Bridging the Gap Between Vision and Reality Through a Year of Decisive ESG Action and Collective Pride
Explore the intersection of data and human impact through the lens of Rachel Marsden, reflecting on last year where our ESG strategy became a lived reality for our teams across the UK: Personal Note I started at Carlisle in the summer of 2025, stepping into the newly created role of Head of Sustainability and Social […]
Standing Tall with In-House Integrity and the New Benchmark Unfolded at the Home of Jump Racing
The ground vibrates as a physical manifestation of 65,000 heartbeats synchronising with the thundering hooves of forty thoroughbreds charging toward the first flight at Cheltenham racecourse in March 2026. At the center of these voices stood over 150 security officers on ground, an army of care deployed to guard the very soul of the Cheltenham […]
The £50,000 Gamble on Grit! Challenge Innovation 2026 Left the Classroom Behind to Build a High-Stakes VR Future
In the world of rail security, a familiar tradition of perseverance is observed, characterized by windowless classrooms, a flickering projector, and the slow, rhythmic delivery of a PowerPoint deck. For most, it is just a compliance hurdle to clear before the real work begins. Gemma Barry, Operations Manager at Carlisle sees it differently, being on […]
Railway Children’s Night at the Station 2026
On Thursday, 26th March, some of our Rail Family members took to Liverpool Street Station for the Railway Children’s Night at the Station 2026. This annual event provides an opportunity for individuals to spend the night on a railway station floor to raise awareness and funds for vulnerable children alone and at risk in the […]
Innovation Lab 2026 Highlights the Power of Innovation in Modern FM and Security
More than 700 senior leaders from across the UK’s security, facilities management, and other support services sectors gathered on 5 March in Liverpool for Carlisle Support Services’ Innovation Lab 2026, a leading industry forum designed to spark new thinking around service delivery, safety and operational excellence. Hosted at ACC Liverpool, the event brought together over […]
Innovation Lab 2026 Welcomes Jason Bevan to Ignite Creative Firepower and Redefine What’s Possible
At Innovation Lab 2026, Carlisle Support Services will once again convene the leaders shaping the future of Security, Cleaning, Facilities Management (FM), and other support services, setting the stage for a day defined by ambition, accountability, and forward-thinking leadership. As the lights settle across a room of more than 700 senior leaders at ACC Liverpool […]
Rethinking Innovation: Why Carlisle’s Innovation Lab Begins on the Frontline
At 3:00 AM, innovation looks quite different: It showcases some practical realities of innovation in security and FM spaces. Our industry does not lack ideas; what it lacks are the conditions for ideas to survive. Across the UK support services sector, innovation too often fails not because the technology implemented is wrong, but because the […]
Inzi Credits Carlisle for His Career Journey, Growth and Progression
At the end of a long twelve-hour shift, when the corridors finally quieten and the adrenaline fades, there are moments when reflection becomes unavoidable. For Inzamam Ullah, known to many as Inzi, those moments came quite early in life. Still barely out of his teens, he found himself questioning not just his job, but his […]
Carlisle donates £15,000 Apprenticeship Levy to Homeless Link to Support the Fight Against Homelessness
Across the UK, homelessness continues to rise at a worrying pace. According to the Office for National Statistics, around 140,000 households were living in temporary accommodation across Great Britain as of March 2024, which is the highest level recorded. In England alone, 117,400 households were placed in temporary accommodation, a year-on-year increase of 12.3%, with […]
Adrian White’s Leadership Setting High Standards for Modern Resilience and Human Depth Behind High Performing Teams at Carlisle
Adrian White grew up between two very different worlds. He remembers being the academically driven child living in the posher end of town, part of a comfortable family that seemed pretty set for life. Then life cracked open; his parents separated, his father suffered a life changing accident, and the family home was lost. One […]