March 16, 2015

Personality assessments have come a long way since Carl Jung first expanded on his theory to show how Introverts and Extraverts used their energy differently, and how people with Thinking or Feeling preferences used these “rational” functions to make decisions from very different perspectives. Numerous systems fit individuals into a variety of types and offer insights into behavioural strengths and weaknesses.

March 15, 2015

Ward Security is expanding into Scotland with the opening of offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh and the key appointment of ex-Scotland international and British Lions fly-half Craig Chalmers joining the company as Business Development Manager. Andrew Foley, Ward Security Operations Manager who has been with the company for some time, will lead the operation.

February 23, 2015

Elizabeth France CBE, Security Industry Authority Chair, today [20 February] announced the appointment of Alan Clamp as SIA Chief Executive.

February 19, 2015

Nominations are now open for members of The ACS Pacesetters to ask their clients to nominate their Security Officers for one of the 12 Security Officer of Distinction Awards.

February 9, 2015

On Friday 30 January, Sandra Okah (now Daudirgaite) of Chapel Drive, Dartford, Kent, was sentenced at Blackfriars Crown Court to five years imprisonment for immigration and security offences.

January 30, 2015

The Westgrove Group is the third security company to join the membership of the ACS Pacesetters in January.

January 28, 2015

Those of us who were fortunate enough to hear the moving speech by Gulf War Veteran, Allen Parton, founder of the charity “Hounds for Heroes”, at the inaugural ACS Pacesetters Achievement Awards Luncheon last year are ever likely to forget it. It was, quite simply, the best talking to the best and it brought a hugely successful Awards Luncheon at Windsor Racecourse to a conclusion.

The January edition of the FM Contract Watch newsletter is dedicated to The ACS Pacesetters and includes the following:

January 27, 2015

Following the success of our first Understand Immigration Legislation course held in 2014, we are holding a further course in Central London on the 25th March 2015.

Octavian kicks off ambitious 2015 by creating hundreds of new security jobs in South Africa