The BIFM Awards recognise and showcase best-in-class facilities management (FM) and evidence its impact on business, the economy and society. This is the second year running that CIS Security have been named as finalists in the awards with sector leading initiatives such as this year’s entry in the “Impact on Customer Experience Category with their entry; “Safe, Happy, Informed and Listened to”. CIS Security challenged themselves with raising the customer service standards in a variety of ways including better communication, knowledge building and innovation, with the aim of walking...

On Thursday 10th August John Craig Stern, sole director of JJS Security Services Ltd (trading as Siteguard Contracts) pled guilty to failing to provide information to the Security Industry Authority (SIA) at Glasgow Sheriff Court. In June 2014, the SIA began enquiries into Siteguard Contracts following an inspection at a public funded construction site. The business was found to be supplying an unlicensed security guard whose right to work had expired several months earlier. This was reported to Home Office Immigration and Enforcement (HOIE). Further enquiries also revealed that the company ...

Two security companies have been fined after a security officer died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Javaid Iqbal, a 29 year old father of three, was employed by London based KK Security Services Ltd, a member of the SIA Approved Contractors Scheme and a member of the British Safety Council, as a security officer on a construction site in Leigh, Wigan. KK Security were sub contracted by Veritas Security (Southern) Ltd, a Southampton based company, despite it being written into the contract from the client that no sub-contracting would take place. Liverpool Magistrates’ Court heard that dur...

The Security Industry Authority has released the following update on the progress of their new licensing system. "Since our new licensing application website was launched on 6th July, 46,815 individuals and 1,236 businesses have registered and set up their accounts. We have also issued 6,223 licences and 7,500 applications in our system are currently being processed. "We know from the length of the service request queues, social media and other incoming messages that some people and businesses are frustrated at struggling to register and apply for licences on our new licensing system. ...

Wendel SE, a global listed investment firm, today announced that its portfolio company AlliedBarton Security Services has completed its merger with Universal Services of America, creating the leading security company in North America. The combined company being launched today, which operates under the Allied Universal brand, provides clients localized response and national support with industry-leading technology solutions and approximately 140,000 highly-trained employees. Allied Universal will maintain headquarters in Santa Ana, Calif., and Conshohocken, Pa. It is expected to have total a...

The ‘Women in Security Awards’ were started in 2013 to celebrate and recognise the accomplishments, value and contributions women make within the private security industry and wider security industry. The SIA supports the Women in Security Awards; as Regulator it is committed to equality and diversity within the private security industry. The research conducted by the SIA in April 2015, which looked at gender and other protected characteristics, revealed that only 9% of the SIA’s licence holders are women. The Chair of the SIA Elizabeth France, who is one of the Women in Security Awa...

The Security Industry Authority has released the following update in relation to their new licensing system. "We know from the length of the service request queues, Twitter and other incoming messages that some people and businesses are frustrated at struggling to register and apply for licences on our new licensing system. Two weeks into the new system, we have over 24,000 individuals and 660 businesses registered online, we have issued over 1900 licences and are processing in excess of 6000 further applications. The numbers are unlikely to lift the frustration, but it is important to af...

Since the new SIA licensing application website was launched, on 6th July, 20,000 individuals and 660 businesses have registered and set up their accounts. The SIA has also received nearly 6,000 licence applications and issued over 1,900 licences. The new self-service website has been designed to provide an easier, more convenient and efficient service that improves the information available to applicants and businesses in the security industry. The system provides a 24 hour service that allows applicants to create an account, apply for a licence and check the status of their licence at an...

The University of Portsmouth, one of the world’s leading providers of security risk management education, is celebrating the first two awards of its Professional Doctorate in Security Risk Management. Dr Mike Gilbert and Dr David Rubens CSyP FSyI were the recipients of the doctorate, which carries the post-nominals ‘DSyRM’. The title of Mike's thesis is: 'Tackling fraud in UK central government: a review of the legal powers, skills and regulatory environment'. His study sought to establish whether UK central government organisations have the legal powers, skills and regulation nee...

The relaunched Manchester security event will be returning to the city on 29th September, 2016 at St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Street, Manchester, M2 7LF. The new format will involve an informative breakfast seminar, opened by Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan QPM and addressed by senior police and security industry professionals. The key aim of the event is to support businesses in the North West by providing vital information that will help them protect their people and property from crime and terrorism. Paul King, Chair of Manchester City Centre Crime Prevention Panel, has said:�...