Few planned for a pandemic, but its impact on the world has been extreme. Darren Hyde, MD, VIP Security, offers his advice to Security Managers to keep all assets safe through a lockdown. At the beginning of the year life was pretty straightforward with business…
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Following a reported 50 per cent surge in construction crime rates since the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, the industry is being urged to tighten security measures to defend sites from opportunistic criminals. The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) announced the significant increase in raids on vehicles and…
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Businesses are at risk of falling behind if they fail to see the advantages of good governance, and the benefits it can bring according to Brendan McGarrity, Head of Risk & Design at Evolution. He argues that ‘box ticking’ to meet a legal, regulatory or…
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Lancashire County Council has switched to Videalert systems for the enforcement of bus lanes throughout the county. The decision to standardise on Videalert’s hosted CCTV enforcement platform was taken to provide the council with the ability to manage multiple contravention types using a single platform. …
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Police forces across the UK are currently carrying out extra night patrols in empty city and town centres in case burglars target shops, pubs and other commercial premises during the coronavirus lockdown. Collating intelligence data from police reports, news items, and their own customer feedback,…
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BSI has made a suite of risk and business continuity standards publicly available to help British businesses navigate the challenges they face as a result of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The standards provide organisations with access to best practice guidance and expertise on how…
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Linx International Group has announced that it has reduced the cost of all online courses provided by Tavcom Training and PerpetuityARC Training by 25%, for three months, including BTEC and IQ accredited courses. Director of Sales and Marketing, Sarah Hayward-Turton APP states: “In light of…
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Rodrigue Zbinden, CEO of Morphean, examines what the shifting physical security landscape as a result of IoT and cloud computing means for the traditional fire and security industry. The cloud is transforming business in every sector, offering benefits of scalability, customisation and device interoperability that…
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Amid the continued fallout of the coronavirus crisis, the global smart home market is expected to fall nearly $20 billion short of revenue expectations in 2020, according to Omdia. The global smart home market will total $101.1 billion in 2020, down from Omdia’s previous forecast…
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Britain’s local shops have been the victim of over 50,000 incidents of violence over the last year, according to figures from the Association of Convenience Stores’ 2020 Crime Report. The report provides evidence of the scale and impact of theft, violence, abuse and other crimes…