In an exclusive feature for Infologue.com, Douglas Greenwell, Sales and Strategy Director at G4S Secure Solutions (UK), discusses the distinction between security and safety. Douglas writes: "After some fourteen years in the UK security industry, one of the most persistent debates I have encountered has surrounded the relationship between the desired states of ‘security’ and ‘safety’. This debate has always struck me as somewhat of a red herring because, in my view and that of G4S Secure Solutions, there is no real distinction between security and safety. Distinctions, we believe, d...

Chris Cully,- Managing Director of risk & security management company, Dilitas Chris Cully, the Managing Director of risk & security management company, Dilitas writes exclusively for Infologue.com. Chris writes: "Fracking is the nickname for hydraulic fracturing which is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at high pressure, in order to fracture shale rocks thereby releasing the natural gas contained within the shale rock. "According to Chevron, natural gas extracted from shale rock formations has become the fastest-growing source of gas in the United Sta...

Representing the UK’s private security industry against a continually changing backdrop of legislative and regulatory change, while growing UK security providers’ presence on a global scale, are among the key priorities of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) in 2014. Chief Executive, James Kelly, outlines his priorities for the coming year. Implementation of the long-awaited regime of business licensing is set to begin in early 2014, and the BSIA remains at the forefront of the Security Regulation Alliance, a single-issue body established in 2010 to ensure that the industry...

I’m Peter Webster, chief executive of Corps Security, and this is where I examine the issues affecting the security industry. My thoughts and opinions are intended to generate debate and whether you agree or disagree with them, you’re welcome to post your comments below. One of the main objectives when writing my blogs is to open up discussion and get people thinking and talking. Since beginning my series of missives I have been pleasantly surprised with the amount of feedback I have received – not all of it agreeing with my views. Mainly the feedback has been through discussions with...

In his final blog of the year for Infologue, John Briggs, operations director for First Security, takes a look back at some of the key issues and developments of 2013. "This past year has generated discussions in areas such as training, licensing and vetting, and advances in technology. Hostile reconnaissance and terrorism were also hot on agendas within the security industry, as well as the debate on manned guarding versus electronic security." To recap these discussions, Briggs talks us through 2013 and what the industry can expect moving forward. "With the security industry evolving...

Bob Forsyth, the Managing Director of MITIE Total Security Management (TSM) discusses business licensing. Bob writes: "The Government has been contemplating a new regulatory regime for our industry for three years in order to reduce some of the bureaucratic costs and burdens associated with the current scheme. "As a business leader in the private security industry, I welcomed the notion of change as the current system of regulation needed to evolve as our industry has. Of course, regulation must set standards for business practice, but there is also an opportunity for it to propel our in...

  In David Rubens fifteenth exclusive article for Infologue.com, he discusses what is a crises:  Although we tend to think of crises as sudden, unexpected events, the truth is that what we finally perceive of as crises have in many cases had a long and openly visible development process, including significant milestones that in retrospect could have been seen as clear indicators of a potential crisis event in the making. One of the most significant questions in discussing and analysing crises situations is why is it that organisation have such a deeply ingrained disinclination t...

In his latest blog for Infologue, John Briggs, operations director for First Security, discusses the latest innovations in closed circuit television (CCTV), and how this technology can be combined with manned guarding to provide a more robust and efficient security response. Traditionally installed to identify and record criminal behaviour, CCTV in working environments has greatly evolved. Now offering real-time surveillance and access to recorded data, CCTV is a valuable tool for analysing security across any environment. With many electronic security systems available such as intruder al...

Time is running out for the Home Office to introduce the primary legislation required to initiate Business Licensing in terms of the Private Security Industry Act of 2001. There is also growing concern that Security Industry Authority (SIA) has not revealed what the overall cost of licensing will be under the new regulatory regime which is crucial in an industry that enters into two to three year contracts writes Bobby Logue. It is feared that in some cases, the overall cost of licensing may increase for some businesses. Due to recent announcements by the SIA, industry leaders fear that Bus...

Stuart Lodge, the CEO of Lodge Service has agreed to write a monthly blog for Infologue.com. In Stuart’s first blog he looks at return on investment. Stuart writes: "For the commercial security sector, minimising business risk is more than about cutting the incidence of crime. Increasingly the priority is to reduce all associated losses and costs, including expenditure on security, and to show a clear return on investment. "Margins in all sectors continue to be squeezed, and the cost of crime and protection represents an additional pressure that all organisations want to cut. "The mos...