January 17, 2023

We are delighted to announce that The ACS Pacesetters Security Officer of Distinction Awards Lunch will take place in the Riverbank Pavilion at Royal Windsor Racecourse on Wednesday, 24th May 2023, commencing with pre-lunch drinks at mid-day. It is open to all ACS Pacesetter members and each company which attends the function can be presented […]

January 9, 2023

Haidar Zaheer was prosecuted on 5 January 2023 at Bradford Magistrates’ Court for working illegally as security in a city centre pub. Zaheer pleaded guilty to working without a Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence. The court fined him £323, plus prosecution costs of £600 and a victim surcharge of £129. The prosecution follows a joint […]

December 20, 2022

A Manchester man has been sentenced after using a fake passport in an attempt to obtain a Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence and get work as a security operative. On Thursday 15 December 2022, Abdul-Semiu Adeniyi Badmos from Manchester was ordered by Manchester Crown Court to do 150 hours unpaid work within a 12-month period, […]

December 13, 2022

On Wednesday 7 December 2022, Imraz Hussain pleaded guilty at Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court to working illegally as a door supervisor at a bar in Dudley. Hussain was fined £200 and required to pay £280 prosecution costs plus a £34 victim surcharge. The prosecution was brought by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) following a routine inspection […]

December 6, 2022

On 2 December 2022, Benjamin Peter John Head of Bournemouth was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court. He pleaded guilty at Poole Magistrates’ Court on 17 June 2022 to providing and supplying illegal security at various venues in Bournemouth. The court fined him £500 and ordered him to pay court costs of £1,500 and a victim […]

December 5, 2022

We are pleased to welcome Nexus National Security Network to the membership of The ACS Pacesetters. Nexus is a leading specialist outsourced security provider, supporting the security industry. The current Managing Director, Marc Stanton, was one of the founders of the company in 2011 and in September 2022 it became part of the VPS Group. […]

November 29, 2022

First Response Group (FRG) has won the acclaimed Security Guarding Company of the Year Over £30M Turnover award at the 2022 Security & Fire Excellence Awards. Now in its 23rd year, the prestigious Security & Fire Excellence Awards continue to highlight the very best people, projects and processes the security and fire sectors have to offer. The […]

November 22, 2022

On Friday 11 November 2022, Muhammad Imran was prosecuted in his absence at Reading Magistrates’ Court for failing to supply information to the Security Industry Authority (SIA). Mr Imran, a company director from Maidenhead, was fined £440 and required to pay £1,953.50 prosecution costs plus a £44 victim surcharge. Mr Imran’s company MNMFM Ltd was […]

A Southend man without the legal right to work in the UK was caught with a forged Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence after he was injured in a car accident in Bristol. On Monday 14 November, Ahmed Altorshan was handed a 17 weeks’ jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, by Southend-on-Sea Magistrates’ Court. He was […]

November 11, 2022

On Friday 4 November 2022, a security operative pleaded guilty at Dudley Magistrates’ Court to working illegally. Finlay Caw of Bridgnorth was fined £300 and required to pay £500 prosecution costs plus a £34 victim surcharge to be paid within 14 days. Friday’s sentencing is the latest in a series of prosecutions brought by the […]