The Mount Charles Group and RMS Group Services have joined forces to create a new company, RMS Security Services, in a move to further diversify their offering.

The Mount Charles Group, Ireland’s largest locally owned business support solutions provider and RMS Group Services, a market leader in security systems, have jointly invested over £250,000 to create the new company. To date, 35 jobs have been created.

Belfast-headquartered, RMS Security Services offers state of the art services that include man guarding, key holding, response and patrol, high value property escorts, close protection and CCTV monitoring.

The company, which aims to achieve £1m in annualised revenue by the end of 2015, has already secured a number of important contracts, including Titanic Belfast and global outsourcing company Teleperformance.

Speaking at a launch event in Titanic Belfast, Chairman of the Mount Charles Group Trevor Annon said: “I am delighted to announce this joint venture, for which we have ambitions to become the number one security services firm in Ireland.

“The project came about in response to a rapidly increasing demand from our clients for multi or ‘bundled’ service contracts. We already deliver catering, cleaning, retail and vending contracts to a vast range of public and private sector clients across Ireland. The one thing we couldn’t supply, until now, was security services, hence the new venture.

“It was an easy decision to partner with RMS Group – as another locally owned company, they have a similar ethos of excellence and integrity, and crucially, they have significant expertise in the security field. Combining our expertise in this way will undoubtedly enable us to better compete in a very competitive market and will support the ongoing growth and expansion of both businesses.”

Terry Hughes added: “This decision was an obvious one for RMS Group Services as it blends seamlessly with our core and well established services. Although it was not one we rushed into, before bringing it into the market we have invested not only in state of the art systems but more importantly in our people.

“RMS has worked hard to meet and exceed our customers’ requirements, earning a deserved reputation for quality, competitiveness, and delivering innovative tailored solutions. It was imperative that our existing and new customers would continue to experience these key performance standards which are the cornerstone of RMS’s commitment to its customers.”