The following is an announcement from the Security Industry Authority, the organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the United Kingdom. "On Thursday 10 March, Goodfellas Nightspot Barnsley, who supplied unlicensed security guards to customers in South Yorkshire, were sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court. "This case dates back to October 2014 when Dragon Security Solutions were sentenced for 9 offences under the Private Security Act (2001) including supplying unlicensed security operatives. Dragon Security Solutions was the parent company to Goodfellas Nightsp...

Lynne Breen, OCS security and customer service manager at Centre:MK, will be awarded a Local Policing Area Commander’s Commendation from Thames Valley Police (TVP), which will be presented on the 14th of March at the Double Tree by Hilton, Milton Keynes. The commendation has been awarded to Breen for her work organising, developing, and delivering bespoke anti-terrorism training to shopping centres, councils, colleges, and universities across the South East region, and delivering to retail group managers from across the UK. She has also been a driving force across the whole of Milton Keynes ...

The following is an announcement from the Security Industry Authority, the organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the United Kingdom. "On Tuesday 23 February, Kingsley Okeiyi, the director of Aminex Security Services Limited was found guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court for providing an unlicensed guard. "The court heard that at the beginning of September 2014 when SIA investigation officers enquired about the staff working at Aminex Security Services Limited, the staff list Okeiyi provided listed an unlicensed guard. This amounted to an offence under...

Infologue.com has introduced four case studies annually to share best practice in the security industry. The first case study is presented by Ultimate Security Services' Board Director, Paul Harvey. The importance of engagement with end-user customers is growing. Those same users compare the services they receive with what they encounter elsewhere. Clients and suppliers alike are thus increasingly driven to ensure each interaction between service personnel and end-user customers is as positive an experience as possible. The need to respond to end-user customer requests is acute. Optimising ...

The following is an announcement from the Security Industry Authority, the organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the United Kingdom. "On 18th February 2016 at Sheffield Crown Court, proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act were concluded against the two former Directors of Dragon Security Solutions Limited, a Yorkshire based company. "The court heard that as a result of offences committed under the Private Security Industry Act, Ian Lindsay and Martyn Cook benefitted from approximately £21,000 worth of revenue. The pair had previously been sentenced ...

In the second part of our interview with Alan Clamp, the Chief Executive of the Security Industry Authority, we cover his extensive views on training, development and career progression within the security industry. Alan Camp on Training…. “Well in terms of the training I suppose there’s three parts to this, going back to a previous role of mine: • The content, • The quality with which that training is delivered, and • The assessment at the end with which you can judge quality. “If people are passing the assessment you can say that the training must have been at least accep...

Infologue.com publisher Bobby Logue went to meet the Private Security Industry Regulator, Alan Clamp, at his offices in Holborn, London. Alan started work as the Chief Executive of the Security Industry Authority on the 1st of June 2015. Alan surprised us with how quickly he had identified the security industry related issues and his transparent views. We left with the belief that the security industry can do business with Alan Clamp. The interview has been divided into two parts, the first on Alan Clamp’s previous experience, his first impressions of the security industry, looking at develo...

The Security Industry Authority, the organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the United Kingdom, has today announced that the directors of Red Rose Select Services Ltd have pleaded guilty to deploying unlicensed security officers. Two security officers from Red Rose Select Services also pleaded guilty to working without a licence. "On Thursday 4 February, at Accrington Magistrates Court, Robert and Katherine Taylor (directors) and Paul Dickinson of Red Rose Select Services Ltd in Accrington, were sentenced for deploying unlicensed security officers. Anjam J...

The latest 2015 British Retail Consortium (BRC) crime survey has revealed that violence and abuse against staff has increased dramatically by nearly 30 per cent in the retail sector over the last 12 months, with more than 40 incidents of violence and abuse for every 1000 employees. Employers are therefore being urged to try and curtail this upward trend: the BRC survey highlights that ‘Retail staff continue to suffer an unacceptable level of violence and abuse at work’. And one of its key messages is that: ‘businesses should ensure they have adequate measures in place to protect staff...

The Security Industry Authority, the organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the United Kingdom, has today announced that KSS Keyholding Ltd have been fined for providing unlicensed guards. "On Thursday 28 January, Kevin Jones and Karl Francis of KSS Keyholding LTD, pleaded guilty to providing unlicensed guards at a school in Shrewsbury and were sentenced at Shrewsbury Magistrates Court. "The SIA and West Mercia Police carried out an inspection at the school in October 2014 where two guards without a licence were working, a Section 3 offence under the Priva...