Securitas was appointed in April 2014 to provide security solutions to 11 sites across South Wales and the North East of England, with a view to rolling out the contract across the whole of Europe during 2015. Tata Steel was looking for a specialist security provider that could deliver standardised practices and policies across all of its European sites. The contract was won through a competitive tender process and Securitas was successful because of its innovative ideas and expert technology solutions. At the Port Talbot and Llanwern sites, which employ 5,600 people, Securitas were required to take over all the duties previously delivered in-house by the TATA Steel Works Protection Team and a brand new team had to be recruited, trained and put into place.