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According to the latest Home Office report, false alarms make up 98% of automatic fire alarm confirmed incidents in 2020/21; 90% of this figure is due to faulty apparatus. The research from the Home Office, which was collated from Fire and Rescue services across the…
Haberdashers’ Borough Academy is a new secondary school built on the site of a former fire station in Central London. The school admitted its first learners in September 2019 and will ultimately grow to accommodate 1,150 students. Upon taking ownership of the Borough Academy facilities,…
Paxton has announced its new scholarship winners, each of whom will receive a three-month paid internship to get hands-on work experience and £10,000 towards their cost of living in their final year. The company will also start to accept new applications for the programme in…
Atlas Security has opened a new national control centre to expand its service offering and create a more comfortable working environment, thus providing immediate benefits to the quality of its support. The national control centre has been designed to help prepare Atlas Security for business…
Hundreds of businesses across the UK could be at risk of a cyber attack because they have little or no preventative security measures in place, a Hampshire information security professional has warned. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2022 commissioned by the Government found that only…
Swindon-based SSGC has been awarded with gold accreditation from Constructionline following a deep dive examination into its policies and procedures. The gold status demonstrates to potential buyers on the platform that the organisation has been subjected to increased scrutiny around governance and risk management. David…
Churches are being urged to take steps to prevent arson after a church in Sheffield was seriously damaged in an attack. Claims data from insurer Ecclesiastical shows over 150 churches across the UK have suffered arson attacks over the past five years, causing millions of…
London’s Royal Opera House has re-appointed Corps Security to deliver security services at its Covent Garden site. The renewed partnership will see Corps continue to develop the security offering on site, introducing new roles and training technologies. Corps will provide a range of security service…
Bishopstone Cliffs is a 167-acre nature reserve in Reculver on the eastern outskirts of Herne Bay, Kent. As a natural site largely composed of London Clay, it has seen a few landslips that destroyed footpaths and tore fencing apart as the earth fell. Since 1953,…
A new practical guide has been published by Morphean to help security businesses understand and adopt the digitalised world of physical security. It argues that cloud physical security is now playing a critical role in the digital transformation agenda, as AI-driven analytics help unlock superior…