On 14 September 2017, at Llandudno Magistrates Court, Mark Pursglove and was found guilty of working without a licence, Rachel Williams for aiding and abetting Mr Pursglove, and Alan Williams was found guilty for providing false information. This is not the first time the Security Industry Authority (SIA) has prosecuted Mark Pursglove. In February 2016, Mark Pursglove along with his company, Mark Pursglove Security Limited, pleaded guilty at Holyhead Magistrates Court to supplying unlicensed security operatives and providing false information to the SIA. As a result, the SIA revoked Pursglov...

Cordant Group, the UK’s 2nd largest recruitment and services business, which includes Cordant Security, has today announced its new status as a Social Enterprise. Framed around a five-year plan, the Group will reinvest the majority of its profits in due course into social programmes across education, employment, and healthcare, pledging to touch and improve thousands of lives, one community at a time. The family owned business, with revenues of £840 million employs 125,000 workers annually in schools, hospitals, care homes, security and specialist roles such as engineering. It believes i...

Manchester Security: Safe and Secure for Business takes place on Wednesday, 20th September at St Ann’s Church, Manchester with a record number of businesses set to attend. With more than 250 pre-registrations, the event will provide the North West business community with valuable insights into current security issues; offering the latest advice to help better protect them against threats and acts of crime. The programme will include: • Formal opening by Assistant Chief Constable Vanessa Jardine • Detective Chief Inspector Paul Hitchen, Deputy Head of Intelligence, Counter Terrorism...

On 18 August, at Leeds Magistrates Court, Aaron Mohammed was fined for working without a Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence. His company, Twenty Four 7 Security & CCTV Ltd, was also prosecuted for supplying unlicensed guards. Aaron Mohammed pleaded guilty to all the offences, on 21 August. The court fined him £100 and ordered him to pay costs of £2,251 and a victim surcharge of £30. The company itself was also fined £100 and ordered to pay costs of £2,251 and a victim surcharge of £30. The court stated that all the fines must be paid in full by August 2018 when Aaron Mohamme...

At Teesside Crown Court, on 30 June 2017, Christopher Catchpole was sentenced to 32 months imprisonment following a guilty plea to offences of money laundering, supplying an unlicensed security operative and being the director of a security company without a Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence. The sentence is the conclusion of a lengthy investigation involving a number of local enforcement partners including the SIA. In 2014, the North East Regional Asset Recovery Team (RART) contacted investigators at the SIA with concerns regarding Catchpole and his security company, Prolock Securit...

On 11 August 2017, at Bristol Magistrates Court, Zakir Mohammed Zillul was prosecuted by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) for attempting to claim £1673 in compensation for alleged lost travel documents. In August 2016, Zillul submitted an application to the SIA for a Door Supervision Licence. In support of this application, and to verify his identity, he sent his passport to the SIA. On Friday 16 September 2016, Zillul contacted the SIA to say that he was due to travel abroad on 21 September and needed his passport to be returned as soon as possible. The SIA returned Zillul’s passpor...

On 27 July at Kingston Crown Court, Michael Quinton pleaded guilty to acting as a director of Limited Risk Ltd contrary to the Company Director Disqualification Act. The Security Industry Authority (SIA) began investigating Quinton and Limited Risk Ltd*, an existing Portsmouth-based security company to which he was linked, in May 2014. Quinton, who appeared to be acting as a director of the company, was listed as a disqualified director at Companies House and did not hold an SIA licence. When the investigation began, Quinton and Limited Risk had a number of contracts to undertake security at...

Following the success of last year’s relaunched Manchester security event, Manchester City Centre Crime Prevention Panel (MCCCPP) has announced that its free-to-attend breakfast seminar will return to St Ann’s Church on Wednesday 20th September 2017. Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan QPM from Greater Manchester Police will open the event and a comprehensive seminar programme will cover Counter Terrorism, Local Policing and how to protect businesses from the Cyber threat. The event is sponsored by SelectaDNA and organised by Manchester City Centre Crime Prevention Panel with the su...

On Friday 9 June 2017 at Chester Crown Court, the SIA successfully defended an appeal by Extreme Security Solutions Limited against a decision to refuse the company's application for Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) status. The company appealed to the Crown Court after their initial appeal was dismissed by South Cheshire Magistrates’ Court on 21 February 2017. The company, based in Macclesfield, applied for the ACS in November 2015 after a similarly-named ACS company, Extreme Security Limited, went into liquidation with significant debts and owing tens of thousands of pounds to HM Revenue...

"The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has begun a fundamental review of its flagship Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS). "The review is being conducted in partnership with the research company Pye Tait, and will look at all aspects of the scheme. Your participation in this review is important because this is your opportunity to shape the future of the ACS and ensure it remains relevant for the private security industry in the years ahead. "The review will include: Benefits - A review of the benefits that the scheme can bring to its members Recognition - Ensure ACS members get p...