G4S Annual Report and Accounts 2011
G4S Annual Report and Accounts 2011
G4S Annual Report and Accounts 2011
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Overview Strategic review Performance<br />
Strategic review<br />
Marketplace<br />
Chief Executive’s statement continued<br />
From the second half of <strong>2011</strong> onwards, the group has been active in<br />
mobilising a number of major new contracts around the world.<br />
Mobilisation statistics<br />
Contracts Sites People From<br />
Belgium cash solutions<br />
An extra<br />
19,000<br />
services<br />
per month 220 January <strong>2011</strong><br />
Brussels Airport 1 850 February <strong>2011</strong><br />
HMP Birmingham, UK 1 550 October <strong>2011</strong><br />
CATSA, Canada 20 1,400 November <strong>2011</strong><br />
Ministry of Justice, UK 340 800 February 2012<br />
Lincolnshire Police, UK 106 540 Summer 2012<br />
Major motor<br />
manufacturer, USA 80 1,600 January 2012<br />
HMP Oakwood, UK 1 450 April 2012<br />
In specific higher-risk countries such as Iraq <strong>and</strong> Afghanistan, we have seen<br />
challenges of a different kind. In Iraq, the withdrawal of the US<br />
military means that our operations have been reduced significantly.<br />
The revenue from this work will be replaced in the medium term with<br />
business in the oil <strong>and</strong> gas sector, but there is a short-term impact on our<br />
performance. In Afghanistan, there is increasing negativity towards<br />
foreign companies working in the country <strong>and</strong> an increasingly challenging<br />
environment for the welfare of our employees, so we have taken the<br />
decision to exit our business there.<br />
Strategy<br />
Is there going to be a change of strategy or focus in 2012?<br />
Not at all – security remains core to our global strategy – it is the<br />
market which we know best <strong>and</strong> where we have proved we can deliver<br />
strong performances across a number of customer sectors.<br />
We will take advantage of trends for integrated facilities services<br />
in countries where the market has already developed that way <strong>and</strong> the<br />
approach has been proven to be successful.<br />
In large new markets, we will look at ways to exp<strong>and</strong> beyond<br />
security where the market opportunity is great <strong>and</strong> where there is<br />
significant growth potential – for example in markets such as Brazil,<br />
India <strong>and</strong> China.<br />
We will continue to focus on bidding for larger contracts <strong>and</strong><br />
outsourcing services where we can take responsibility for an increasing<br />
range of outsourced services, have longer-term contracts where we can<br />
help customers to reduce risk, improve financial performance, protect<br />
critical assets, improve customer service or protect reputations.<br />
What does that mean in terms of acquisitions<br />
or divestments?<br />
We will consider acquiring facilities services businesses in the UK<br />
<strong>and</strong> US, but will be focusing the majority of our acquisition efforts<br />
in developing markets, where we can either improve our market share<br />
or where an acquisition will start to drive outsourcing in key sectors.<br />
Developing markets currently account for 30% of group revenues<br />
<strong>and</strong> we expect this to grow to 50% in the longer term.<br />
We will also be more active on our divestment strategy, particularly<br />
where a service line or business is not in line with the group’s core strategy,<br />
where a business is unable to reach our internal margin targets under our<br />
ownership or where an alternative parent could add or drive more value<br />
from a business.<br />
We expect to spend around £200m each year on acquisitions. We will<br />
also keep transformational options under review whilst continuing<br />
to assess shareholder appetite for such acquisitions.<br />
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<strong>G4S</strong> plc<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Accounts</strong> <strong>2011</strong>