Pilgrims welcomes new Regional Sales Manager Amanda Mathie as part of the company’s service expansion to corporations with Headquarters in the north of England. Amanda will oversee Pilgrims’ development of risk and security services to its existing clients and take control of Pilgrims’ promotion across the north. In her new role she will build within key sectors including pharmaceutical, oil and gas, financial and distribution, further expanding support to Pilgrims’ customers in the region. Amanda has significant local and regional understanding of the challenges businesses face, havi...

AFC Group is pleased to welcome Julie Hulme to the senior management team as Commercial Director. She brings with her more than 18 years security and soft services industry experience. Julie will be responsible for managing all aspects of the sales process within the group. After completing a French degree at St Andrews University Julie began her career in sales at Reed Publishing. She then went on to join Reliance Security, undertaking a number of senior sales and sales management roles including Regional Sales Manager, Shopping Centre Account Manager and Key Account Manager. Julie was respon...

Despite the recession, the number of people admitting to shoplifting has declined by almost 8% over the past 12 months, according to the Sixth Annual Retail Crime Survey1 by G4S Secure Solutions (UK) (‘G4S’). However, retail shrinkage remains a significant issue with approximately 2.4 million British adults admitting to shoplifting goods valued at over £650 million, down from around £780 million last year. Although overall levels of shoplifting appear to be down, G4S is warning that the pressure to give expensive presents, despite many family budgets being stretched to breaking point, i...

Following the British Security Industry Association's (BSIA) recent research into crime in the recession, the Association's Access Control Section is highlighting the benefits that users can gain from access control technology. The BSIA's research revealed that security remains a key investment for UK plc despite the difficult economic climate with 92% of respondents retaining the same level of investment. In a summary report of the research findings, access control was featured as a popular security measure among the respondents. BSIA Access Control Section Chairman, Mike Sussman, comme...

The infologue.com Top 20 for 2009 is as follows: Rank Company Name 2009 Turnover Est Market Share 1 G4S £380,000,000 17.27% 2 Mitie plc £263,000,000 11.95% 3 Reliance Security Services Ltd £229,000,000 10.41% 4 Chubb Security Personnel Ltd. £124,000,000 5.64% 5 Vision Security Group Ltd (VSG) £103,000,000 4.68% 6 OCS Ltd £95,000,000 4.32% 7 Securitas Security Services Ltd. £92,000,000 4.18% 8 The Corps Ltd £78,000,000 3.55% 9 Advance Security Ltd £75,000,000 3.41% 10 Interserve Plc £70,000,000 ...

The Chairman of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA), Stuart Lowden, has today announced the appointment of James Kelly as the new Chief Executive of the BSIA. James brings a wealth of experience in lobbying, legal advice and commercial service delivery. With a very successful track record in professional representation he has performed leadership roles on behalf of the legal profession, engineering and marketing services industries. Until recently James was Chief Operating Officer of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), a role which was both high profile and hugely challenging...

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has welcomed the announcement from the Home Office on its formation of the National CCTV Oversight Body and decision to appoint an interim CCTV regulator. Among several responsibilities, the oversight body will develop the national standards for the installation and use of CCTV in public spaces, determine training requirements for users and raise public awareness of how CCTV works and the benefits it carries in tackling crime and protecting the public. Over the next 12 months the CCTV regulator will draft recommendations to ministers on how CCT...

This is the second year of the Broadwalk Business Services awards to recognise outstanding achievements by quoted companies in the business services sectors. The UK often leads the world in business services and is a major employer. It is one of the less well known success stories of the economy, and these awards are another step towards raising its profile. Competition for awards this year was extremely fierce with many very strong performances, despite the demanding economic environment. 2009 Award Winners: Company of the year: Aggreko CEO of the year: Nick Buckles, G4S Chairman of the ...

Skills for Security has announced that it has redesigned its popular Basic Job Training packs in response to the SIA’s announcement concerning changes to their requirements for licence-linked training. From January new trainees in Guarding and CCTV Operation will need to be taught a modular programme, and Door Supervisor training will be brought in line with the new requirements in June. In essence, all licensable occupations will be taught certain “core modules”, which will then be supplemented by specialist modules relating to the type of licence being applied for. This will mean that...

Plans to raise standards by introducing additional training for UK door supervisors will form part of a Home Office consultation launched today. The aim of the new proposals is to protect the public by raising standards of training across the industry. Additional training will include physical intervention, first aid, special considerations when dealing with young people and awareness of the threat of terrorism. The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has already included the additional training elements as part of the new qualifications being introduced from June 2010. The 14-week public consu...