Manchester-based security tech scale-up, Broadstone, is celebrating unprecedented growth as it reports a 300% increase in revenue in the past five months and a 700% increase in its user community in the past six months (up from 2,500 users in October 2018 to 20,000 users this month). They predict that transactions via their platform (people looking for temporary work) will be in excess of £1m per month by 2020. As a result, the high growth firm is looking to expand its headcount by 50% over the next three months, as it enters a period of major fundraising and active investment. To support it...

In this Second Whitepaper of a two part series submitted to infologue Martin Ruda, Group Managing Director at The TALL Group of Companies explains how Cheque Fraud can be dampened with the introduction of ICS (Cheque Imaging Clearing Systems) into the UK Banking System. Introduction In our first whitepaper of 2019, Fighting Cheque Fraud in the 21st Century: Cheque Fraud Detection in the New Clearing Model, it was explained that whilst volumes have steadily fallen during the 21st century, the cheque is now a modernized and very efficient money transmission option. In fact, just seventeen mo...

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 ModelIntroductionCheque volumes are reducing by around 14% per annum but cheques remain an important and indeed essential payment method for various segments of s...

ASSA ABLOY High Security & Safety Group offers a range of locks and doors suited to the sensitive needs of Pupil Referral Units and pupils in care. The breadth of doorset solutions means the High Security & Safety Group can specify products for every area and need of a secure education environment. From classroom doors and personnel doors to circulation doors and high-performance doors. All doorsets in the Secure Education range are independently tested and certified to achieve 60minute fire resistance integrity and insulation to BS EN 1634 from both sides of the door. In addition,...

OpenView Security Solutions, the UK’S largest privately-owned independent security systems company and a national supplier of electrical and mechanical services, has completed a major upgrade to the CCTV security systems used at Cardiff Airport, the national airport for Wales and a key gateway to the UK. The project included a software upgrade for 40 cameras and replacement of a further 110 cameras with the latest high definition devices. The security network was expanded with an additional 80 cameras to meet the requirements of Cardiff Airport which is one of the UK’s key strategic assets...

Marsolutions Limited (Marsolutions), a provider of specialised translation services to security sector customers, have announced that they have been awarded full regular membership of the Association of Translation Companies (ATC). With over 10 years’ experience, the company is driven to provide superior customer service, localisation accuracy and on-time project delivery. Through achieving full membership of the ATC, Marsolutions reaffirms its commitment to upholding the highest standards of both product and service delivery. Marsolutions provides a range of translation and language servic...

ATG Access, the world’s leading innovator of road blockers, bollards and vehicle barrier systems, has announced a new partnership with light engineering specialist Bega Lighting UK. The German firm has been mastering the engineering behind internal and external lighting for over 70 years, and has joined up with security experts ATG Access on an engineering-led project to bring a lighting solution to the security market. Coming together to produce an ‘illuminated aesthetic sleeve,’ the two businesses have created three differently designed lighting caps, built specifically for ATG Acces...

It has been revealed that next year will see IFSEC move to a brand new dateline of 19 - 21 May and welcome three prestigious events alongside it at ExCeL London; Security & Counter Terror Expo (SCTX), Ambition and Forensics Europe Expo. Building on a rich history of the two exhibitions - IFSEC steeped in the trade and commercial security world and Security & Counter Terror Expo immersed in national security – the collaboration of these key events has been designed to meet the strength of demand for a central focal point for the security industry. The additional synergies between ...

A new NVR solution launched by Wavestore utilises powerful video processing technology from BCDVideo. The Range of WRE-Seies NVRs have been engineered for the efficient processing and storage of video and are complementary to Wavestore’s feature-rich video management software (VMS). The WR-Series, which is powered by Dell EMC, features the latest generation Intel Xeon processors, with RAID capabilities, redundant power supplies on most models and worldwide remote secured system management. These systems also include high-performance enterprise-grade hard drive technology. “We are pleased...

ASSA ABLOY has signed an agreement to acquire KEYper Systems, a leading supplier of electronic and mechanical key management systems in the US, with a strong presence in the automotive segment. KEYper was established in 1993, and operates from its HQ in Harrisburg, NC. KEYper Systems will become a separate business unit of TRAKA, which is the global leader in key and asset management, and an operating unit of ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions. Ric Stone, President of KEYper will report to Justin Sasse, Managing Director of Traka. “KEYper’s product range and expertise, especially in the US auto...