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Wednesday, 22 February 2012

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Another successful year for Meet the Buyers event

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The fifth Meet the Buyers event, organised by the BSIA in partnership with the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation (UKTI DSO), IFSEC organiser United Business Media and the International Trade Promotion Centre, took place on Monday 16th of May, on the first day of the IFSEC show. Formatted as a ‘speed networking’ [...]

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Trade associations learn importance of data destruction at exclusive BSIA breakfast event

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA)’s Information Destruction Section held an exclusive breakfast briefing for senior staff of trade associations, to raise awareness on the importance of effective data destruction strategies, legislations surrounding sensitive data management and consequences for non-compliance. The briefing took place on Friday 1st April at the Institute of Directors, in London.

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Popular complimentary security event returns to Manchester on April 13th

‘Security – Whatever the Cuts’ is the title for this year’s free annual Manchester Security event, which will focus on providing businesses with valuable insight as how investing in security solutions during an economic downturn will help them reduce losses

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Popular complimentary security event returns to Manchester on April 13th

‘Security – Whatever the Cuts’ is the title for this year’s free annual Manchester Security event, which will focus on providing businesses with valuable insight as how investing in security solutions during an economic downturn will help them reduce losses associated with threats such as theft and vandalism. This free exhibition with seminar is opened [...]

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BSIA welcomes government boost to R&D Tax Credits

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has welcomed the Government’s announcement of a boost to tax credits for small businesses conducting Research and Development into new products. As part of yesterday’s Budget announcement, Chancellor George Osborne reinforced the Coalition’s support for manufacturing, increasing R&D tax credits for small businesses to 200% from April 2011, a figure [...]

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IPSA welcomes Government’s recognition of clearer legislative path for the SIA transition

Yesterday evening in the House of Lords agreement was finally reached to remove the Security Industry Authority (SIA) from the Public Bodies Bill. This does not change the overall situation whereby the SIA will be replaced with a “new regulatory regime”, however it does mean that the path will be clearer with a single piece [...]

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ASC Business Club Seminar

Association of Security Consultants’ (ASC) members and guests attended the recent ASC Business Club Seminar held in St. James’s, London. The meeting considered the theme “Security Demands Innovation” and was sponsored by Nedap, a solution oriented, knowledge based organisation. Following a welcome and introduction by ASC Chairman Roy Sutherland, Mohammed Jouied of ActivIdentity gave the [...]

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Safe industry launches new trade association

In February, leading figures in the UK’s safe industry gathered at the Headquarters of the Security Institute at Caldecote near Nuneaton to launch Eurosafe UK, their new trade association. Bo Blomdahl, President of the parent association, Eurosafe, described its formation 22 years ago to represent the interests of the industry in mainland Europe, promoting the [...]

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