Total Security services’ (T.S.S. Security) Managing director Ricky Gardezi believes “people should be proud of the company they work for,” as he opened Total Security Services’ doors to Infologue.com’s Editorial Team of Bobby Logue and Alex Walker, on a tour of their new London Headquarters. Total Security Services, one of the UK’s largest privately-owned businesses is raising the bar in the regulated private security sector, through a series of long-term investments in people and processes. The company has enjoyed steady and sustainable growth to their client base in recent years...

On Wednesday (14 February), Michael Ryan, Director of Coventry-based IG Security Services Limited, was found guilty at Coventry Magistrates’ Court of providing unlicensed security operatives, an offence under the Private Security Industry Act (PSIA) 2001. Mr Ryan was fined £850 and his company, IG Security Services Ltd was awarded a penalty of £1,000; in addition he has to pay full court costs of £5,265. The Security Industry Authority (SIA) began investigating the company in April 2017, when they discovered Karl Morrison, an unlicensed security guard, working for IG Security Ltd; the di...

One of the security industry’s most influential forums is taking place in London next month. The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has opened the booking for their annual Stakeholder Conference, which takes place at the Oval cricket ground on Tuesday 13th March 2018. The conference will bring together private security businesses, the regulator, and members of law enforcement agencies to discuss the big questions affecting the industry.  This year’s themes will be Protecting the Public and Labour Supply in the Private Security Industry. Elizabeth France, Chair of the SIA, said: “We�...

Securitas is proud to sponsor the Thought Leadership Summit, on 1st March, at this year’s OSPAs (Outstanding Security Performance Awards). New for 2018, the Summit will invite debate and discussion from a leading line-up of speakers on the best way to take the security industry forward, confirmed speakers include: • The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy • Ian Dyson QPM, Commissioner, City of London Police • Andrew Thomson, Director of Property Services, The Shard • Craig Robb, Chief Commercial Officer, Securitas UK Craig Robb, ...

In the lead up to the prestigious Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs) awards ceremony and dinner, Infologue.com are going to cover the leading four nominations that have been shortlisted for the 2018 OSPA Lifetime Achievement Award, and as voted for by the judges. This prominent award recognises a senior member of the security community who has been working in the industry for over 30 years. It acknowledges an individual who has consistently shown outstanding performance and who has had a substantial impact upon designing and driving standards in the security sector. Don Randall ...

In the lead up to the prestigious Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs) awards ceremony and dinner, Infologue.com are going to cover the leading four nominations that have been shortlisted for the 2018 OSPA Lifetime Achievement Award, and as voted for by the judges. This prominent award recognises a senior member of the security community who has been working in the industry for over 30 years. It acknowledges an individual who has consistently shown outstanding performance and who has had a substantial impact upon designing and driving standards in the security sector. Dennis Judd...

The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will provide the keynote address at the upcoming OSPAs Thought Leadership Summit, taking place on the 1st March 2018 at the Royal Lancaster London. In his talk Greg Clark will review the Industrial Strategy and the state of play on Brexit and offer some thoughts on the implications and opportunities for business and the security sector. Other confirmed speakers include Ian Dyson QPM, Commissioner, City of London Police who will give a police perspective on private and public partnerships in the securi...

On 15 January 2018, at Doncaster Magistrates Court, Leslie Fitzakerley of the dissolved company Diamond Security was found guilty of supplying unlicensed door supervisors. The Security Industry Authority (SIA) began investigating Fitzakerley in April 2017 when they received intelligence from South Yorkshire Police that Fitzakerley, who was a sole trader under the name of Diamond Security, had supplied a seventeen-year-old to work as a door supervisor on 2 occasions. Whilst conducting licensing checks in September 2016 South Yorkshire Police discovered the seventeen-year-old working as a door...

On 9 December 2017 at Teesside Crown Court, jailed security director Christopher Catchpole, was ordered to pay back proceeds of crime amounting to £63,628. Catchpole, formerly of Pro-Lock Security Limited based in Durham, had previously been sentenced to 32 months in prison at Teesside Crown Court in June 2017. He was convicted of money laundering, supplying an unlicensed security operative and acting as the director of a security company without a Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence. The judge gave Catchpole three months to pay. He faces an extra nine months in prison if he fails to ...

On Tuesday 9 January 2018 at Workington Magistrates’ Court, the Security Industry Authority (SIA) successfully defended an appeal against the suspension of a licence from a security officer charged with indecent exposure. The licence holder, who cannot be named because the case is still to be heard at the Carlisle Crown Court, was suspended in November 2017 having been charged for indecent exposure. He allegedly exposed himself to a group of children (aged 1, 4 and 8) at a public swimming pool. The police informed the SIA of the security officer’s alleged behaviour, following which his S...