We welcome Ascot Services as the latest company to join The ACS Pacesetters. Established for over 20 years and located in Greater Manchester, Ascot Services provides a range of facilities management services across the UK tailored to each customer’s needs and expectations. Ascot Services believe that highly effective security solutions are best delivered through the […]
We returned to Royal Windsor Racecourse for the ACS Pacesetters Security Officer of Distinction Awards on Wednesday, 21st May, and were joined by our members, together with their staff and clients, our sponsors and guests. We would like to congratulate all the inspirational winners who are a credit to the Security Industry. The lifesaving acts, […]
The penetration testing carried out in partnership with Silver Fox is an essential part of CIS’s service delivery and live testing. The teams and individuals that really have shone across our business are the security teams at Here East, Leadenhall Building and The Bloom Building. We recognised the individual officers and overall teams that have […]
We are representing one of our members, a successful well-established privately-owned security company, who has increased their turnover considerably by organic growth in recent years. The company is now looking to acquire a security business and is interested in speaking to companies with a minimum £5m annual turnover, preferably with SIA ACS accreditation. Consideration will […]
On 28th January, Lynda Moore of FM Contract Watch was delighted to present Robert Latham with the 2024 Silver Fox Award. Robert is employed by CIS Security Limited at a prestigious site in the City of London. The Site Security Team are subject to a series of penetration audits throughout the year and Robert achieved […]
The Silver Fox Audit team has completed a series of security penetration audits at our client’s premises in Northampton and Milton Keynes. These independent and unannounced tests have been carried out at various times, during the day and night, to attempt to gain unauthorised entry to the site. On 16th January, Lynda Moore, Managing Partner […]
The Silver Fox Audit scheme, a division of FM Contract Watch, has been established for over 20 years and provides nationwide on-site penetration and customer service audits to test front-line security teams on their alertness, efficiency and compliance. The audits are unannounced, and we are testing the individual Security Officer’s reaction to the auditor […]
We are pleased to announced that STM Group (UK) Limited is the latest company to join the ACS Pacesetters – the organisation for security companies in the top 15% of all SIA ACS accredited companies. STM Group is an award-winning, UK based, security company and an experienced supplier of manned security solutions and customer service […]
Green Light is delighted to announce the 3rd edition of the Behavioural Analysis conference, which will take place in London on 10-11 June 2020 at the Royal Air Force Museum. Behavioural Analysis 2020 will deliver practical insights into the behavioural analysis techniques used to identify individuals with negative intent. The conference will allow delegates to […]
L – R Grzegorz Miskiewicz (Security Supervisor), Anthony Insula, Madeleine Pugh. The Silver Fox Auditors from FM Contract Watch have carried out a regular series of audits to test the security team at Moor House for several years. On the 9th October, we were delighted to present the 2019 Silver Fox Award to Anthony Insula […]
This month the Security Industry Authority has published a document ‘Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) Get Approved Clarifications’. The document provides clarification and information regarding the eligibility to join the ACS scheme and the fit and proper conditions required. In brief, companies must comply with the following: Have a minimum of 2 licensable operatives supplied under […]
Atticus Risk Management Limited is the latest company to join The ACS Pacesetters which promotes the companies in the top 15% of all SIA ACS accredited organisations. Privately owned Atticus Risk Management support a range of private, state and commercial clients across the UK to maintain a secure environment for commence, learning and recreation, protect […]
FM Contract Watch were engaged by the owner of a privately-owned security guarding company, based in Scotland, to find a suitable purchaser for their business. The first enquiry was received mid-February this year. Within a week of being appointed, we had introduced the owner to two potential purchasers and arranged for NDA’s to be signed […]
United Guarding Services Limited is the latest SIA ACS company, with a score in the top 15% of all accredited organisations, to join The ACS Pacesetters. They are proud to be one of the first companies to be accredited with SIA ACS status when the scheme was introduced in 2006. This privately-owned company has been trading […]
We would like to welcome Manpower Direct (UK) Limited to the growing membership of The ACS Pacesetters – the association for the leading security companies in the UK based on their SIA ACS accreditation score. This privately-owned company, founded in 2003, was ranked in the Sunday Times fastest growing companies during their early years of […]
We are pleased to announce that Dardan Security is the latest company to join the ACS Pacesetters, the leading SIA ACS accredited companies in the UK. Established in 1973, for over 45 years, Dardan Security has built a long-lasting relationship with their clients including some of the world’s most prestigious brands. The company head office […]
We are pleased to welcome Hampshire based Veritech Systems as the latest company to join to the growing membership of The ACS Pacesetters. The company provides a range of services including manned Security, CCTV and access control and operates throughout London, South East, South West, the Midlands and Wales. To find out more about Veritech […]
The ACS Pacesetters Achievement Awards Lunch, run by FM Contract Watch, took place on Wednesday, 22nd May, at Royal Windsor Racecourse with 200+ members, their staff, clients and guests in attendance. Once again, the sun was shining as members gathered for pre-lunch drinks at the Riverbank Pavilion. This is the sixth year the lunch has taken […]
On Monday 11 March, Michael Ryan pled guilty at Coventry Magistrates’ Court to working as an unlicensed security manager on three occasions between 21 April and 28 September 2018. Mr Ryan was fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £4,264 costs as well as a victim surcharge of £170 within 14 days. On 20 April 2018 […]
We are pleased to welcome White Star Security Services to the growing membership of The ACS Pacesetters. This privately owned company which has it’s headquarters in Yorkshire and offices across the North of England provides a comprehensive range of security services including: Key Holding, Alarm Response and Mobile Security Solutions Installation and Maintenance of CCTV, […]
Last Friday 8 March at Basildon Crown Court, John Raymond Daley, of Kilnwood Avenue Hockley in Essex, was ordered to pay a confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act of £25,000 and also prosecution costs of £11,000. The court order follows Daley’s conviction of six counts of providing unlicensed security guards to a school in […]
A Wiltshire security firm boss has had assets of over £80,000 confiscated after being convicted of providing unlicensed security guards to a school over a period of 12 years. Steven Renouf, the former owner of Taghna Security Services, has 28 days to comply with the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) confiscation order, which was […]
The Silver Fox Audit team completed a series of regular audits throughout 2018 to IPSL premises in Northampton, Milton Keynes, Bradford and Camberley. These unannounced audits have been carried out at various times, during the day and night, to test the security teams and IPSL’s own staff. On 8th February Lynda Moore, Managing Partner of […]