Wharf Guards Limited, a Cambridge security company, has been sentenced following our investigation into the use of unlicensed security guards. At Cambridge Magistrates Court on 8 September 2016, the company along with Richard Kinyanjui, director of Wharf Guards Limited, were sentenced to providing unlicensed guards between June and August 2015. The operations manager, George Kalemera […]
The Silver Fox team of auditors have been testing security teams throughout the United Kingdom for over 15 years and during this period of time they have tested several thousand sites. However; recently we have introduced a wider variety of audits alongside the standard penetration test. With the current level of terrorism threat to the […]
On Thursday 10th August John Craig Stern, sole director of JJS Security Services Ltd (trading as Siteguard Contracts) pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court. In June 2014, the Security Industry Authority (SIA) began enquires into Siteguard Contracts following an inspection at a public funded construction site. The business was found to be supplying an unlicensed […]
Two security companies have been fined after a security guard died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Javaid Iqbal, a 29 year old father of three, was employed by London based KK Security Services Ltd as a security guard on a construction site in Leigh, Wigan. KK Security were sub contracted by Veritas Security (Southern) Ltd, a […]
Did you know that as part of the ongoing Government’s push to deter and tackle illegal working, a set of new measures came into force on 12th July? It’s known as the Immigration Act 2016. This latest legislation aims to make it more difficult for those living illegally in the UK to work here and […]
FM Contract Watch offers a variety of support services to the security guarding industry. Click here to read the July Newsletter FM Contract Watch 07 2016 v4 LR, which includes: • Support Services for the Security Guarding Industry from FM Contract Watch • The ACS Pacesetters – Our Accredited Members • News Board – Latest […]
TC Security Services, part of TC Facilities Management (TCFM), has been awarded a hat trick of contracts in the Home Counties & East Anglia. The contracts all commenced on 1st July and sees the provision of security services to a range of commercial offices and a purpose built production facility, totalling almost 400,000 sq ft, […]
The director of Wharf Guards Limited, Richard Kinyanjui, has pleaded guilty to providing unlicensed guards between June and August 2015. The operations manager, George Kalmera, has also pleaded guilty to failing to supply information relating to the investigation. In August 2015, unannounced visits were made by SIA investigators across three sites. At one site in […]
On 31 May 2016, Adam and Brendan Moran of Moran Security Services Ltd were sentenced for falsely claiming to be under the Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) and supplying unlicensed security operatives, at Doncaster Magistrates Court. Adam and Brendan Moran pled guilty on the 4th of May at a previous hearing where the court heard that […]
The Security Industry Authority Approved Contractor Scheme (SIA ACS) in in its tenth year, however; there is still confusion by end users of Security Guarding services as to its relevance and how the scoring system works. During the course of our work we regularly meet with end users of security services and often ask the […]