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On 9 December 2017 at Teesside Crown Court, jailed security director Christopher Catchpole, was ordered to pay back proceeds of crime amounting to £63,628. Catchpole, formerly of Pro-Lock Security Limited based in Durham, had previously been sentenced to 32 months in prison at Teesside Crown Court in June 2017. He was convicted of money laundering, […]
Read moreOur client is a national Security Guarding Company which also provides some associated Facilities Management Services. They have ACS accreditation and are in the top 15% of all approved companies. They are currently looking to purchase a company with up to £5m annual turnover and are seeking organisations which provide security guarding/mobile patrols/keyholding, but will […]
Read moreA South Wales man has been sentenced for continuing to work as a security director despite having lost his SIA licence. Billy Jones, director of BJ Securities Ltd, was sentenced to 12 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, and 200 hours unpaid work at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on 13 December. Jones had previously had his […]
Read moreOn 6 November, at Caernarfon Crown Court, Mark Pursglove was sentenced for working without a licence following several hearings in October 2017 and September 2017. At this latest hearing, Pursglove was given a 4-month prison sentence suspended for 2 years. He was also sentenced to a community order of 150 hours unpaid work. As part […]
Read moreDoor supervisor, Warren Steele, has had his licence revoked following a conviction, for failing to display his licence whist on duty. Steele was sentenced on 15 September 2017, at Chester Magistrates Court. Steele, a head door supervisor, was caught on two occasions failing to display his licence when he was working at a bar near […]
Read moreOn 26 October, at Leamington Spa Magistrates Court, Karl Alexander Morrison, now known as Karl O’Brien, was found guilty of working without an SIA licence. Morrison was found working without an SIA licence at an illegal traveller’s encampment in Coventry, by SIA investigators, following intelligence received from Warwickshire Police in April 2017. From a subsequent […]
Read moreThere are currently in excess of 800 Security Companies who are accredited by the Security Industry Authority as an Approved Contractor and, there are believed to be, approximately 2,200 companies who are operating outside of the scheme. The members of the ACS Pacesetters have all achieved a score of +136 (recently increased from +128) and […]
Read moreThe latest Newsletter from FM Contract Watch has just been published and includes: Security Awareness in the Workplace – The Silver Fox Audit News Board – The latest industry news Accredited Members – The ACS Pacesetters SIA Approved Contractor Scoring Insurance Broker to the Security Industry – Sutton Specialist Risks Click here to read the […]
Read moreWe were pleased to be included in the recent Thames Valley Air Ambulance Newsletter following our fundraising at The ACS Pacesetters Awards Lunch in May. Click here to read the newsletter and find out more about Thames Valley Air Ambulance TVAA Newsletter Autumn17
Read moreThe following statistics have been published on the BBC news website regarding wages for Security Guards and related occupations. The average annual wage for a Security Guard in 2016 was £22,303 compared to the average UK salary for all jobs which was £28,213. Between 2011 and 2016 a Security Guards wage increased by 5%, however; […]
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