Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Vespasian Security has been awarded the contract to supply crowd management and event security services to Widcombe Rising 2012. Vespasian Security is expanding their crowd management teams in 2012 in anticipation of a busy season of festivals and live events. Widcombe Rising is a community event in an exclusive area of Bath, Somerset. The event [...]
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
After being an integral part of four highly successful outdoor shows by teen heart-throbs JLS in 2010, AP Security was asked back by promoter Dave Suter of Beat Up Music to lend the company’s expertise to five more major shows in 2011. Proving that contestants on TV’s The X Factor don’t need to win the [...]
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Melas have become an essential part of the summer in many British cities, with hundreds of thousands of people enjoying the colourful sights, varied sounds and delicious smells of a wide range of Asian cultures. AP Security has become something of a specialist in helping to ensure that these family events are enjoyed by all, [...]
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Octavian Security has been announced as the new provider of security for the famous Matlock Bath Illuminations in Derbyshire. Derbyshire Dales District Council has appointed Octavian, one of the UK’s most forward thinking security firms, as the provider of safety stewarding and cash in transit services for the event. Octavian stewards will be present throughout [...]
Monday, October 10, 2011
From Glastonbury and the Forestry Commission’s Live Music to the hard rocking High Voltage, festivals see AP Security’s staff hard at work up and down the country throughout the summer months. But it is rare for one event to have four very different, themed nights. Under The Stars is just such an event and AP’s [...]
Monday, July 11, 2011
Response Security Solutions Ltd based in Kent, recently volunteered a number of their experienced security staff to participate in Project Griffin, a nationwide police initiative to protect our cities and communities from the threat of terrorism. It brings together and coordinates the resources of the police, emergency services, local authorities, business and the private sector [...]
Friday, June 3, 2011
Select Management and Security Ltd have secured a contract with Portadown Football Club for the provision of Crowd Management and Security services for 3 years. Select, the leading Crowd Management company in Northern Ireland, will provide all Event Stewarding, Security and associated services at Shamrock Park for home fixtures and other events taking place within [...]
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Music festival organisers are being urged to do more to tackle legal highs. Baroness Browning, the government’s minister for crime prevention, has written an open letter to the organisers of the UK’s top events. She says she’s concerned about the demand for legal highs and wants more to be done to stop them being taken. [...]
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Showsec has been awarded the contract to provide security for the entire Rockness festival, building on five successful years supplying specific elements of this popular Scottish event. Rockness, the recently announced winner of the 2011 NME Awards for Best Small Festival, is committed to achieving the highest levels of customer service for the 30,000 festival [...]
Friday, March 11, 2011
A new tender has been published by Manchester City Council, the details are as follows Buyer: Manchester City Council Title: Event Security & Security for Manchester (TC475B/YW) Category: 19210000 – Security Contact: Miss Yvonne Winskill Email: y.winskill@manchester.gov.uk Telephone: 0161 234 3273 Fax: 0161 274 0013 Address: Town Hall, Room 407 Albert [...]
Monday, February 14, 2011
Showsec’s Scottish office manager Scott Anderson hosted a popular seminar on Event Stewarding and Pit Training at Event Expo 2011 on 9th February at the Garage, Glasgow. Attracting a crowd of over 60 delegates, Scott and Showsec operations executive Mark Lawton gave a detailed presentation at Scotland’s only event and hospitality industry conference. Scott gave [...]
Sunday, February 6, 2011
UK security and crowd management company, AP Security, has attained approved contractor status from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) and the Contactors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS). The approvals follow a period of rigorous updating of the companies administrative processes for both door supervisors and manned guarding, this updating also incorporates AP working towards [...]
Sunday, January 23, 2011
The Festival of Light is one of the annual highlights in Huddersfield, a town famed as the birthplace of rugby league and situated between Leeds and Manchester in the former industrial heartland of England. The four-day festival attracts visitors from many of the surrounding towns and cities, as well as a significant proportion of Huddersfield’s [...]
Monday, January 17, 2011
The new edition of the Journal Of Crowd Safety & Security Management is available for free downloaded at http://www.crowdsafetymanagement.co.uk/journal/ The Journal Of Crowd Safety & Security Management (JCSSM) is an educational, industry oriented journal which is designed to serve as a forum for practitioners, scholars, and students who are actively engaged in the academically fledgling [...]
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Showsec’s management consultancy team recently returned from yet another successful engagement with MTV for the 2010 Europe Music Awards. This year’s host city was Madrid on 7th November, where a multitude of A list artists and celebrities gathered for the 17th annual awards ceremony. Lady GaGa was the night’s big winner after bagging a total [...]
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Event Security company G4S is to open a regional headquarters in Cardiff, attracted by the number of major events staged in South Wales. Announcing the opening, G4S Events said the new office would help it meet the growing demand for safety and security consultancy and operational support in this market within South Wales. The company [...]
Friday, September 24, 2010
Select Management and Security ltd are an Approved Contractor based in Northern Ireland, operating throughout the United Kingdom. They provide Door Supervision, Event Security, Close Protection and Security Guarding services, all of which are regulated by the Security Industry Authority (SIA). Andrew McQuillan, Managing Director has said the following in response to the BBC news [...]
Friday, September 24, 2010
The Home Office is preparing to scrap the body which regulates bouncers and other security workers across the UK. The Security Industry Authority has been placed under the axe as part of a wider plan to cut the number and cost of public bodies. Abolishing the SIA will not save taxpayers money because it is [...]
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Showsec’s London team showed professionalism at the highest level, securing The Garden Party To Make a Difference in the gardens of Clarence House, The Prince of Wales personal reside in London. The charity VIP event of the season opened on 8th September with a celebrity filled launch, seeing the Clarence House and St James Palace [...]
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
AP Security’s reputation for its quality safety and stewarding services is reaching an ever-wider audience, with more of the UK’s highest profile events inviting the company to work with them. One of the latest is Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. Four days in mid-August saw the Fiesta’s 32nd year, with 500,000 visitors enjoying the spectacle of [...]
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Select Management and Security Ltd, the first Crowd Management company in Northern Ireland to hold SIA Approved Contractor status, have today announced approval from Bucks New University to run their Certificate in Pit Training course. The Certificate in Pit Training is recognised across the industry as the qualification required for staff working in the front [...]
Saturday, August 28, 2010
More than 200 security licences have been suspended by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) following the claims which focus on London-based training centre Tristar. Awarding body Edexcel withdrew the level 2 BTEC award in door supervision certificates issued by Tristar. And because the qualifications have been withdrawn 211 licence holders no longer meet SIA criteria. [...]
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Showsec implemented a delicate balance of maintaining safety and security with a very customer focused operation for festival organisers Rob da Bank and John Hughes along with the Loud Sound production team to deliver a successful, family friendly, Camp Bestival, 28th July-31st July 2010. Southern Regional Manager Steve Reynolds explains; “Customer care was a high [...]
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Last-minute events in 2012 to celebrate the London Olympics could be “dangerous”, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison has warned. Small-scale events springing up is “our major worry” as detailed plans are being drawn up of everything from deployment of officers through to the number and allocation of safety barriers. These sorts of events could [...]
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Event management company ESC Events has won the contract to supply security for the ‘Treasures of Lambeth Palace Library’, an exhibition featuring a diverse collection of manuscripts, archives and books, some of which will be on display for the first time. The exhibition includes the warrant for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, books [...]
Monday, May 17, 2010
Select Management and Security Ltd have today announced they have become the first Crowd Management and Event Security company in Northern Ireland to achieve the Approved Contractor standard from the Security Industry Authority. In addition to this milestone, Select have also become the first Northern Ireland company to achieve Approved Contractor status for Close Protection. [...]
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