March 30, 2021

We are pleased to welcome Croma Vigilant to the ACS Pacesetters increasing our total membership to 70 security companies. Croma Vigilant, which was established in 1997, provides keyholding, security officers, mobile patrols, front of house reception services and CCTV as well as more specialist security services throughout the UK. The company is run by ex-military […]

March 26, 2021

We welcome Sentinel Group Security Limited  (SGS) to the membership of The ACS Pacesetters. SGS was established in July 2005 and has become a fast-growing security services provider within the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company offers a wide range of facilities management solutions from security guarding and key holding to electronic solutions and workforce […]

Dean Parkinson of Taunton, director of Palladis Security Services Ltd, was sentenced to 4 months imprisonment, suspended for 2 years, at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on 17 March 2021. On 2 October 2020 Parkinson pleaded guilty to operating a security company without a licence, working without a licence, and deploying unlicensed door supervisors. Parkinson was also […]

March 24, 2021

We are pleased to welcome Guarding Professionals as the latest company to join The ACS Pacesetters. The company is privately owned and has been trading for over 10 years providing a range of facilities management services. The head office is based in London and a nationwide service is offered and managed via the 7 regional […]

March 18, 2021

We are pleased to welcome MSS Group Limited to the membership of The ACS Pacesetters. The MSS Group, which is based in Cardiff, has been trading since 2005.  With a workforce of over 600 operating throughout the UK, the company offers a wide range of facilities management services including: security guards, patrol and key holding […]

The prosecution is part of an ongoing investigation into the use of fraudulent SIA licences. On 08 March 2021, two former company directors, Damien Burrell and Omar Nelson, were sentenced at Thames Magistrates’ Court. In a previous hearing, on 17 July 2020, both pleaded guilty to failing to provide information to the SIA. This is […]

March 17, 2021

We are pleased to announce that Vistech Services Limited is the latest company to join The ACS Pacesetters. This privately owned company, which has been established for over 10 years, has its head office in Middlesbrough and there are strategic branch offices enabling the organisation to offer a nationwide service. The company offers a range […]

March 4, 2021

The SIA has published the latest SIA licence holder demographics and ACS statistics up to 1st February and we have highlighted some points below: 822 Companies currently hold Approved Contractor Scheme accreditation 420,413 Active SIA licences held, an increase of 1,720 in January 2021 370,551 SIA licence holders, an increase of 1,438 during January 2021 […]

SGC Security Services, which is privately owned and has been trading since 2006, is the latest company to join the growing membership of The ACS Pacesetters. The company delivers Security services in partnership with its clients both in the UK and Internationally from their head office in Essex and regional office in Cheshire. SGC Security […]

March 2, 2021

The 2021 ACS Pacesetters Security Officer of Distinction Awards will take place online on 16th June 2021 and we are delighted to announce our sponsors. These awards reward and celebrate front-line security staff who have carried out exceptional actions whilst on duty. This is the seventh year that the Awards have taken place and it […]