Imperial Security provides corporate security guards for offices, business centres and mixed-use developments across Greenwich, from the riverside town centre around the Old Royal Naval College to the modern office floors on Greenwich Peninsula.
We work with facilities managers, landlords and office occupiers who need reliable front-of-house cover, access control and out-of-hours patrols, and our SIA-licensed guards are trained to represent your business professionally while keeping staff, visitors and property secure.
Greenwich's office stock is split between two very different environments, and each brings its own security demands. Around the town centre and riverside, businesses often operate from listed or heritage buildings shared with visitor attractions and educational institutions, where public footfall runs alongside working office space. On Greenwich Peninsula, newer multi-tenant developments such as the Design District bring together well over a hundred separate businesses inside a small cluster of buildings, which means shared entrances, communal areas and a constant flow of visitors, couriers and contractors that reception teams alone are rarely equipped to manage.
That mix of heritage buildings and dense modern office clusters means a corporate security guard in Greenwich needs to be comfortable managing formal front-of-house duties in a period building one week and a high-turnover, multi-occupancy site the next. Our guards adapt to whichever environment your business operates in, without losing the professional presence your staff and clients expect.
7 Day Rolling Contract
No hidden fees, hassle free, Flexible. Not locked into a long-term contract. Easy to scale up or down
Sector Specific Experience
Each security guard is selected based on experience relevant to that specific sector
Street Wise & Vigilant
Local, street-smart expertly trained to protect & deter threats. Confident & observant
| What Our Greenwich Corporate Security Service Provides
From listed riverside offices to shared floors on the Peninsula, these are the day-to-day duties our guards carry out for Greenwich businesses.
Reception and front-of-house cover
Our guards staff reception desks and lobby points, greeting staff and visitors, checking credentials and keeping a professional first impression for your business.
Access control and visitor management
We verify identification, manage sign-in logs and control entry to sensitive floors, which matters most on shared sites where several businesses use the same lobby.
Internal and external patrols
Scheduled patrols of offices, stairwells, loading areas and car parks catch unlocked doors, propped fire exits and other vulnerabilities before they become incidents.
CCTV monitoring
Where your building already has cameras installed, our guards monitor the feeds during their shift and respond immediately to anything that looks out of place.
Incident and emergency response
Guards trained in first aid and fire procedures respond to incidents on site and liaise directly with emergency services to keep disruption to your business to a minimum.
Out-of-hours and lone-working cover
When staff work late or arrive before opening hours, a guard on site gives lone workers a point of contact and keeps the building secured outside normal traffic.
| Who We Provide Corporate Security For In Greenwich
Our Greenwich clients range from single-tenant offices to shared business campuses, and each needs a slightly different guard brief.
Multi-tenant office developments
Buildings on Greenwich Peninsula that house dozens of separate businesses under one roof need a consistent presence at shared entrances rather than reception cover that changes with every tenant.
Heritage and listed-building offices
Businesses operating from period buildings near the town centre need guards who understand how to manage public visitor flow alongside working office space without disrupting either.
Educational and institutional premises
University and college buildings in the town centre combine staff offices with student and public access, which calls for guards comfortable managing both audiences at once.
Corporate landlords and managing agents
Property managers overseeing several Greenwich office tenancies use our guards to maintain one consistent standard of security across a building rather than leaving it to individual occupiers.
We also cover retail units, construction sites and warehouse premises in the same area, so your provider stays consistent if your business needs more than one type of cover.
| The Security Problems We Solve In Greenwich
Two things have shaped what Greenwich businesses ask us for over the past year: a long-running transport disruption in the town centre, and the continued growth of large, shared office campuses on the Peninsula.
Uneven footfall around the town centre
Cutty Sark DLR station closed for escalator works in 2025 and overall town centre footfall dropped by nearly nine per cent while it was shut, with river and rail arrivals down by a similar margin over the summer. Businesses near the station have had to manage more erratic visitor patterns as a result. Our guards adjust patrol timing around these shifts rather than working to a fixed schedule that assumes steady daytime footfall.
Shared entrances on multi-tenant sites
Peninsula developments such as the Design District bring well over a hundred separate businesses into a small number of shared buildings, which makes it hard for any single tenant to control who is coming through the main entrance. We staff shared lobby points and cross-check visitor lists against multiple tenants rather than just one.
Public visitors mixing with working office space
Buildings in and around the Old Royal Naval College house working offices alongside a major visitor attraction and university buildings, so staff and public traffic often share the same doors. Our guards direct genuine visitors while keeping non-public areas restricted to staff and authorised contractors.
Out-of-hours vulnerability on quieter sites
Offices that empty out in the evening but sit within busier mixed-use developments can be overlooked once the shops and food outlets around them close. Scheduled overnight and early-morning patrols keep entrances, loading bays and car parks checked when a building itself is unstaffed.
| Why Choose Imperial Security In Greenwich
Local operating knowledge
We track the practical realities that affect Greenwich sites, from the Cutty Sark DLR disruption to the ongoing growth of the Peninsula office clusters, so patrol schedules and access procedures reflect what is actually happening on the ground rather than a generic template.
We cover Greenwich including SE10 and the Peninsula, with guards also working the neighbouring Blackheath, Charlton and Woolwich areas.
One point of contact for every site
Landlords and managing agents running several Greenwich properties deal with a single Imperial Security contact rather than juggling different providers for each building.
Vetting, licensing and insurance
Every guard we place on a Greenwich assignment meets our company standards.
- Valid SIA licensing: appropriate to the role & verified qualifications
- BS 7858 compliant vetting: five-year employment & education history
- Enhanced DBS checks: The level appropriate for your sector
- Professional reference verification: All previous security employers
- Insurance: Public liability, employers' liability & professional indemnity
- First aid trained: Emergency response & CPR certified
- ACT counter-terrorism awareness training: Threat recognition & response certified
| How Our Greenwich Service Operates
01
Initial site assessment
We visit your Greenwich premises to review entrances, existing systems and the specific risks your building presents.
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Written proposal
You receive a clear proposal covering guard numbers, shift patterns and duties matched to your building and budget.
03
Guard selection
We assign guards with experience relevant to your sector, whether that is office reception work or managing a shared multi-tenant lobby.
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Mobilisation
Guards are briefed on your site, your access procedures and your key contacts before their first shift begins.
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Ongoing cover
Your guards deliver daily reception, access control and patrol duties, with schedules adjusted for footfall changes around the town centre when needed.
06
Regular review
We check in on performance and site conditions so your cover keeps pace with how your Greenwich premises actually operate.
Get your free Greenwich corporate security quote
Send us your address or postcode, the building type, your preferred start date, the hours you need covered, how many entrances the site has, and what prompted your enquiry.
Call us on 0208 088 2878, or send your details through the quote form and we will come back to you with a written proposal.
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