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SIA Licensed · North West England

Nothing happens on our watch.

Manned guarding, mobile patrols, event security and K9 units across Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire. Licensed officers, live oversight, and a control room that never closes.

Core Capability

Three things we do
better than anyone

Everything else we offer is built on these. Get them right and the rest follows — get them wrong and no amount of paperwork saves you.

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Mobile Patrols

Marked vehicles running randomised routes, so nobody watching your site can learn the pattern. Every visit is GPS-stamped and reported before dawn.

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Manned Guarding

A presence that reads as reassuring to your staff and expensive to your intruders. Static, gatehouse or roving — briefed to your site, not a template.

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Event Security

From a hundred-head private function to a fifteen-thousand capacity show. Crowd flow, access control and medical cover, planned weeks before the doors open.

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Dog & Handler Teams

A deterrent you
can hear coming

There is no piece of technology on the market that clears a yard faster than a general purpose patrol dog. Our K9 teams are NASDU assessed, licensed as a unit, and deployed where a single officer would be exposed.

  • Handler and dog licensed together. They train as a pair and they deploy as a pair — never mixed and matched to fill a shift.
  • Built for open ground. Distribution yards, plant compounds, scrap and salvage, and construction sites with more perimeter than fence.
  • Welfare logged, not assumed. Kennel records, vet certification and rest cycles are audited monthly and shared with you on request.

Full Portfolio

Cover for every kind of site

One contract, one account manager, one control room — whether you need a concierge desk in a city centre tower or a dog team on a flooded compound at 3am.

Mobile Patrols

Randomised vehicle visits, lock-ups, unlocks and alarm response across your whole estate.

Manned Guarding

Static and roving officers, gatehouse control, and search and access management.

Concierge Security

Front-of-house officers who run the desk, the post and the visitor book as well as the door.

Event Security

Stewarding, crowd flow, pit teams and access control for venues, festivals and fixtures.

Vacant Property

Void inspections, squatter deterrence, meter reads and photographic condition logs.

Construction Sites

Plant and materials protection, delivery gate control, and CSCS-aware site officers.

Factory Security

Shift-change control, contractor screening and loss prevention on the production floor.

Industrial & Logistics

Distribution parks, cold storage and yard management where stock walks if nobody looks.

Hospitality & Door

Door supervision for bars, hotels and late venues — firm on the door, calm in the room.

K9 Units

Licensed dog and handler teams for open ground, high-value plant and rapid clearance.

CCTV & Monitoring

Remote eyes from our control room, with verified alarm escalation straight to police.

Keyholding & Response

We hold the keys so your staff never attend an alarm alone at two in the morning.

How We Mobilise

Surveyed, staffed
and on site in 72 hours

Most of our work starts with somebody having a very bad week. We are set up to move quickly without cutting the corners that matter.

Site survey

A supervisor walks the ground with you, in daylight and after dark. Lighting, blind spots, access, neighbours, history.

Written assignment

You get instructions specific to your site — not a generic template with your name pasted at the top.

Deployment

Named officers, briefed and inducted before their first shift, with a named backup for every position.

Review

Patrol data, incident logs and KPIs land monthly. If something is not working we change it, not explain it.

Where We Work

The North West,
properly covered

We are not a national outfit with a phone number in your region. Every officer, vehicle and dog team is based inside the patch — which is why our alarm response time across the M62 corridor averages under 30 minutes.

  • Liverpool
  • Manchester
  • Wirral
  • Birkenhead
  • Chester
  • Warrington
  • Salford
  • Stockport
  • Bolton
  • Wigan
  • St Helens
  • Preston
  • Blackpool
  • Southport
  • Runcorn
  • Widnes
  • Ellesmere Port
  • Crewe
  • Oldham
  • Rochdale
  • Bury
  • Altrincham
  • Macclesfield
  • Lancaster
Lancaster Blackpool Preston Southport Bolton Manchester Liverpool Warrington Wirral Chester Crewe

Licensed & Vetted

SIA Licensed Officers SIA Door Supervision SIA CCTV Operator NASDU Assessed Dog Handlers

Straight Answers

Frequently asked

How quickly can you get officers on site?

For an emergency deployment we can usually have a licensed officer on site within four hours anywhere in the North West, and a K9 team within six. A planned contract runs to a 72-hour mobilisation: survey, written assignment instructions, then first shift.

Are all of your officers SIA licensed?

Every officer holds a current SIA licence for the role they are working, and we screen to BS 7858 — a full five-year employment history, references and a DBS check before anyone is issued a uniform. Licence expiry dates are tracked centrally, so nobody drifts onto a shift out of ticket.

What is the minimum contract you will take?

A single night. We would rather cover you for one weekend properly than tie you into twelve months you did not need. Plenty of our long-term contracts started as a one-off callout during a break-in.

Do mobile patrols really work better than a static guard?

It depends entirely on the site. A static officer is the right answer where there is a single controlled entrance and continuous activity. Patrols win where you have several sites, long void periods, or a perimeter too big for one person to hold. Our surveyor will tell you honestly which one your site needs — including when the answer is the cheaper option.

Can you work alongside our existing CCTV or alarm provider?

Yes, and we prefer to. We will take keyholding and response against your current alarm receiving centre without asking you to rip anything out. Cameras catch what happened; we are there to stop it happening.

What does it cost?

It depends on hours, risk and how far the site is from an existing patrol route, so anyone quoting you a rate before seeing the ground is guessing. Survey and quotation are free, with no obligation, and we will put a firm price in writing within 24 hours of the visit.

Talk To A Human

Tell us what you need
protecting

A supervisor will walk your site, in daylight and after dark, and put a fixed price in writing within 24 hours. No obligation, no sales visit dressed up as a survey.