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WAR IN THE SUPERMARKET: BRITAIN A NATION OF ABUSIVE SHOPPERS
A study commissioned by G4S Security Services (UK) (‘G4S’) reveals that retailers increasingly operate in an environment where members of the public believe it is acceptable to be abusive and threatening towards store employees. In the last five year...
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Posted : 2/1/2009 11:27:10 AM
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2008 – Infologue.com Security Guarding Industry in Review
2008 was another eventful year for the regulator, the SIA, performing spectacularly when it came to its enforcement strategies, but having a few internal problems of their own to resolve. The end of 2008 sees the retirement of the BSIA Chief Executiv...
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Posted : 23/12/2008 11:21:15 AM
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‘EXCELLENT NEWS’ OVER DOOR STAFF
Cleveland Police and the Security Industry Authority (SIA) joined forces to focus on 17 public houses on the night of 13 December. Each of the 44 door supervisors held a valid SIA licence. A Cleveland Police spokesman said the findings were excellent...
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Posted : 22/12/2008 12:34:28 PM
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OPERATION CINNAMON TARGETS MANCHESTER’S DOOR STAFF
On Saturday 6 December, investigators from the Security Industry Authority (SIA), Greater Manchester Police (Tameside Division) and licensing officers from Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council went out on patrol to check that door staff in Stalybrid...
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Posted : 19/12/2008 6:04:49 PM
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UNLICENSED DOOR STEWARD REPORTED
27-year-old man has been reported for working as an unlicensed door steward following a police operation earlier this month. The man was detected during visits to licensed premises in Alloa by police. Officials from the Security Industry Authority (S...
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Posted : 18/12/2008 12:25:22 PM
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DOORMEN CHECKED IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
On two consecutive Fridays, investigators from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) were out in Northamptonshire checking that door staff held valid SIA licences. The first of these random checks was on Friday 28 November in Kettering, where the SIA...
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Posted : 16/12/2008 12:51:11 PM
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UNLICENSED DOOR STAFF WORKING IN HULL
On Friday 28 November, officers from Humberside Police and investigators from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) carried out targeted checks on door staff working in Hull’s city centre. The operation followed intelligence that unlicensed door staf...
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Posted : 15/12/2008 5:08:41 PM
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SAFE AND IPSA PARTNERING ON COURSE DELIVERY
SAFE and IPSA have agreed to co-operate in the delivery of a number of joint courses for 2009. IPSA have adopted SAFE materials for two programmes, Risk Management leading to the BTEC Level 4 Risk Management qualification and a Risk Assessment progra...
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Posted : 15/12/2008 2:36:09 PM
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LATEST COMPANY NEWS |
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| CARLISLE SECURITY APPOINT NEW OPERATIONS DIRECTOR |
| 06/01/2009 |
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| Carlisle Security has appointed Paul Trendall as Operations Director for the southern UK. Paul, who is currently Carlisle Security’s Commercial Director, will take up his ne...
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| VSG APPOINTS NICK REED AS SYSTEMS MD |
| 18/12/2008 |
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| VSG, one of the UK’s fastest growing providers of security services, has appointed Nick Reed as Managing Director of VSG Systems, which incorporates the operations of both VS...
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| TALKING SENSE |
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| MIKES CORNER – RAISING STANDARDS IS KEY TO SUCCESS |
| 03/11/2008 |
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| In the first feature in this series we discussed the recent initiative for change in the manned guarding sector which was set out in Stuart Lowden’s article ‘Time to Make the...
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| MAKE THE CHANGE CAMPAIGN |
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| INFOLOGUE.COM AND SMT LAUNCH MAKE THE CHANGE CAMPAIGN |
| 04/11/2008 |
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| Following on from our hugely successful Four Issues, One Voice Campaign, Infologue.com and Security Management Today have joined forces once again to launch another Editorial...
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