Media releases

Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services, announced today that the Company has been awarded a new contract to provide state-of-the-art Information Technology (IT) services in support of the U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) Child Youth Services program.

NorthLink Ferries is once again set to appear in the BBC’s successful Shetland TV series later this year.

Serco, which manages and operates HMP Thameside on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, welcomes the latest report by Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, which says that the prison ‘bucks the trend of increasing violence’.

Serco, the international service company, announces that it is merging its UK & European operating divisions to create a single business, to be called Serco UK & Europe.  This will combine the two existing divisions – UK Central Government and UK & Europe Local & Regional Government – and will simplify and improve the efficiency of our operations in the region. 

Serco Leisure’s state-of-the-art new leisure centre in Erdington, Birmingham, today opened the doors to its first customers – over a month ahead of schedule.

In what is believed to be a unique event, HMP Kilmarnock, managed and operated by Serco for the Scottish Prison Service, will today hold the first ever football tournament between three teams drawn from the Scottish Parliament, the prison staff and prisoners.

About HMP Thameside

HMP Thameside in Woolwich, South East London, is managed and operated by Serco on behalf of the Ministry of Justice and opened in 2012.  It can hold up to 1232 prisoners; the proportion of those held on remand fluctuates but was generally around 40% during 2016/17.

Serco is giving the public a glimpse of its brand new £150m fleet of Caledonian Sleeper trains ahead of their introduction next year.

Australia’s new ASRV Icebreaker reached the next significant milestone in its development, with the first section of keel laid in a ceremony in Galati, Romania on 25 August.

Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services, announced today that the Company has been awarded a new contract to manage the traffic management center for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Austin District.  The contract has a one-year base period and three one-year option periods, and is valued at $7 million, if all options are exercised.  

In a major programme milestone, the first of the 75 new carriages for the iconic Caledonian Sleeper service have arrived at the Velim test centre in the Czech Republic, where they are to undergo several weeks’ testing.

Sophisticated ‘pop-up’ research labs have been set up in Peterborough city centre as part of an innovative project to gather feedback from local residents on how to improve Peterborough City Council’s website.

Grafton, NSW, 21 August 2017: Northern Pathways is pleased to announce that initial works for the new Grafton Correctional Centre have begun.

Serco Group plc (‘Serco’ or ‘the Company’), the international service company, announces that Kirsty Bashforth will be appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Serco with effect from 15 September 2017.

Serco Australia has welcomed the Auditor General’s report into non-clinical services at Fiona Stanley Hospital.

The report has found that Serco’s services are being delivered in line with expectations, despite there being 22 percent more patients than expected since the hospital’s opening. This means that the WA Government is achieving the $550 million in savings that was identified by Treasury when the contract was signed in 2011.

Peterborough City Council’s Customer Service Centre - run by Serco - has once again been rated as excellent by an independent assessor.

Serco’s team at Forth Valley Royal Hospital has won the prestigious Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Award for their achievements in maintaining the highest health and safety standards at the hospital - for the sixth year in a row.

Serco has successfully rebid a competitive framework contract to provide a range of specialist scientific and engineering expertise to the European Space Agency (ESA) across nine countries

Guests travelling on board last night’s Caledonian Sleeper service were in for a musical treat as they journeyed overnight between Aberdeen and London.

Serco announces that it has been awarded a contract extension by International Nuclear Services (INS), the world’s leading shipper of nuclear materials, to continue its management of INS’s fleet of specialist nuclear cargo vessels for a further four years.