The 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, are unlikely to see the same IT difficulties that plagued the Olympics, according to security giant G4S.

G4S said that the 2014 Commonwealth Games represented “a very different arrangement to London 2012 and the same issues are unlikely to arise,” which had resulted in the armed services being mobilised to provide additional manpower after G4S failed to meet targets.

G4S has bid to provide stewarding framework services for the Game’s events and will not be involved in delivering services for the event’s security. A G4S spokesperson said: “Should we be successful as part of the stewarding framework, we will deploy trained and experienced staff already working for us at these venues”.

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