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 […]

November 29, 2018

On Thursday 22 November, Martin Makesa (49) of Bettons Park in east London, the sole director of London Guard Security Limited, and Emily Kamau (35) from Stratford and a former company director, were sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court. They were found guilty of providing unlicensed security guards; an offence under the Private Security Industry Act […]

TC Facilities Management (TCFM) have created a national charity partnership to help the British Heart Foundation achieve its aim of beating heartbreak forever. The partnership commenced 6 weeks ago and has set its sights on raising £5K of funds for the charity that conducts ground-breaking research in to heart and circulatory diseases and their causes. […]

November 14, 2018

​Last Friday 9 November, at Caernarfon Crown Court, Mark Pursglove (52) of Llanberis Road, Caernarfon was ordered to pay over £18,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act, for his previous convictions including working without an SIA licence. Pursglove’s previous convictions were for providing unlicensed security operatives, giving the SIA false information and working as an […]

November 13, 2018

Steven Renouf, who is the owner of Taghna Security Services, had supplied up to 40 unlicensed staff to the school over the course of a contract dating from 2006. In addition to deceiving his client, Renouf had dishonestly convinced his own employees that they didn’t require a licence. Renouf appeared at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on […]

November 5, 2018

​On 31 October, at Leicester Magistrates’ Court, Irfan Dogan (22) was found guilty of working without an SIA licence, providing false information and then failing to provide the relevant information. In October 2017, we began an investigation into Irfan Dogan, owner and manager of Cobra Security Services based in Leicester. As the investigation progressed Dogan’s […]