Samsung Techwin Europe has supplied 35 Samsung Open Platform WiseNetIII Full HD cameras to ensure that the club’s customers can enjoy playing bingo in a totally secure and safe environment. Although Gala Bingo has an ongoing programme to refurbish and update its’ clubs throughout the UK, the Southampton club is the first new build that the company has opened for some years. Gala Bingo has invested over £5M in the new club which is located at Antelope Park in the Thornhill district of Southampton. It is a clear sign that the company has confidence in an industry that has been struggling i...

Cordant, one of the UK’s largest security companies, have detailed how numerous unrecyclable uniforms were sustainably transformed. For a company that is keen to adopt sustainability principles throughout its supply chain, finding a way to dispose of 20,000 old uniforms was becoming a major challenge for Cordant’s management team. This challenge was exacerbated by the fact that uniforms designed for security and other FM related duties are not suitable for general wear and so cannot be simply recycled. Some waste plants were happy to shred the uniforms and recycle the rags but many were ...

Security expert Abloy UK has supplied Commissioners of Irish Lights, a Maritime organisation delivering Irish coastal safety, with a number of high security Super Weather Proof padlocks for use at Fastnet Rock lighthouse. Fastnet Rock – known simply as Fastnet - is a small remote island in the Atlantic Ocean, 13 kilometres from County Cork on the Irish mainland. It is home to the Fastnet Race, an offshore yachting competition known for its difficult and challenging course. The lighthouse was designed by William Douglass and built under the supervision of James Kavanagh, with constructio...

The latest version of the Samsung iPOLiS Mobile app now has a host of new features designed to make it even easier to remotely gain access to live images in HD via a smartphone or tablet and avoid unauthorised access to confidential data. iPOLiS Mobile v2.6 enables the direct remote monitoring of multiple HD cameras at multiple sites and negates the need to access the images via a recording device. “We have made the iPOLiS Mobile app as secure, but also as user friendly as possible, which is why we have also added a ‘favourites’ feature,” said Tim Biddulph, Head of Product and Market...

Security expert Abloy UK is showcasing its range of security solutions at Patient First 2015, with representatives on hand at stand H05 to discuss the systems that make it the leading manufacturer of keyless locking integration for the healthcare sector. Held at ExCeL London between 12 – 13 November 2015, Patient First is a national event focusing on positive changes within the NHS mindset and methodology as the only way to improve patient safety outcomes. Abloy will be promoting web-based security management solution, PROTEC2 CLIQ, which allows for the remote management of disparate or la...

South Yorkshire data destruction specialists S2S has announced it has passed the one million mark for recycling mobile phones since 2014. The announcement from the S2S Mobile Solutions arm of the business demonstrates how the firm has been helping to ring the changes when it comes to business attitudes to data security in an age when mobile phones are far more than just telephones, but information devices. S2S Mobile Solutions has recycled more than £1,000,000 worth of devices and accessories for its clients since 2014, highlighting the corporate mobile recycling specialists’ reputation ...

Urmet’s IPervoice video entry and access control solution has been installed at St Joseph’s Gate, an apartment complex located at a former foreign missionary college in Mill Hill, London. The system was chosen for the redevelopment of the Berkeley Group’s site due to its simple installation process and the ability of Urmet products to blend with the Grade II-listed architecture. Residents and visitors benefit from Urmet’s digital video door entry panels, which communicate with touchscreen iModo monitors inside the apartments. The Power over Ethernet (PoE) external panels are Urmet�...

Due to world events and natural disasters in recent years, demand for the evacuation of personnel from high risk environments has increased significantly, leading Air Charter Service to create a full time dedicated department offering customised Air Evacuation Plans for clients with employees in high risk regions. ACS has been providing much needed air support in emergency situations since the company’s inception in 1990. Stephen Huddlestone, heading up the Air Evacuation Plan (AEP) division, comments: “Many of our clients, including oil & gas companies and governments, have personn...

Securitas has announced the creation of a new specialist team which will play a vital role in driving forward the security firm's strategy to integrate traditional guarding solutions with evolving technologies. The new technology team, under the guise of ‘Chief Technology Officer’ (CTO) brings with it a specialist technical knowledge that didn’t previously exist within the business and Securitas Chief Technology Officer, Arthur Agnew says no other security company has made this kind of investment or has this extent of expert knowledge in-house. "There are some big changes happening...

TeleEye Holdings Ltd, a pioneer and innovator of video surveillance is proud to announce that for the second consecutive year; the Hong Kong Security Association (HKSA) has recognised TeleEye’s products as one of the “Best Crime Preventive Products” in 2015. The award winning product TeleEye RX538 is a professional mobile DVR designed for the safety of public and transit vehicles security and fleet management. The Annual Security Awards 2014/2015, organised by the HKSA is separated into four categories. TeleEye RX538 entered Category 4 – Best Crime Preventive Product of the Year for...