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What we do

Eleven services, one contract and one account manager. Whether you need a dog team on a compound tonight or a concierge desk staffed from Monday, it comes from the same control room and the same standard.

Mobile patrol vehicle on a night route Service 01

Mobile Patrols

Unpredictable
by design

The weakness of a fixed patrol is that anybody watching for a week can set their watch by it. Ours are deliberately irregular — different times, different entry points, different order — so the only reliable thing about our arrival is that it is coming.

  • Randomised timing. Visit windows are generated centrally and never repeat the same pattern two nights running.
  • Proof you can audit. NFC checkpoints around your site log the officer, the time and the route. You get the data, not just our word.
  • Lock-up and unlock. First on site, last off — so your staff never open a dark building or set an alarm alone.
  • Alarm response included. Bolt keyholding onto the same contract and we attend activations instead of your duty manager.
Security officer on static guard duty Service 02

Manned Guarding

The oldest
deterrent there is

A uniformed officer at the right point on your site changes the arithmetic for anybody assessing it. Our people are briefed on your ground specifically, so they know which gate sticks, which neighbour walks a dog at eleven, and which van has no business being there.

  • Screened to BS 7858. Five years of verified history, references taken up and a DBS check, before anyone is issued a uniform.
  • Named backup for every post. Sickness and leave are covered by someone who has already worked your site, not an agency stranger.
  • Gatehouse and access control. Vehicle checks, contractor sign-in, delivery management and search where your policy requires it.
  • Any duration. One night of cover during a break-in, a fortnight over a shutdown, or a permanent posted position.
Crowd at a night-time event Service 03

Event Security

Invisible when
it goes right

Good event security is measured in things that did not happen. We plan from the capacity and the layout backwards — where the crush points are, how the pit gets cleared, what happens if the headliner is late and four thousand people are bored.

  • 100 to 15,000 capacity. Private functions, corporate dinners, club nights, festivals and matchday stewarding.
  • A named event manager. Appointed at booking, on site on the day, and the person you ring rather than a switchboard.
  • Written risk assessment. Delivered before the event, in the format your licensing officer actually wants to see.
  • First aid on every team. Plus fire marshal cover, search and ejection protocols, and welfare for anyone who has had too much.

Specialist Cover

Sector by sector

Different sites fail in different ways. These are the ones we are asked for most, and what we actually do differently on each.

Concierge Security

The first person your visitors meet and the last line on your access control. Ours run the desk properly — deliveries, passes, contractor inductions and the visitor book — while still being the one who spots the tailgater.

Vacant Property

Empty buildings deteriorate fastest through the things nobody notices — a forced rear door, a burst pipe in February, travellers on the car park. Timed inspections with photographic logs, so your insurer stays satisfied.

Construction Sites

Plant, cable and fuel are the three things that vanish, usually in the fortnight before handover. Gate control on deliveries, dog teams on open compounds, and officers who understand a site induction.

Factory Security

Shift change is when a factory is most exposed — hundreds of people through one gate in ten minutes. We control that flow, screen contractors, and keep an eye on the loading bay nobody watches.

Industrial & Logistics

Distribution parks run all night and lose stock in single pallets rather than dramatic raids. Yard marshalling, trailer seal checks and gatehouse control across the M6 and M62 corridors.

Hospitality & Door

Door supervision that protects your licence as much as your premises. Refusals logged, incidents written up the same night, and a team who can defuse a situation without turning it into one.

CCTV & Remote Monitoring

Your cameras, our control room, overnight. Verified activations get a live audio challenge, then a patrol or a police call — instead of footage nobody watches until Monday.

Keyholding & Alarm Response

Keys held in sealed, numbered pouches and drawn only against a live activation. We attend, we make safe, we secure, and you get a written report before you have finished your coffee.

No Obligation

Not sure which
one you need?

Tell us about the site and we will tell you honestly what it needs — including when that is the cheaper option, or nothing at all.