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Environmental Street Furniture (ESF) has won The Queen’s Award for Enterprise for its outstanding short-term growth in overseas sales in the past three years. Specialising in the provision of outdoor street furniture and site furnishing products, ESF has experienced a total growth of 415% in…
Genetec has shared the results of its ‘Physical Security in EMEA 2021’ report, based on insights from over 1,500 physical security professionals. The report takes a closer look at how physical security teams across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are leveraging technology to manage…
ECHO (Electronic Call Handling Operations), the industry backed alarms handling operator, has announced that Essex Police and the Metropolitan Police have jointly issued notice to their registered Alarm Receiving Centres (ARCs) to be ECHO-connected by 1st October 2021. Chief Superintendent Ewen Wilson, Head of Contact…
First Response Group (FRG) has revealed that it was brought in by the University of Oxford to bolster security at its Covid-19 research facility. The Covid-19 Oxford Vaccine Trial is run by the University’s Jenner Institute and the Oxford Vaccine Group clinical teams, and is…
Data collected from MoneySuperMarket customers has revealed the UK’s most security-conscious cities, comparing the percentages of homes with and without burglar alarms in each region. Liverpool has taken the top spot with one in two (51%), of households having a burglar alarm, or 253,359 households…
The International Foundation for Protection Officers (UK) has welcomed two new members to its Advisory Board, Mike Lees and Lynda Moore. IFPO UK is a not-for-profit membership association that provides professional learning and career advancements opportunities for security officers, supervisors and managers. The AB is…
Global Fire Equipment (GFE) has announced the formation of a new company, GFE (UK) Fire, which will trade as Global Fire Equipment (UK). GFE UK has now taken over the role as the sole importer for all GFE products throughout the UK. GFE UK, whose…
Securiscape, the manufacturer of HVM street security products, has recruited two new members of staff to help streamline its operations and strengthen its supply chain. Dave Mott has been appointed as technical lead and Chloe Stone as operations assistant to help the company fulfil a…
The Electronic Security (ES) division of Securitas has made three appointments in the first few weeks of 2021. David Tracey, Thomas Bleasdale and Stephen Dimon have all joined the team of technicians and support staff who focus purely on the end-to-end provision of electronic security…
Growing concern about deep-fake videos will make it increasingly important to be able to demonstrate the integrity of video evidence, warn IDIS. Rapid advances in digital video manipulation techniques, and a rise in alleged deep-fake celebrity videos being reported in the news, will put pressure…