April 1, 2019

On Tuesday 26 March, Michael Flood of Pulford Road, Winsford, pleaded guilty at Crewe Magistrates’ Court to fraudulently amending his Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence. Vance Garner of Stone Manor Lane, Hartford North, also pleaded guilty to supplying two unlicensed door supervisors (including Flood) to The Vaults pub in Middlewich, Cheshire. On 26 January 2018 […]

March 15, 2019

On Monday 11 March, Michael Ryan pled guilty at Coventry Magistrates’ Court to working as an unlicensed security manager on three occasions between 21 April and 28 September 2018. Mr Ryan was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £4,264 costs as well as a victim surcharge of £170 within 14 days. On 20 April 2018 […]

Following a rigorous 2-day assessment, TC Facilities Management (TCFM) has successfully passed three external management systems audits including the new ISO 45001:2018 standard. This and the other new 2015 versions for ISO 9001 and the Environmental audit ISO 14001 were all passed without any non-conformities or observations, emphasising the commitment of TCFM’s senior management to […]

We are pleased to welcome White Star Security Services to the growing membership of The ACS Pacesetters. This privately owned company which has it’s headquarters in Yorkshire and offices across the North of England provides a comprehensive range of security services including: Key Holding, Alarm Response and Mobile Security Solutions Installation and Maintenance of CCTV, […]

March 13, 2019

Last Friday 8 March at Basildon Crown Court, John Raymond Daley, of Kilnwood Avenue Hockley in Essex, was ordered to pay a confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act of £25,000 and also prosecution costs of £11,000. The court order follows Daley’s conviction of six counts of providing unlicensed security guards to a school in […]

March 1, 2019

A Wiltshire security firm boss has had assets of over £80,000 confiscated after being convicted of providing unlicensed security guards to a school over a period of 12 years. Steven Renouf, the former owner of Taghna Security Services, has 28 days to comply with the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) confiscation order, which was […]

February 28, 2019

The SIA have recently published a summary of SIA ACS scores as at 30 December 2018.  This includes the scores for 591 (69%) of the current 858 companies who have achieved ACS status. These figures show a decrease in overall scores: Top 5% – score reduced by 9 points from 159 to 150 Top 10% […]

February 25, 2019

We are pleased to announce that the following companies have kindly agreed to sponsor The ACS Pacesetters Security Officer of Distinction Awards Lunch this year. Centralus PLC – www.centralus.co.uk Core Security Systems Limited – www.coresecurity-systems.co.uk Sutton Specialist Risks – www.ssr.co.uk Broadstone – Engage – https://broadstoneapp.com/ TrackTik – www.tracktik.com First Response Group Limited – www.firstresponsegroup.com We […]

February 6, 2019

The ACS Pacesetters Security Officer of Distinction Awards Lunch will be held on 22nd May 2019 at Royal Windsor Racecourse. All member companies will be receiving full details of the event together with details of how to nominate their Security Officers for this prestigious award within the next few days. We have also appointed our […]

December 14, 2018

On 12 December, at Antrim Crown Court, Steven Ian Nixon (47) of Portadown and owner of Eventsafe Security, was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment for fraud, and 3 months for supplying unlicensed security operatives. Both jail sentences were suspended for 3 years. Nixon was also given 100 hours community service. In January 2017, we received […]