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Health and Safety in Restaurants

Health and Safety in Restaurants

Do you know the risks and how to minimise them? The restaurant industry in the UK is worth over £38 billion, with 1.7 million Brits visiting a restaurant at least once a week. It continues to grow and evolve as a result, currently employing around 988,000 from chefs...

Firefighter Numbers in Crisis

Firefighter Numbers in Crisis

The steps you can take to reduce the burden on UK firefighters  There are 11,500 fewer UK firefighters in 2019 than 2010, this year’s numbers increasing by just 1%. Government funding for English fire and rescue services has been cut by 30% between 2013 and 2020. The...

Boundary Gate and Barrier’s new website!

Boundary Gate and Barrier’s new website!

New website open for business.   BGB’s website has gone through a complete renovation, it was built to provide customers with more and clearer information on the products and services we offer. It is now far more visually appealing, has a whole new set up of...

Delta Monitoring Services Acquired!

Delta Monitoring Services Acquired!

We are excited to announce we have acquired Delta Monitoring Services, VRC will operate both companies.   We are delighted to announce that Delta Monitoring Services (DMS) and VRC (Video Receiving Centre Ltd), have signed an agreement to merge our two leading...

The UK’s most lethal Industry

The UK’s most lethal Industry

The fatal accident rate is higher in agriculture and farming than any other sector Employees in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector are 20 times more likely to be killed at work than any other sector combined. Around 360,000 people work in agriculture, or 1%...

Retirement Complex Gutted by Fire

Retirement Complex Gutted by Fire

Fire Safety must be taken more seriously in buildings with vulnerable people Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to deal with a blaze engulfing a retirement home, which caused 150 elderly and disabled residents to be evacuated and the building to cave in....

ARK Website Refurbished

ARK Website Refurbished

ARK’s New Website is now live, highlighting the various security services that they can provide. Much like Cannon’s website overhaul in March of this year, ARK was more than ready for a new and improved website. ARK’s new website was built on the foundation that the...

Rise in UK Business Theft

Rise in UK Business Theft

Businesses should be taking better safety measures Ebuyer, the UK’s largest independent tech retailer, recently released figures that show UK business theft has increased from £43,342,507 to £45,425,928 since 2015. This comes with a 9% overall increase in reported...

UK sees dramatic increase in knife-crime

UK sees dramatic increase in knife-crime

Knife Crime Epidemic makes Security Guards more necessary than ever All UK Police forces have recorded a clear rise in knife crime from 2011. From March 2018 to March 2019, there were 43,516 knife crime offences, the highest number since knife crime data was compiled...