On Saturday 22nd February 2020, businesses in the east of the City of London took part in a training exercise arranged by the City Security Council (CSC), and sponsored and supported by the City of London Crime Prevention Association, to test responsiveness to major incidents. The activity, which took place around Leadenhall Street, involved over 200 emergency service and private security personnel partic...
Every year, the OSPAs (Outstanding Security Performance Awards) celebrates the best of the UK security industry. Next year's OSPAs is shaping up to be quite the event with well-known comedian and quiz master Paul Sinha being signed on to host.
You may know Paul Sinha best from his appearances on ITV1's The Chase where he regularly participates as one of the "Chasers". Paul is also an established...
Every year, the Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs) celebrates the achievements of those organizations and individuals that exemplify the best of the security industry. Awards are given in a range of categories that cover the majority of entities operating within the sector.
Nominations for the OPSAs 2020 are now officially open and the categories are:
On the 15th of July 2019, Corps Security confirmed that they have secured a three plus two year contract with the well known French bank, BNP Paribas. The contract is for the provision of integrated security services includes manned guarding, event security, close protection as well as systems monitoring which will be conducted from their state of the art Monitoring Centre in Glasgow.
Nearly 50 o...
The Kingdom Services Group has officially announced their pledge to support the Women's Night Safety charter, a new program launched by London's mayoral office. Spearheaded by the mayor's Night Czar, Amy Lamé, the initiative aims to make women feel safer and more confident in the city, after hours.
Businesses who operate in the night time economy have been asked to sign-up to a series of pledge...
NEW CITY SECURITY COUNCIL FORMED TO IMPROVE CRISIS RESPONSE
A collective of premier security companies have formed the City Security Council (CSC) in order to better support the City of London Police in times of major crisis and emergency incidents. Over the last 12 months, key security businesses have collaborated to gather ideas and agree a CSC charter that standardises effective and eff...
EYES ON is a new Infologue.com exclusive that aims to give readers an insight into security companies around the UK and the people behind them.
Infologue.com visited SmartSec Solutions, who will, this year be celebrating their 10 year anniversary. SmartSec has grown quickly and is currently just outside the Top 30, with aspirations of breaking in over the ne...
On Wednesday the 29th of May 2019, infologue attended the launch of the City Security Council (CSC). I was invited to what I assumed would be the inauguration of a new acronym to add to the Security Industry’s growing alphabet soup. I realized I was mistaken quite quickly as the speakers began to detail the purpose of this initiative and the journey undertaken to reach this point. It became clear that something si...
At the annual Living Wage Champion Awards held on the 5th June Carlisle Support Services, responsible for providing security, cleaning, events and retail support services, were given an accolade for the Industry Champion Award. Because of their commitment to paying the voluntary rate and promoting the Living Wage in their industry and supply chain, pushing for more employers to pay the real Living Wage.
Carlisle Support Services became a Living Wage employer in 2016 and have...
