David Ward, Managing Director at Ward Security writes his first of a new series of blogs exclusively for Infologue.com. David Writes: "Just as security challenges have evolved in recent years, so has the standard model of security service delivery. For suppliers of security services the change has been one of necessity driven by environmental, technological and economic factors. But that’s not to assume that the security offering has simply followed trends. Indeed, there has been a marked move towards innovation, whereby security companies have developed their offering, bringing to the ma...

David Dickinson, former British Security Industry Association Chief Executive, who led the security industry through the crucial regulatory transition phase from 2002 to 2006, has agreed to write a regular column for Infologue.com. His first column gives a personal view on the Confederation of European Security Services (CoESS) Manual “Buying Quality Private Security Services”. David writes: “The first thing to say about this document is that it is timely, comprehensive- and welcome. It spans fifty six pages, has an excellent Executive Summary, and covers its subject in five clear...

Crime soared in the retail sector by 18% over the past twelve months according to the latest BRC Crime Survey released yesterday. Shoplifting, cyber-crime and fraud is now at its highest level since the current recording system began in 2004. Is the rise as a result of a lack of investment in security or are the criminals just getting smarter? Infologue.com believes the answer is probably a mixture of both, writes Infologue.com publisher, Bobby Logue. “Organised crime is identified as a growing problem which is confirmed by our own experience with retail security. Gangs are targetin...

Writing for Infologue.com, Bill Freear, Managing Director of Pilgrims Group Ltd, discusses security training. Bill writes, "The private security industry in the UK has seen reducing margins over the last decade and the result of this has been a reluctance for many security companies to invest in their people. We face an ever expanding requirement for more skilled individuals, with technological advancement moving forward at a pace whilst reducing margins and relatively low pay within the sector make the task increasingly difficult. "One of the effects of low margins is a lack of investme...

Peter Webster, chief executive of Corps Security, a regular Infologue.com blogger, looks at a new form of threat to the UK. He writes: "The brutal terrorist attack in Paris highlights once again that the threat from terrorism remains both real, and deadly. "It is important to note that the attack in Paris on the offices of the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, was both specific in nature and intent, as well as being extremely well planned. Those who have viewed the horrific images and video clips of the attack would have been struck by the professionalism of the attackers, and their hand...

UPDATE: Due to two large aquisitions made by Kingdom Security, The Infologue.com Top 30 table has been amended to reflect the new position of Kingdom from the 14th position to 9th position as of the 13/02/2015. The regulated security sector has remained static in terms of turnover at £3.2 billion for the past year. Due to the popularity of the Infologue.com Top 25 companies list as well as numerous requests we have decided to increase the Infologue.com Top 25 to 30. The annual turnover of the new Infologue.com Top 30 is estimated at £2,953,000,000 representing 92.42% of the annual turnov...

In his latest blog for Infologue.com, Chris Cully, Managing Director for Dilitas Ltd discusses legal aid. Chris writes: "As many of you are aware, the last 12 months has seen increasing chaos and mayhem in the legal system, due to the swaging cuts on he legal system and judicial process, including legal aid, delivered by the Chris Grayling, the Justice Secretary. The criminal law system is under enough pressure due to the ineptitude and incompetence of the Crown Prosecution System, an organisation that does nothing to serve the course of justice for the man and woman on the street. "Thus,...

In his latest blog for Infologue.com, John Davies, Managing Director at TDSi discusses the integration of security. "A few years ago PSIM (Physical Security Information Management) became a popular buzzword in both the physical and logical security sectors. In its broadest sense, the term sought to describe the increasing unification between IT security and physical security systems, which became inevitable with the increased adoption of IP services throughout business and society as a whole. "In the case of physical security, this phenomenon has revolutionised the approach the industry ...

In his latest blog for Infologue.com, Stuart Lodge, Chief Executive of Lodge Service, discusses drones. Stuart writes: "An aerial ‘guard’ that can monitor large sites and carry out its duties anywhere, at any time and requires no rest, other than the occasional battery recharge: are drones the future for site patrols and perimeter guarding on large external sites? At Lodge Service we monitor and review new technologies that can enable us all to work smarter and provide data to our intelligence centre from client locations. Drones are increasingly viable for CCTV signalling input – bu...

In his latest blog for Infologue.com, Bob Forsyth, Managing Director of MITIE Total Security Management discusses agility. Bob writes: "At Mitie, we undertook significant research this year to help us really understand both the major issues and opportunities that are being encountered by FM and property directors. "The research highlighted the importance of agile working, with it having a significant influence on the way FM and property directors plan and use property. This is largely driven by technologies that accommodate modern requirements for mobile and flexible working arrangements...