London, 23 August 2011 – Fleet management technology has helped a leading security installation company reduce its fuel consumption by 12,000 litres in just 12 months. Christie Intruder Alarms (CIA) introduced a TomTom fleet management solution to cut fuel costs, simplify admin and prove vehicle usage for tax purposes by accurately differentiating business from private mileage. “Through improved routing between customers, reduced engine idling by avoiding traffic congestion, reduced speeding and the better allocation of vehicles to jobs, the company has recorded an outstanding £22,000 s...

The Bland Group International (BGI) has made another move into the security business with the acquisition of Security Express, Watch I.T. and Secur-I.T., three of Gibraltar’s leading security companies. Managed by an experienced team with a wealth of expertise in all areas of corporate and personal security, this development has come as no surprise to those in the security and defence industry. The Chief Executive of BGI, John Perez, said: “These acquisitions are in line with the Group’s strategy to continue to diversify into security and defence sectors and have received the full suppo...

A UK food retailer has praised security company G4S – the world’s leading international security solutions group - for protecting it against a burglary in one of its Belfast stores. Jim Turner (56), a G4S mobile patrol officer for the last 6 years, responding to an alarm activation in the early hours of the morning at a Co-operative Food outlet in Belfast, quickly realised that all was not as it should be. On arrival at the store the G4S officer spotted suspicious activity and quickly notified the police, who arrived onsite and caught thieves red handed as they attempted to steal ...

MITIE Group PLC (“MITIE”), the strategic outsourcing and energy services company, releases its Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 April 2011 to date. Trading update MITIE has made significant progress in each of its key target markets during the year to date. We have seen good levels of organic growth in the early months of the year. Revenues and earnings are developing in line with management’s expectations. At 30 June 2011, 85% (30 June 2010: 78%) of budgeted revenues for this financial year had already been secured. Enablers for growth MITIE continues to see good...

Esoteric Ltd, a leading counterespionage and electronic sweeping company, has announced the launch of a website re-design to reflect its burgeoning reputation in the counterespionage sector and its growing vision to become the UK’s leading supplier of counter surveillance services and advice. The site, http://www.esotericltd.com, has been re-designed to serve as a single point of reference for organisations, government departments and individuals seeking to counter the ever increasing espionage, eavesdropping and insider threats facing businesses today, leaving them free to achieve their obj...

Q1 Labs, the global provider of total security intelligence solutions, today announced that it has become a member and official partner of the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This further demonstrates Q1 Labs’ commitment to European security intelligence markets and builds on the company’s existing European efforts out of its distribution, R&D, sales and support centre, also located in Belfast. “Joint research between academic, government and commercial researchers is very important to ensure that the security solutions necessary to sa...

8th August 2011 .... As a result of recent heavy investment in its Glasgow based Monitoring Centre (CMC), Corps Security is now able to offer DualCom’s dual path signalling system amongst its comprehensive range of alarm monitoring services. By installing kilo streams and receiving equipment in the Centre which provides access to the DualCom Gemini Managed Network, this will enable Corps Security to offer alarm installers and its corporate customers a totally integrated dual path signalling system using PSTN as its primary signalling route, with GPRS as its secondary route. Eric Roberts, C...

Securitas has agreed to acquire the Belgian security services company Cobelguard. Enterprise value is estimated to MSEK 347 (MEUR 39). Cobelguard has annual sales of approximately MSEK 535 (MEUR 60) and approximately 1,600 employees. The company is mainly operating in guarding inBelgium, and has also operations in Luxemburg. Securitas is one of the leading players in the security services market in Belgium. With this acquisition, Securitas will strengthen its position in the retail segment. The acquisition is subject to approval from Belgian competition authorities. Securitas Website...

CCD Design and Ergonomics Limited has worked with the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service to redesign a number of major Port and Airport CCTV Control Rooms. The new state of the art facilities provide the highest quality technology, desking, room environment and control interfaces for Customs and Border Protection frontline staff. Customs and Border Protection Acting National Manager, Technology and Enforcement Capability, Nicola Viney said the new facilities will help Customs and Border Protection officers to undertake important work protecting our borders. “These new faci...

The first of the Unipart Security series of ‘Installer Days’ was held on 28th July at the company’s facilities in Oxford. The theme of the event was ‘Opportunities to increase revenue streams’ and included presentations from CCTV distributor Videcon, who co-hosted the event, Connexion2 lone worker protection and Emizon IP, a manufacturer of dual path alarm signalling solutions. “The objective of our seminar presentations was to highlight that in a tough economic climate there are still opportunities for installers to increase revenue streams, whilst at the same time showing empat...