Pickersgill-Kaye after Security & Policing
Pickersgill-Kaye1 reported brisk business following the Home Office s 2016 Security & Policing Exhibition2 in Farnborough, with the manufacturer of security and custodial products attracting sales...
View ArticleSchool’s out, security’s not
Theft, vandalism and arson attacks are common occurrences in school buildings during the holidays, but with adequate planning and security measures in place, risks can easily be minimised. It s also a...
View ArticleAstute Electronics at IFSEC
Astute Electronics1, the supplier of electronic components and value added services, will exhibit for the first time at IFSEC International2, stand F1300, London ExCeL, from June 21 to 23. There the...
View ArticleIPSA sign training MoU
The Global Institute of Cyber, Intelligence and Security (GICIS1) and the International Professional Security Association (IPSA2) announced partnership which will see the birth of a security training...
View ArticleHikvision buy Pyronix
Hikvision1 has announced the acquisition of Pyronix2, the UK-based intrusion alarm product firm. Julie Kenny CBE DL, founder of Pyronix, said: This acquisition represents a huge opportunity for...
View ArticleQueen’s speech reaction
As outlined in the Queen s Speech to Parliament1 on May 18, the Policing and Crime Bill will require emergency services to collaborate and make provision for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to...
View Article2016 IET Innovation Awards
Audio Analytic were winners of an IET1 Innovation Award2 (Consumer Electronics Technology) winner in November 2014. Andrea Cantone, Business Development Manager at Audio Analytic, says: The value of...
View ArticleConnected cars
An increasingly diverse range of connected objects has joined the Internet of Things (IoT) in recent years. Whilst the IoT was once primarily the province of consumer gadgets and wearables, it now...
View ArticleAcquisition study
A combination of stock piling cash, low interest rates and ageing directors has left some security companies open for acquisition as the sector consolidates, evolves and starts to prosper again,...
View ArticleSDW 2016 hailed
The tenth edition of the exhibition-conference SDW (Security Document World) saw numbers increase to a record high, with an expanded exhibition, the organisers Science Media Partners Ltd report....
View ArticleReporting software for uni
The University of Wolverhampton1 has selected Skillweb s SmartTask to simplify and streamline reporting processes for security teams operating at its three main campus sites in the West Midlands,...
View ArticleDrax deal
The contractor Kingdom1 reports it s won a new five year contract (with an option for an extra two years) to continue providing security services to Drax2 Power Station in Selby, Yorkshire, the...
View ArticleDemo venue in NW
A control room video wall and audio visual product company launched a demonstration venue in the north west. The venue, at the Business First Burnley Business Centre, is operated by eyevis UK1 on an...
View ArticleMarc Wesley joins 360 Vision
360 Vision Technology1, the British CCTV designer and manufacturer, reports Marc Wesley s joining the company as Southern Sales Manager. With nearly 30 years experience in the electronic security...
View ArticleQvis at IFSEC 2016
Qvis, the CCTV and IP video surveillance product company, are among the exhibitors at IFSEC 20161. The annual show runs at ExCeL in London Docklands, from Tuesday to Thursday, June 21 to 23. The UK...
View ArticleRetail guide to legal highs
The UK has seen a rise in new substances and products that mimic the effects of traditional controlled drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine and MDMA (ecstasy). These are known as psychoactive...
View ArticleRyan Lochte ‘robbery’: CCTV ‘shows an Olympic US swimmer fighting with...
One of the Olympic US swimmers who claimed they were robbed at gunpoint1 was filmed fighting with a security guard at a Rio petrol station on the night in question, it is reported. The swimmer, who...
View ArticlePolice hate crime policy prompts photo rights alert
Repeatedly photographing a woman without her consent in a public place could be recorded as a hate crime if it is perceived to be persistent and intimidating, a UK police force has warned. Taking...
View ArticleNot all shows must go on
Wish you weren t here IN NOVEMBER Youssou N Dour, from Senegal, and others will perform at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. A year after gunmen killed 90 people there, the idea is to let audiences...
View ArticleV Festival criminals warned "you will be arrested"
Comments (1)1 Criminals looking to cash in on this year’s V Festival extravaganza have been warned by the leading police officer in charge of the event “you will be arrested”. Chief Inspector Jon...
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