BAILEY PARTNERSHIP (Consultants) LLP has an exciting opportunity for a chartered/senior fire engineer to take the next step in their career by joining the business and leading its fire engineering team.

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THE JOINT Committee on the National Security Strategy in Parliament has launched an inquiry into how well the national security machinery operates. This process has been launched following concerns highlighted in the Committee's recent Biosecurity and National Security Report and the urgent need to establish effective national security structures in order to prepare for future emergencies.

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KINGS SECURE Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Midlands-based Cougar Monitoring Ltd which operates a state-of-the-art Alarm Receiving Centre in Birmingham.

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SECURITY MATTERS – the Independent Voice for Security and Risk Professionals – has recently launched a Readership Survey. All those security practitioners who take part and deliver their views and opinions on the magazine, its website, the Security Matters Podcast and our wider digital offer will be in with a chance of winning a £100 Amazon voucher.

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FACIAL RECOGNITION solutions provider Corsight AI has announced the appointment of former Surveillance Camera Commissioner Tony Porter QPM LLB as its chief privacy officer. Effective immediately, Porter will be responsible for ensuring the technology is not only legally compliant across international jurisdictions, but also operates to the highest ethical standards.

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THE BRITISH Security Industry Association (BSIA) has launched its 2021 celebration of the industry’s finest professionals, namely the British Security Awards, by opening the regional rounds of the security personnel categories.

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PARTIZAN SECURITY, the CCTV and access control solutions manufacturer founded back in 2008 and based in the Czech Republic, has continued its recent expansion into the UK security market by forming a new strategic partnership with monitoring service provider Fenix Monitoring.

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ROBERT JENRICK, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has unveiled a new £30 million fund for leaseholders in England to pay for the installation of fire alarm systems in high-rise buildings with cladding. Jenrick has asserted that this move will either remove or reduce the need for costly interim safety measures such as ‘Waking Watch’.

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THE ASSOCIATION for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has introduced new membership requirements which came into effect on Friday 1 January. The new requirements make it mandatory for member companies to demonstrate that a proportion of their employees have been suitably trained and/or have achieved appropriate qualifications in the discipline of passive fire protection.

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FIRE DETECTION equipment developer Global Fire Equipment (GFE) has added to its product portfolio with the launch of G-One, a versatile addressable single loop fire control panel with advanced connectivity.

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MAYOR OF London Sadiq Khan has proposed that the Government introduce a “groundbreaking levy” on major private property developers that could raise £3 billion to address the “rampant inequality” in building safety standards and fund vital cladding replacement work on properties across the capital.

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FIRE SAFETY Matters – the Independent Voice for Fire Safety Professionals – has recently launched a Readership Survey. All those fire safety practitioners who take part and deliver their views and opinions on the magazine, its website, the Fire Safety Matters Podcast and our wider digital offer will be in with a chance of winning a £100 Amazon voucher.

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BUILDING SAFETY minister Stephen Greenhalgh has told three current and former executives at the French division of the US company Arconic to stop hiding behind an arcane French law.

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HOME SECRETARY Priti Patel has hailed the UK’s new and “comprehensive” security agreement with the European Union (EU) that will see the UK continuing to be one of the safest countries in the world.

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THE IMPACT of COVID-19 on global terrorism, trends and potential risks related to attacks on vulnerable targets and bioterrorism is the focus of a new report issued by Interpol.

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THE SMARTWATER Group is to operate a National Intelligence Portal for the police and critical infrastructure companies tracking organised crime gangs across the UK. In particular, the new shared national database and crime mapping system will tackle metal and national infrastructure-focused criminality.

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THE JOINT Committee on the National Security Strategy has now published its report entitled ‘Biosecurity and National Security’. The document assesses how prepared the Government is for major biological security risks, using the current COVID-19 pandemic as a test case, in order to consider whether and how the identification of risk in the national security system provokes a proportionate response in terms of means to address that risk.

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IN ORDER to support young people looking for work during this difficult time, the Government has launched the ‘Kickstart’ Scheme with £2 billion of funding being made available to employers. Through the ‘Kickstart’ Scheme, the Government is setting aside funding for employers such that they can then offer employment to young people on Universal Credit.

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RECOGNISING THE importance of cyber security in today’s increasingly connected world, the Nineteen Group has announced the launch of two significant cyber events that will take place in September 2021: the International Cyber Expo and the National Cyber Security Show.

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INFORMATION COMMISSIONER Elizabeth Denham is calling on the UK’s businesses to check whether they’re impacted by data protection law before the end of the UK’s transition period with the European Union (EU) on Thursday 31 December.

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