October 30, 2012

You are a client with not much experience of the contract manned guarding world. Disturbingly – although almost all of which is hearsay – the reports which you have heard about the industry have often been far from complimentary.  Then there was that business of the Olympics – and although every time you visited the Games, the G4S officers looked very smart and were most helpful, you could not ignore the outcry against the company for failing to meet their personnel targets. You even went to the extent of trying to find out more about manned security by listening in to the Home Affairs Select Committee hearing against G4S, but came away feeling that whilst the G4S Directors handled themselves with dignity, members of the Committee appeared both boorish and ill informed.  If only you could get some good advice!

October 26, 2012

Having been a finalist in this year’s Security Excellence Awards, Ward Security is now celebrating after achieving the highly prestigious Investors in People Gold Award.

October 25, 2012

At the end of September 2012 the number of SIA Approved Contractor companies had increased to a total of 744 employing more than 135,500 licensed operatives between them.

October 17, 2012

Three men have been ordered to pay £11,000 for “fraud” after providing false information to gain accreditation to a government private security accreditation scheme.

September 26, 2012

A Staffordshire director was yesterday [25 Sept] sentenced to 18 months community service and disqualified as a director for three years after pleading guilty to a string of security offences.

September 20, 2012

The next door supervision network meeting will be held in Central London on Wednesday 24 October.

Ward Security has invested close to £500,000 in a new kennel facility which will see the extension of dog section services. The new facility in Stockbury, near Maidstone, has 20 kennels with planning permission for a further 20, as well as a three-bedroom bungalow on site that the company plans to convert into offices.

September 14, 2012

The September edition of FM Contract Watch which includes the ACS Pacesetters can be viewed by clicking on the following link http://www.risk-uk.com/issues/fmcsep12.htm

September 11, 2012

Cardiff based Specialist Security Co. Ltd. have recently joined the growing membership of The ACS Pacesetters.

August 28, 2012

A nationwide inspection during the two weeks of the Olympic Games [27 July – 12 August] found high compliance.