First Response Group (FRG) has won the acclaimed Security Guarding Company of the Year Over £30M Turnover award at the 2022 Security & Fire Excellence Awards. Now in its 23rd year, the prestigious Security & Fire Excellence Awards continue to highlight the very best people, projects and processes the security and fire sectors have to offer. The […]
On Friday 11 November 2022, Muhammad Imran was prosecuted in his absence at Reading Magistrates’ Court for failing to supply information to the Security Industry Authority (SIA). Mr Imran, a company director from Maidenhead, was fined £440 and required to pay £1,953.50 prosecution costs plus a £44 victim surcharge. Mr Imran’s company MNMFM Ltd was […]
A Southend man without the legal right to work in the UK was caught with a forged Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence after he was injured in a car accident in Bristol. On Monday 14 November, Ahmed Altorshan was handed a 17 weeks’ jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, by Southend-on-Sea Magistrates’ Court. He was […]
On Friday 4 November 2022, a security operative pleaded guilty at Dudley Magistrates’ Court to working illegally. Finlay Caw of Bridgnorth was fined £300 and required to pay £500 prosecution costs plus a £34 victim surcharge to be paid within 14 days. Friday’s sentencing is the latest in a series of prosecutions brought by the […]
On Friday 4 November 2022, Bolton man Olarotimi Ojugbele was handed a 26-week jail sentence, suspended for 18 months by Willesden Magistrates’ Court, plus a 15-day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement to be completed within 12 months. He was also ordered to pay a £128 victim surcharge. Friday’s sentence follows Ojugbele’s guilty plea to fraud on Thursday […]
On Tuesday 1 November 2022, Bradford Magistrates’ Court found Usman Raees guilty in his absence of failing to provide information to the Security Industry Authority (SIA). The court fined him £660 and ordered him to pay £3,814 court costs plus a £66 victim surcharge within 28 days. This week’s case follows a successful prosecution by the […]
We are pleased to welcome Samsic UK to the membership of The ACS Pacesetters. This family-owned company employs more than 4000 staff from their head office in the West Midlands and 12 regional locations. The company offers a range of security services including static guarding, mobile patrols, and event security. Samsic also provides cleaning and […]
IFPO (International Foundation for Protection Officers) are running a Boot Camp for their CPO (Certified Protection Officer) certification. This will be held at the University of West London in Ealing on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th November, with the exam taking place on the Sunday. Successful candidates are able to use the post nominal designation […]