Metal theft is a continuous problem in the United Kingdom and comes at a significant cost, with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) estimating it to cost the UK economy £770 million a year.[1] In light of this growing crime, the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has released a metal theft guide to help property owners of varying types tackle this problem. Metal thieves have a wide range of targets including rail and communications infrastructure, public utilities, metal piping and lead roofing on churches and schools and even bronze plaques from war memorials. Stealing...

The BSIA’s popular free-to-attend ‘Manchester Security’ event is set to return this Spring, with the event’s theme exploring new and innovative methods of providing business security and community safety. Themed as ‘Manchester 2013: Securing the Future’, the event aims to educate and inform local businesses in the North West, bringing them together with local Police forces to facilitate discussion of the security challenges faced by the region, and the solutions on hand to combat such issues as crime and anti-social behaviour. Free to attend for delegates, the event will take pla...

Members of the British Security Industry Association's Export Council are offering an exclusive preview of the new security innovations that visitors can expect to see at Intersec 2013, which is taking place in Dubai next week (January 15 – 17). This year's exhibition will see a record number of BSIA member companies taking part - 12 in total - with many concentrated on the BSIA-organised UK Security Pavilion. The BSIA is hoping to build on the success of last year's show, where 83% of Export Council members witnessed year-on-year growth in visitor numbers to their stands. As the trade...

The price of heating oil has rocketed in recent months, leading to a worrying increase in oil theft, especially in rural areas of the UK. Members of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) are helping to protect their customers against this worrying trend and are offering advice to those particularly at risk. In a string of incidents affecting areas across the UK, including Lincolnshire, Worcestershire, Leicestershire, Yorkshire and Devon, thieves have targeted unsecured heating oil tanks to steal thousands of litres of fuel, which can then be sold on the black market. Around 1.3 mil...

More than 175 of London's most prolific foreign national offenders have been removed from the UK in just a few months as a result of a joint operation by the UK Border Agency and the Metropolitan Police. Operation Nexus was launched at the start of September to target the increasing number of high-harm foreign national offenders and immigration offenders in London. Risk to the public Immigration Minister Mark Harper said: 'I've been clear that we will take all possible action against individuals who pose a risk to the public and remove them from the country at the earliest oppor...

The Home Office is seeking views on the Government's preferred option for reforming the regulation of the private security industry: a phased transition to a business regulation regime. Its consultation document, published on 20 November, sets out proposals for a regulatory regime in which: individuals will continue to be licensed but the primary focus of the regulator will shift to a system of business regulation; there will be a significant change to how individuals are licensed to work within the industry. The consultation closes on 15 January 2013 - please take this opportun...

The table of UK Top 20 Regulated Sector Security Companies 2011 got you clicking the most on our Infologue.com Most Read Articles 2012. Second was David Rubens Blog The Regulatory System – Why Is It Failing?. In third, fourth and fifth place were the following Infologue.com regular features; Security Industry Analysis 2010/2011, Global Terrorism Monitor and ACS Star Performers Table. The most read blogger, with 7 blogs in our Top 20 Infologue.com Most Read Articles 2012, was the Mitie TSM, MD Bob Forsyth. The complete list of our Top 20 Infologue.com Most Read Articles 2012 is below: ...

Infologue.com believes that in 2012 the regulated security sector has decreased by 3.5% in  terms of turnover reducing to £3,18 billion (2011 - £3.3 billion). The annualised turnover of the Infologue.com Top 20 companies has decreased by an estimated 2.11% from £2.575 billion to £2.645 billion writes Infologue.com's Bobby Logue. We estimate the regulated security sector has reduced by 3.5% In contrast 82.65% (2011 - 80.15%) of the annual turnover of the regulated security sector is divided between the Infologue.com Top 20 companies. The “Top 5” G4S, Securitas, Mitie TSM, VSG and OC...

UPDATE: Due to two large aquisitions made by Kingdom Security, The Infologue.com Top 30 table has been amended to reflect the new position of Kingdom from the 14th position to 9th position as of the 13/02/2015. Infologue.com believes that in 2014 the regulated security sector has remained static in terms of turnover at £3.2 billion for the past year. Due to the popularity of the Infologue.com Top 30 companies list as well as numerous requests we have decided to increase the Infologue.com Top 30. The annual turnover of the new Infologue.com Top 30 is estimated at £2,953,000,000 representing...

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Mr Mark Simmonds placed a statement before Parliament in which the Foreign & Commonwealth Office had announced that the ASIS Standard PSC1-2012 would be the applicable standard for UK private security companies working in complex environments overseas. Mike Hurst Vice Chairman – Strategy of the ASIS UK Chapter (which will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2013) is delighted that the HMG will be adopting the ASIS PSC 1-2012 standard for the regulation of private security companies operating overseas. “It ...