after OCS’s acquisition of the business in December 2025. The role will see Kent further strengthen engineering ...

The hard services market for facilities management is experiencing rapid growth, driven by rising demands for building safety, tighter regulation and more complex, energy-efficient infrastructure across HVAC, mechanical, electrical and plumbing maintenance. Forecasts for the sector are projecting a compound ...

Simon Humphrey has been appointed Sustainability Director for OCS UK & Ireland. Humphrey brings to the role over two decades of experience in sustainability strategy, ESG reporting, and stakeholder engagement, and will lead the UK and Ireland sustainability function as ...

OCS has been awarded a contract extension and portfolio expansion with British Land, one of the UK’s largest commercial real estate companies, building on an eight-year partnership to deliver soft services across more than 50 sites throughout the UK. The ...

OCS has been awarded a contract to operate and maintain the primary electrical substation supporting a major data centre development. The contract, extends OCS’ expertise into a critical area of infrastructure engineering, adding to a global portfolio that already includes ...

OCS has acquired Top Security, a technology-led security company operating across Ireland. The acquisition enhances OCS’s technology-enabled security capability, expanding its remote monitoring services, control room operations, communications resilience, and Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) capabilities, alongside the facilities management and ...

OCS Ireland has been crowned Total FM Service Provider of the Year at the 2026 FM Awards Ireland, which recognise excellence across the facilities management sector. The judges look to recognise the Total Facilities Management provider that has demonstrated the ...

Engineering-led facilities management workplaces services provider, EMCOR UK, which is now part of OCS, has been accredited as a Trailblazing Employer in the Proud Employers Accreditation Scheme. The scheme is run by leading LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall. It benchmarks employers against ...

OCS has launched Energy Services, a dedicated and fully integrated business unit supporting the full energy lifecycle and accelerating net zero delivery across UK & Ireland estates. The launch brings together OCS’ engineering, renewables, infrastructure, and FM expertise under a ...