ITV security could go private

Security staff at ITV sites across the UK are waiting to hear if their jobs are being handed to a new employer.
The company is set to confirm in the New Year whether the security operation at the majority of its sites is to be contracted-out to a single security provider.
Bectu has criticised the move in the belief that site security could be compromised by the introduction of a new company lacking the local knowledge and range of skills which ITV currently relies on.
"In a high-profile business, our security officers provide security for staff, visitors and members of the public as well as securing the company's property; the activity on many ITV sites changes daily; the job requires settled teams who understand the environment they are working in," explained Sharon Elliott, BECTU official.
"The union is also looking to the company to recognise that more than half of the workers affected by this review are directly employed by ITV plc; not only do they understand the business but they have committed themselves to the company in difficult and unsettling years. Staff hope that their loyalty will be repaid with a decision from the company to keep their services in-house."
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