Corps Security have won the Challenge Event of the Year at Third Sector’s Business Charity Awards for its Tour de Corps fundraiser for Combat Stress. The fundraiser was a 750-mile countrywide cycling tour of all Corps mainland offices, starting on April 23rd 2023 in Glasgow and concluding in London. Corps Security won the award because of the intensity of the challenge, and for exceeding its initial £5,000 fundraising target by over double.  In seven days, the Torps de Corps cyclists combatted snow and rain to cover 750 miles, at times reaching nearly 10,000m above sea level as they wou...

The Spinning Gate Shopping Centre in Leigh have announced the appointment of new security provider: Lodge Security. Spinning Gate Shopping Centre hosts 39 retail units with a 92% current occupancy level within 110,000sq ft of retail space in Leigh Town Centre. The centre has good transport connectivity, located in between Manchester and Liverpool, and has close links to the M6 motorway. Spinning Gate is located between the flat surface on site car park (operated by Wigan Council) and Leigh’s Bus Station, which has direct links into Manchester City Centre.  The centre also runs in para...

Award winning First Response Group (FRG), the nationwide security, risk, and property protection business, has won a contract with English Heritage, a charity that manages more than 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. The three-year contract, with an option to extend to five, covers security guarding at some of the most iconic and historical venues in English history including Apsley House, the former London home of the first Duke of Wellington and once known as ‘Number 1 London’, Dover Castle, Kenilworth Castle, Eltham Palace, Kenwood House and Marble Hill House, plus an additi...

First Response Group (FRG), the nationwide security, risk, and property protection company, has won Entrepreneurial Business of the Year: above £10m at the inaugural Security and Safety Entrepreneurial Awards (SSEAs). The Health and Safety Event at the NEC hosted a presentation ceremony announcing the winners on Tuesday 30th April. The SSEAs are for entrepreneurs, start-ups and established businesses who focus on security and safety, protecting people and organisations. Entrants are required to meet strict criteria on innovation and adaptability, customer focus and value proposition, le...

Founded in 1993 and owned by Iain McCallister, MAN Commercial Protection Ltd operates throughout the UK with contracts nationwide. They are industry specialists in all areas of manned guarding, including CCTV operation, keyholding and alarm response, loss prevention, concierge services and event security management. MAN Commercial Protection Ltd has been recognised as the Family-Owned Business of the Year at the Security and Safety Entrepreneur Awards. This award highlights their commitment to excellence, innovation, and family values in the security industry. The Security and Safety Ent...

Assist Security Group (ASG) are a provider of security solutions across a range of industries including luxury hotels and retail, estate management and corporate offices, tourist entertainment and event management, hospital facilities, and security training. ASG takes a consultative approach to understand each client's unique needs and situational risks. Assist Security Group has been appointed by Bonhams to provide onsite guarding services for its flagship London salerooms in New Bond Street and Knightsbridge. This follows security deployments in Amsterdam, Dublin and Vienna for the inter...

Corps Security has won a contract with the National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited (NFU Mutual), the UK insurance composite. The contract began in April, with Corps Security working on over 30 of NFU Mutual’s sites throughout the UK. Corps provides a fully integrated security solution for NFU Mutual. This includes front of house security personnel with customer facing security guarding, remote monitoring services through Corps Monitoring, and security maintenance across NFU Mutual’s estate. Following a competitive tender, NFU Mutual selected Corps Security due to both...

Amulet is partnering with several boroughs within Essex on a 15-month pilot project that will see six Transport Safety Officers (TSOs) coordinate with c2c, Greater Anglia and Ensign Buses to enhance safety on public transport. They will also collaborate with the British Transport Police and Essex Police. TSOs are specially trained staff who deal with low-level nuisance and disorder, champion strategies that tackle Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and target hotspot routes and locations on public transport. As part of the Government’s Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, the Depart...

Bidvest Noonan has launched its VR training programme, Altius, with more than 1,600 security officers onboarded for phase one of the programme. Altius see security officers train in virtual environments using VR headsets. These environments are perfect replicas of their actual workplaces, each recreated from real settings with advanced 3D camera technology. The training immerses officers in highly realistic simulations where they are challenged to resolve a wide range of security issues, developing their skills, and honing their reactions in a low-risk environment. Through the creation of v...

Senior management at Leon Guarding & FM Ltd, are delighted to announce the appointment of Tanveer Mahmood as their new Development & Operations Director. Mahmood, with 23-years’ experience in the security sector, shares the company's merit-based vision and its commitment to establishing a leading position in the security industry. Tanveer began as a security officer in 2001, he worked with nonpareil devotion and zeal, progressing through various roles such as Security Officer, Store Detective, Site Supervisor, Area Manager, Scheduler, Scheduling Manager, and National Operations M...