EICC security team awarded for Covid-19 support

The Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC)’s security team, sub-contracted from Croma Vigilant, has been recognised for its role when the conference venue doubled as the city’s main vaccination centre in 2021. The Scotland-based team, which provided four guards on site each day during the period and ensured security of vaccination stocks, has won the ‘Outstanding Event Security Team’ at the sixth annual UK Outstanding Security Performance Awards in London. In partnership with NHS Lothian, the EICC opened as Edinburgh’s main vaccination centre in January 2021, with the centre going on to administer over quarter of a million doses throughout the year by way of appointments and drop-in clinics. Paul Williamson, executive operations director at Croma Vigilant, said: “2021 was a challenging year for so many people – our EICC based security team had to adapt rapidly from an event stewarding mindset to an empathetic patient care setting alongside the NHS. “While being a very different brief for us, it was great to be involved in such a vital programme which supported the health of our community, this was such a rewarding experience on many levels and showed the versatility of our security team.”