Guards sacked and retailers scrambling as embattled security firm calls in administrators

Up to 1,700 jobs axed as major security firm collapses

A "significant number" of employees have been made immediately redundant as MA Security — which provides security and maintenance services to major retailers like Coles, Kmart and Amazon — enters administration.

Security giant MA Services Group collapses, threatening 1700 jobs

The national security group’s customers included AFL clubs, retailers and government agencies. It failed after a string of scandals, two days before Christmas.

Guards sacked and retailers scrambling as embattled security firm calls in administrators

Thousands of security guards were abruptly sacked on Tuesday after MA Services entered voluntary administration, leaving major retailers in the lurch during the year’s busiest shopping period.