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Unlicensed security company owner pleads guilty and claims that it was “just a hobby”.

On the 17th October 2019, James Barnett of Swindon, the director of Gold Shield Group ltd and its’ three subsidiaries, said that his security business was “just a hobby” as was investigated, and later convicted, for working without a license.

Barnett also pleaded guilty to failing to respond to information requests by the Security Industry Authority, despite the requests be...

Portadown Security Business Owner jailed for Breach of Probation

Last Thursday (20th June) Steven Nixon (47) of Portadown and owner of Eventsafe Security was imprisoned for four months. This was due to Mr Nixon ignoring his 100-hours community service order, which was part of the sentence handed to him at Antrim Crown Court on 12 December 2018.

Last December following a p...

Gordon Madgwick – Fighting Cheque Fraud in the 21st Century
In his First Whitepaper of a two-part series submitted to infologue Gordon Madgwick, Director at Cheque Consultant writes on the matter of Cheque Fraud and how we might consider the possible risks associated with the Banking Sector's introduction of ICS, (Cheque Imaging Clearing Systems) set to significantly reduce cheque clearing times. Fighting Cheque Fraud in the 21st Century: Cheque Fraud Detection in the New Clearing Model