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It was early one freezing January morning and one of our dog handlers was patrolling an industrial estate in Old Kent Road. At 3am he noticed that the perimeter fencing had been breached and over thirty squatters were congregating within a fenced off area. Keeping calm he quickly made contact with the Metropolitan Police and with the SRS on duty Operation’s Manager while continually observing and monitoring the situation. Given the size of the group and conscious of personal safety he wisely e

No two organizations share exact security needs and that is why your security plan should be tailored to individual requirements and implemented by a combination of the right personnel, technology and training in conjunction with responsive local and site management.  With the addition of excellent customer service a Security Company in London will build an enduring customer/client relationship. (more…)

Hotel management is, without doubt, an extremely challenging role. The continual movement of guests, in whichever guise that may be, leaving and entering the premises is problematic when considering the safety and security of those users and the hotel employees. (more…)

Covid-19 has had an accumulative effect upon businesses and industries as a whole, culminating in a real acceleration of pressures on public services and those who support them. As we re-enter a second lockdown period, and perhaps not the final one, the risk of social unrest is highly likely. (more…)

Post-lock down but at a time when the Government continues to increase precautions in affected pockets of the UK, this article seeks to address the fine balance of health versus property protection; both of which can, and have been, affecting business productivity and financial independence during the pandemic. (more…)

According to statistics from the Metropolitan Police, comparing the rates in February 2020, prior to the commencement of the pandemic lockdown in the UK, and April 2020, London’s first full month in lockdown, overall crime rates decreased throughout all the London boroughs, as the above graph indicates. (more…)

We live in a 24/7 society, instant gratification at the end of a swipe, where it is possible, on any given day, to order a meal for delivery in less than 30 minutes, to speak to anyone/anywhere/anytime via not only audio but also video connection, to shop without carrying a wallet, and to sign business documents without picking up a pen. (more…)

While only time will reveal the full impact of Covid-19 on our public health and the Global Economy, there will undoubtedly be far reaching ramifications unlike any we’ve seen before.  But there are other consequences already emerging, including a more pronounced sense of unity and stronger community values. (more…)

Security Risk Specialists are delighted to announce a new contract providing Front of House/Security Concierge Services in London for an exclusive, mixed-use office and residential block in the heart of Shoreditch. The Cordy House project is a collection of seven prestigious apartments and nearly 25,000 sq feet of modern industrial media-style office space, including five bespoke office spaces, a separate office reception area with an original graffiti feature wall, and a residential reception

In 2018 SRS was asked to advise a large corporation on security needs for an empty Warehouse outside of London where they were planning to store goods. Due to the number and the value of the goods we advised that security would be required outside of the operational hours, and that they should use both CCTV and live security guards. (more…)