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The British Security Industry Association’s (BSIA) flagship event, the British Security Awards, returned to the live stage to recognise security officers and businesses working to keep people, property and places professionally protected during the last 18 months. Now in its 27th year, held in 2024…
The Keyholding Company has launched new cloud-based physical security risk management software that provides digital risk assessments and data analysis to help clients reduce spend without compromising protection. The Risk Management Tool combines an in-person client consultation with digital site risk assessments. The in-person consultation…
The FPA has announced a new partnership with CLM Fire Testing, part of CLM Group, with two test furnaces being installed at its fire testing laboratory in Blockley. A provider of passive fire protection and fire safety solutions, CLM Fire Testing will be installing the…
BT Group recently announced that the date for the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) switch-off has been pushed back to the 31st January 2027. This extended deadline aims to give more time for vulnerable consumers to migrate to VoIP landlines before their older networks become…
The Crime and Community study, commissioned by Neighbourhood Watch found that after antisocial behaviour, burglary is one of the most feared crimes, with 52% of Brits noting it as a top concern. John Hayward-Cripps, CEO of Neighbourhood Watch, says: “The results from our latest survey…
Closing the gap between what firms need and what employees want will be the solution to attracting new people to a career in security and filling the sector’s 60,000 jobs vacancies, according to one of the industry’s leading professionals. John Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of Danhouse…
Smart Spaces has partnered with HID to make access to Workspace’s The Light Bulb building in London simple and secure by making door access credentials available in Google Wallet for all SME customers who lease offices and studios at the centre. Any registered Android smartphone…
Smiths Detection has launched the SDX 10060 XDi, an X-ray scanner powered by diffraction technology. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) offers accurate material discrimination and substance identification based on an object’s molecular structure. XRD is particularly suited to detecting constantly evolving compounds in powder, liquid or solid…
Motorola Solutions has announced that ScotRail has deployed more than 1,000 VB400 body cameras across its rail network. The investment represents a tripling of the number of cameras available to staff following ScotRail’s initial deployment, which began in 2017. “Where body cameras have been used,…
Westminster Security, a provider of protective security services, has announced its strategic partnership with Crown Consulting (Projects) via the acquisition of a majority shareholding. Crown Consulting is a risk management consultancy that carries out impactful work assisting clients in complex environments. With this collaboration, Westminster…