Two Scottish companies are building on their involvement at last year's Ryder Cup with contracts for next month's Scottish Open.
Securigroup, the largest security company headquartered in Scotland, and Spectrum Service Solutions, the Paisley-based group specialising in event cleaning, will provide key services for the event, staged at Gullane in East Lothian and sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management.
The Lanarkshire events division of Portakabin is also among the suppliers.
It is the second consecutive year that Spectrum, which was commended in last year's Herald Scottish Family Business Awards, has won the cleaning contract for the Scottish Open. Spectrum is also extending its relationship with the European Tour, having already provided the cleaning and waste management services at the Ryder Cup in Gleneagles.
The agreement will see Spectrum resume its responsibility for the maintenance of a clean environment for all public viewing areas, hospitality suites, officials' offices, and public catering areas during practice and competition days.
SecuriGroup, which was sole security supplier in Gleneagles, recently extended its relationship with The European Tour by agreeing a new three-year deal to provide services at the Scottish Open.
Allan Burnett, operations director, said: "It's fantastic to be working alongside The European Tour once more and our key aim is to ensure that the Scottish Open is an event that is delivered safely."
SecuriGroup employs over 2,500 in the UK and Ireland, providing retail security, guarding, mobile and keyholding, CCTV, facilities management, event security and door supervision and training.
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