Interserve Chosen by Great Leighs Racecourse

Interserve, the services, building and maintenance group, has won a key contract at the first new racecourse to be built in the UK for almost 100 years at Great Leighs near Braintree in Essex.

Interserve, the services, building and maintenance group, has won a key contract at the first new racecourse to be built in the UK for almost 100 years at Great Leighs near Braintree in Essex.

R&D Security, the specialist security business acquired by Interserve in January 2008, has been awarded a fire and safety contract to protect the race-day stables, grand-stand and main club at the new Great Leighs Racecourse.

R&D Security supplies, installs and maintains CCTV, intruder alarms, technical surveillance and access control and is now part of Interserve Security.

John Holmes the owner of Great Leighs said: "After seven years of planning and hard work, it is essential that, to the last, everything is perfect. Safety and security in particular, is of the utmost importance. R&D Security has an excellent track record in supplying tailored solutions for a variety of event based environments. This made them the natural choice.”

Steve Neville of Interserve added: "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to be involved in the launch of what is a pioneering 21st century racecourse. We will work closely with the team at Great Leighs to design and implement a total security service to protect the facilities, staff and race-goers alike.”