September 20, 2016

Once again Kingdom has increased their overall accreditation score in their annual SIA (Security Industry Authority) ACS (Approved Contractor Scheme) assessment. In what is an absolutely superb result, Kingdom has been awarded an incredible score of +167, breaking last year’s record score of +161. The maximum overall score that can be achieved is currently +174, […]

September 12, 2016

Wharf Guards Limited, a Cambridge security company, has been sentenced following our investigation into the use of unlicensed security guards. At Cambridge Magistrates Court on 8 September 2016, the company along with Richard Kinyanjui, director of Wharf Guards Limited, were sentenced to providing unlicensed guards between June and August 2015. The operations manager, George Kalemera […]

TC Security Services, part of TC Facilities Management (TCFM), are celebrating an increase in their ACS score to 164 points, awarded to them in their annual audit. This means its position in the Top 2% of the SIA listed companies within the Approved Contractor Scheme is retained. In addition, auditors highlighted many areas of good […]

September 5, 2016

Ward Security has enjoyed a successful August during which the company has secured over £670,000 of additional business, and further increased its portfolio of work within the Facility Management sector. As Kevin Ward, Managing Director of Ward Security explains, “This increase is predominantly from existing clients and demonstrates their growth, which in turn assists our […]

August 27, 2016

The BIFM Awards recognise and showcase best-in-class facilities management (FM) and evidence its impact on business, the economy and society. This is the second year running that CIS Security have been named as finalists in the awards with sector leading initiatives such as this year’s entry in the “Impact on Customer Experience Category with their […]

August 26, 2016

On Thursday 10th August John Craig Stern, sole director of JJS Security Services Ltd (trading as Siteguard Contracts) pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court. In June 2014, the Security Industry Authority (SIA) began enquires into Siteguard Contracts following an inspection at a public funded construction site. The business was found to be supplying an unlicensed […]

August 18, 2016

Lodge Service, the leading security company, has appointed Ian Mason as Business Development Manager. His focus will be the growth of the security consultancy’s Lodgic monitoring service, based at the Redditch ARC and intelligence centre.

August 17, 2016

Two security companies have been fined after a security guard died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Javaid Iqbal, a 29 year old father of three, was employed by London based KK Security Services Ltd as a security guard on a construction site in Leigh, Wigan. KK Security were sub contracted by Veritas Security (Southern) Ltd, a […]

We know from the length of the service request queues, Twitter and other incoming messages that some people and businesses are frustrated at struggling to register and apply for licences on our new licensing system. Two weeks into the new system, we have over 24,000 individuals and 660 businesses registered online, we have issued over […]

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