A sharper global focus on security in the past decade has led to government outsourcing across a number of markets. A history of successful outsourcing within developed markets has bolstered a belief in competition and confidence in private sector involvement.

Government contracts accounted for around 34% of secure solutions revenues and 28% of total G4S revenues in 2010 and are split broadly into three geographic areas – UK, US and Rest of World.

We anticipate further government outsourcing opportunities will arise in developed markets as pressure on public spending intensifies and government departments seek to manage their budgets, without compromising on service delivery standards or the integrity of vital front line public services. This expertise, particularly in Care and Justice Services, can then be exported into developing markets.

We ensure the safe passage of travellers, crew and cargo and the efficiency of the international transport system through a full range of aviation operations spanning 61 airports and 81 airlines across 34 countries and at 20 ports worldwide

Airport infrastructure is not expected to keep up with passenger growth over the next ten years, potentially resulting in a shortfall of capacity in the order of one billion passengers. Airports and airlines will be looking to cost-effective, flexible security providers who have consulting capability, new technology integration expertise and who can redesign systems and interfaces.

In the ports sector, compliance with international security standards and evolving ports legislation is driving customer requirements. With 480 million containers being moved around the world every year, container and port facility security is an area of growing focus. Key opportunities for the port sector lie with the large international private port operators, who have collectively committed more than $100bn of investment in building new green/brown field terminals globally to expand their portfolios and capacity, including $60bn announced recently in India.

With ever growing pressure on energy providers to secure supplies for years to come through investment in new production plants and the protection of vital resources, security has come to the fore in the energy and utilities sector.

The market for security across much of the energy market has been led by regulation, particularly of nuclear power.

Increased regulation is driving a focus on cost efficiency, robust asset protection and on intelligence and risk-led security capabilities, together with experience of security provision within challenging and unpredictable environments.

Security challenges within the energy and utilities arena can be diverse – from protecting the copper and metal contained within electricity cables to oil or nuclear facility risk assessment and pipeline protection.