ICTS Consult, a boutique consultancy firm specialising in security risk, led by a team of experts within their fields, was launched last week in the City. ICTS Consult is a member of the ICTS Europe group of companies, operating under an independent structure, to ensure the integrity of the advice given to clients. ICTS Consult takes a holistic approach to security risk, combining industry best-practice, field-proven methodologies and decades of live operational experience within some of the world’s most demanding environments. ICTS Consult will independently and impartially provide the ...

Security and logistics specialist Wilson James celebrates its 25th anniversary this month. Established in Westcliff-on-Sea in 1991, Wilson James’ first project was the London Underground Jubilee line extension. Launching its logistics sector in 1994, the company provided on-site logistics and security support for Heathrow, BA Waterside and the transformation of the Tate Modern from a decommissioned power station into an art gallery. In 1997 the Wilson James security sector was created, providing award-winning security services to blue-chip clients across the UK. In 2013 the business laun...

The director of Wharf Guards Limited, Richard Kinyanjui, has pleaded guilty to providing unlicensed guards between June and August 2015. The operations manager, George Kalmera, has also pleaded guilty to failing to supply information relating to the investigation. In August 2015, unannounced visits were made by SIA investigators across three sites. At one site in Cambridge, a man named only then as George was questioned but failed to prove his identity or produce a valid SIA licence, and as a result he was arrested. The Police were able to identify him as George Kabuthia Boro and found that...

Infologue.com was recently invited to the launch of the UK Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs). The OSPAs, which now boast representation in seven different countries, recognise and reward companies and individuals across the security sector. Events have previously been held in Australia, Norway and Germany, writes Ryan Gordon, News Desk at Infologue.com. The UK event, hosted at the renowned Savoy hotel in London, brought together numerous professionals from within the security industry. In his introduction to the event, Professor Martin Gill said: “It is with great enthusias...

The Security Industry Authority has released the following update detailing their new licensing system, to be introduced on Wednesday 6th July 2016. "Following several weeks of testing the SIA today announced that it will introduce its new licensing system on Wednesday 6th July 2016. From 6th July, individuals will be able to register for online accounts and apply for or renew SIA licences online. Their new self-service website will also mean individuals will be able to change personal details remotely and consent to link to their employer, who may assist with the application pro...

On 31 May 2016, Adam and Brendan Moran of Moran Security Services Ltd were sentenced for falsely claiming to be under the Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) and supplying unlicensed security operatives, at Doncaster Magistrates Court. Adam and Brendan Moran plead guilty on the 4th of May at a previous hearing where the court heard that SIA investigators carried out a site visit in September 2015 where they found three unlicensed security operatives. One was working on an expired licence and the other two were unlicensed, a Section 5 PSIA (2001) offence. This included Adam Moran, the son of di...

Security services company Capital UK Services Ltd, and directors Judith Wanyoike and Stephen Mungai, have been sentenced at Nottingham Magistrates for supplying unlicensed security guards. The court heard that Capital UK Services Ltd provided eleven security operatives who were unlicensed, had no right to work in the UK or had expired licences on two occasions. The first was between August 2013 and February 2014 when operatives were deployed on a contract worth about £2.2million. The second instance was between October 2013 and March 2014. At a hearing in July 2015 Mungai plead guilty to su...

On 25 May 2016, the director of Paramount Monitoring and Response Ltd, James Lovett and the operations manager, James Turner were sentenced at Nottingham Magistrates Court. Their sentencing follows the guilty pleas Paramount Monitoring and Response Ltd and Lovett entered in previous hearings and Turner’s guilty verdict on 22 April 2016. It was during the April hearing that the court heard how Lovett and Turner provided unlicensed guards between November 2014 and January 2015. Their actions amounted to several offences under the Private Security Industry Act, PSIA (2001). The details of th...

The third ACS Pacesetters Achievement Awards Lunch took place at Royal Windsor Racecourse yesterday, 24th May, and was attended by many of their members, clients, industry associations, end-users of security and most importantly the Security Officers nominated to receive an Award. The Security Officers receiving the awards were nominated by the client to whom they are contracted and the final decision on the winners was made by the Sponsors of the event – Cobia UK, Sutton Specialists Risks, Eurotech Monitoring Services and Trust ID. This year the work performed by the nominated officers ...

Global Institute of Cyber, Intelligence and Security (GICIS) and the International Professional Security Association (IPSA) announced a ground-breaking partnership which will see the birth of an industry leading security training academy in London. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed at GICIS’ central London office by Academic Director Dr Martin Wright, Head of Marketing and Business Development Flavio Cabral and IPSA CEO Justin Bentley. The MoU sealed a partnership that will see GICIS providing the academic infrastructure and support to facilitate IPSA creating an education a...