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AURA, the South African security and medical response marketplace, has appointed Mike Isherwood as non-executive director of operations in the UK. The appointment follows the company’s entry into the UK market in 2021. Mike brings with him a wealth of experience in security and policing,…
North has been appointed by CGI to support the City of Edinburgh Council’s smart city vision. A five-year contract has been agreed, supported by a European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) grant as part of the ‘Scotland’s 8th City – the Smart City’ programme. City of…
Johnson Controls has announced that it is the first national BAFE SP207 accredited evacuation alert specialist. The BAFE SP207 scheme, developed in conjunction with the fire safety industry and the Fire and Rescue Service, sets an industry standard for the design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance…
Door Group, a unit of Assa Abloy Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, is stressing the need for greater awareness of fire safety in education buildings, with a large percentage of fire doors in schools found to be non-compliant while undergoing inspections. The Regulatory Reform (Fire…
ECHO has announced it is now supporting almost 200,000 intruder and hold-up alarm systems on police response with URNs (Unique Reference Numbers). Launched last year, ECHO provides virtually instant alarm signalling to police control rooms from approved Alarm Receiving Centres (ARCs) who remotely monitor premises…
Safety and compliance management specialist Clear Safety is to support Network Homes with managing its fire safety remedials programme. Network Homes is a charitable housing association that provides over 20,000 affordable homes to more than 38,000 people across London and Hertfordshire. Clear will be working…
Demonstrating the value of unifying physical and cyber security for 21st century threats, the Converged Security Centre (CSC) returns to IFSEC International, 17-19 May, with Advancis to be headline partner for 2022. The feature provides an example of how the cyber and physical security worlds…
Zurich has appointed Corps Security to deliver guarding services across its UK portfolio which includes premises in London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Swindon, Whiteley and Farnborough. The three-year deal was secured in collaboration with Corps long-standing partner CBRE and will see 27 security operatives deliver customer-focused security…
SurgeX has appointed Midwich Group as its exclusive partner in the UK and Ireland. Midwich Group, including Midwich, Invision, PSCo and Square One will carry the entire surge elimination and UPS product range whilst its channel partners can also access a product support team to…
Qognify has announced the appointment of its Director of Program Management: Professional Services. Pavithra Subramanian will assist with new system installations and migrations, upgrades, audits, configurations, troubleshooting and consultations. Pavithra is an experienced program management leader with 14 years of experience across supply chain products,…