G4S Secure Solutions employee Darren Douglas has today scooped the BSIA's 'Outstanding Act' award in the Midlands region for saving a customer's life whilst on duty. In November 2011, customer care officer Darren, age 45, leapt to the rescue to save the life of a jobseeker's who had collapsed suffering a heart attack at the West Bromwich Job Centre. Administering CPR for twenty minutes Darren ensured the man was given life-saving first aid prior to the arrival of emergency services. But his heroic assistance did not end there; Darren continued to provide critical help even after the p...

Enigma Security Solutions Ltd is proud to announce the launch of its new website. The new site has been built with better interaction and clearer navigability in mind, and boasts a cleaner, more refreshing look, easier accessibility and richer online content. The tailored design has been created with the aim of showcasing Enigma’s services as well as better engaging with its staff and customers. In addition to the sleek and stylish imagery, the site also provides details of Enigma’s service offerings, its company policies as well as direct links to its various social networking platf...

The latest addition to the ACS Star Performers Table are Wakefield based Key Security (UK) Limited following their 4th annual inspection by the SSAIB in August 2012. Key Security holds approval by the SIA for Door Supervision, Security Guarding and Key Holding services. Managing Director Kieran Montgomery originally established the company in 2007 and as they approach their 6th birthday reflected; "As we enter 2013, we have secured new long term contracts across all our operating divisions and having a strong senior management infrastructure are geared up for further contracts and exc...

Wavestore has further strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Iain Cundy as Business Creation Manager. Iain is well known within the electronic security industry having for the last two years been Demand Creation Manager for Panasonic and he was previously the Sales Manager for JVC. Working alongside other members of Wavestore’s fast growing sales team, Ian will be working closely with installers and system integrators to identify new business opportunities for Wavestore’s open platform VMS. “We are delighted that Iain has joined our team”, said Chris Williams, Directo...

ICTS UK announced today that their specialist canine units received top certification, with the complete explo team awarded HABC Level 4 Certification for an Explosive Detection Dog Handler. Steve Hill, Secretary and Director of the National Association of Security Dog Users (NASDU) congratulates ICTS and, in particular, Jed Marshall (ICTS UK Head of Canine Services) for achieving what is probably the first Company Dog Section in the UK to have all its handlers trained and accredited to the Level 4 Certificate for an Explosive Detection Dog Handler. Not only do all ICTS handlers now hold this...

Driven by innovation and human endeavour, contemporary history has been defined by a series of unprecedented achievements and landmark events. From the first footsteps on the moon and New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary’s record ascent of Everest, to the beginning of the Information Age and significant accomplishments in science and engineering, recent decades of invention and technical expertise have revolutionised the world. It was during this time of technological invention that Bill Gallagher Sr. made history when, in 1937, he produced the world’s first battery-powered fence syst...

Vital Technology has provided a multi-discipline SCADA system at the Medway Tunnel under the River Medway between Strood and Chatham in Kent on the south coast of England. The work at Medway has been a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system replacement project in which Ematics, a subsidiary company within Vital Technology specialising in SCADA, have installed a SCADA and programmable logic controller (PLC)-based control and monitoring system to facilitate tunnel operation. The custom-developed SCADA system at Medway is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) which intera...

Nick Moss has been appointed a member of Tavcom’s highly respected team of specialist tutors. Nick has worked for the last 14 years for the security division of Gratte Brothers which he joined as a Project Engineer and was subsequently promoted to the role of Technical Manager. He previously worked for 10 years for the MOD as part of the team which provides technical training in support of the resettlement programme for members of the armed forces. “We are delighted to have been able to recruit someone of Nick’s calibre and experience to join our training team. His expertise will be h...

Datum opened its flagship datacentre, which was designed and built by specialists Keysource, and is located on the high-security QinetiQ Cody Technology Park in Farnborough, in January 2013 with the objective of providing clients with flexible data collocation services including single or multiple rack options, as well as dedicated and custom suites for bespoke requirements. All offerings are backed by extensive support services including a 24/7 manned helpdesk and technical support. The facilities are spread over three distinct areas with the design of each focussed on its main purpose. In ...

G4S Aviation Services (UK) Ltd (G4S), one of the UK’s leading aviation security specialists, has today announced it has won a new three year contract to be the provider of security solutions to British Airways at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports. Starting from this month, G4S will provide a range of security services at Heathrow and Gatwick, including: staff, passenger, baggage and cargo screening; document and biometric verification; aircraft protection; firearms handling; incident response services; and building and asset security. Adrian Tighe, Managing Director of Transport and ...