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SCS is a consulting business operating in the defence and security markets

SCS is an independent consultancy with a first-class reputation for providing a wide range of technical support, consultancy and managed services to a diverse customer base. SCS's principal client has been and remains the UK MoD and its agencies. Other customers include NATO, EDA, UK Government Departments and major UK and international industrial players.

The key SCS competence is Capability Integration – ensuring that the individual elements that comprise a programme are coherently articulated, inter-related and integrated.

SCS is based in Theale, near Reading (Berkshire). Turnover for 2010/11 was £18.5m, with adjusted operating profit of £1m.

Established in 1992, SCS became part of Cohort in 2006.

Primary Business Areas

  • Training, Learning and Development
  • Security and Resilience (including cyber)
  • Project Support

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  • Training, Learning and Development. SCS delivers major training exercises including mission rehearsal exercises at the operational and tactical levels for joint force and component headquarters. SCS also provides a comprehensive Learning and Development capability supported by an eLearning portal.
  • Security and Resilience. SCS provides security capability and domain-experienced professionals to UK Government departments, their agencies, multinational companies and international clients. With a growing resilience and force protection footprint SCS provides capabilities across the spectrum, with particular strengths in event security and information assurance.
  • Project Support. Project support is provided across a number of functional areas but in particular in logistics, support engineering, and information and comms systems. Outstanding technical knowledge is combined with domain expertise and is delivered by interim managers, teams or as managed services. SCS can deliver a complete project solution or specialist skills such as human factors.

For the SCS Website: www.scs-ltd.co.uk