Corps Security are here to support our customers at a time of concern and anxiety.
As announced by the Living Wage Foundation today, the real Living Wage has increased by 10.1% for next year – meaning the rates are now £10.90 (£11.95 in London). The Living Wage is calculated based on various factors, including inflation, so considering the cost of a basket of essentials, balanced against other costs such as energy, fuel and essential living expenses. The war in Ukraine, COVID-19, and various other factors have meant that the wage rise this year is more extensive than ever. More detail of this process can be found here.
Corps Security is a Recognised Service Provider with the Living Wage Foundation
Corps Security has been a staunch supporter of the Living Wage, and we became a recognised service provider in 2019. We were delighted this week when we passed another milestone once again, as now 97.5% of all Corps Security staff are receiving the Living Wage or above. In short, this means that all directly employed staff at Corps are paid the Living Wage as standard, and we actively work with our customers to ensure our contract staff get paid the same.
How have we managed to continue to raise our colleagues on the Living Wage?
When Corps became a Social Enterprise and achieved Recognised Service Provider with The Living Wage Foundation, we reinforced our ongoing commitment to our people. We are very proud of it, leading to winning extraordinary contracts with companies who share our focus. However, this does come at a cost – and has had a detrimental effect on the bottom line.
As one would expect, not all our contracts allow leeway to ensure our colleagues receive the Living Wage. This has led to difficult yet productive conversations with our customers to find a solution that focuses on our colleagues’ working conditions. We have been delighted with the positive response. It has led to creative thinking, the development of new ways of working and focused energies on efficiency, which has seen contracts adapt to the current financial challenge.
We are here to support you
At Corps we understand the financial burdens you are facing – we are too. We know your concerns and understand that analysing the supply chain and expenditure will be an essential part of your efforts to make cuts in your business. Nobody is more qualified to help you review your security than your supplier, so over the coming weeks, our team will be in touch to offer free consultancy and open conversations on this subject. We will include the opportunity to perform reviews to improve efficiencies and manage your contracts differently. I do hope this will help to show our commitment to you.
Our colleagues mustn’t be the first to suffer because of the impact of our business’ rising costs, as their bills continue to impact their quality of living. Let’s work together for our people and in turn, our future.
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Sunday 13th November, specialist security services provider, Corps Security, will take part in the National Service of Remembrance March Past held at the Cenotaph to remember and honour those who have fought for our country.
Today, Remembrance Sunday, eight officers from Corps Security, led by Nigel Horne, divisional director, will march past the Cenotaph, laying three wreaths on behalf of the Corps associations in honour of the fallen. A Regimental lunch at the Naval & Military Club in St. James’s Square will follow the march past.
Founded in 1859 to provide employment for former servicemen returning from the Crimean War, our founding military values of loyalty, integrity and service prevail today. We still employ many ex-military personnel and remain extremely proud of our 163-year roots in the armed forces.
Marking Remembrance Day this year, a team from Corps Security visited Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey to lay wreaths where Commissionaires are buried. Led by Diz Sollesse, an honorary Australian Commissionaire, the group included former serviceman and Corps divisional director Nigel Horne, among others.
To honour the brave sacrifice of fallen soldiers from the UK, Canada and Australia, the group placed three wreaths at the obelisk commemorating our founder Captain Sir Edward Walter who established the Corps of Commissionaires to provide gainful employment for former servicemen returning from the Crimean War.
Within the cemetery, the group also reflected at several graves of significant commissionaires including Lance-Corporal James Hollowell from the 78th Highlanders and Drum Major William Kenny from the Gordon Highlanders who both held the Victoria Cross.
Shortly after we were founded in 1859, the Corps of Commissionaires reserved an area of the cemetery as a burial ground for our members and their families. Today, our Corps Heritage Project, oversees the active restoration of the grounds with teams clearing and restoring graves and trimming back the undergrowth.
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