Industry News Focus
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dormakaba UK and Ireland finalises
acquisition of 1st Access Group Ltd
WITH IMMEDIATE effect,
dormakaba UK and Ireland has
acquired 1st Access Group Ltd, an
award-winning company specialising
in premises security and redesigning
shopfronts including aluminium
shopfronts, windows, roller shutters
and automatic door requirements.
Commenting on the
announcement, Paul Wright
(managing director of dormakaba
UK and Ireland) said: “We’re
delighted to welcome the team from
1st Access Group. Through the
synergies of our businesses, we look
forward to driving further
sustainable growth and delivering
service excellence to meet our
customers’ expectations and needs.”
Vikki Lindop, director of the 1st
Access Group, added: “Joining
dormakaba provides an excellent
opportunity to further enhance our
offer and, importantly, exceed our
existing performance levels.”
1st Access Group was established
in 2006 by Lindop and colleague
Jason Loydon. Located in a
converted-for-purpose site in
Willenhall, the business is supported
by an in-house manufacturing
capability that allows greater support
for its customer base.
1st Access Group offers dedicated
services across the installation and
maintenance of door solutions
covering sectional and industrial
doors, roller shutters, steel security
doors and automatic doors.
Paul Wright concluded: “This is a
fantastic growth opportunity for us.”
www.dormakaba.com
ASTON SERVICES Group (ASG) is
the newly-appointed security and
cleaning services provider for the
Edmonton Green Shopping Centre.
This flagship development is owned
by Crosstree Real Estate Partners
and resides inside the M25 zone in
North London.
The Shopping Centre is currently
undergoing a programme of
refurbishment, redevelopment and
rebranding as it further cements its
place at the heart of what’s now a
thriving local community.
ASG is a Security Industry
Authority Approved Contractor and
was awarded the contract, which
now becomes the company’s largest
single site for service provision, by
specialist property management
company Ashdown Phillips. It’s no
small undertaking as Edmonton
Green Shopping Centre boasts over
150 retail units, 1,000-plus car
parking spaces, a bustling market
square and a mix of retail and
departmental stores over 26 acres.
Marie Kyriacou-Edwards,
operations manager at the
Edmonton Green Shopping Centre,
commented: “We like ASG’s
empathetic approach and its flexible
management and operational teams.
ASG provides both security and
cleaning services and promotes a
‘joined-up’ way of thinking. The
company’s input will be vital to us.”
www.astonservicesgroup.co.uk
Remote servicing “likely to accelerate
during COVID pandemic and beyond”
Kings Secure Technologies awarded
place on coveted G-Cloud Framework
Anna Shillitoe and Michelle Lee
appointed by CHAS in strategic move
SUPPLY CHAIN risk management
specialist CHAS has strengthened its
quality and compliance expertise
with the appointment of Anna
Shillitoe as quality and compliance
manager. In addition, Michelle Lee
has been appointed to the role of
channel and franchise manager.
Shillitoe (pictured) brings a
wealth of knowledge and experience
in quality and compliance to CHAS
having spent 14 years in senior roles
at two leading educational
institutions. From 2012 to this year,
Shillitoe was the continuous
improvement manager at the
London Business School.
Prior to this, Shillitoe worked at
City & Guilds where she was
responsible for the Group meeting
ISO 9001 and Investors in People
standards. This included ensuring
the quality system was understood
and implemented throughout City &
Guilds and recruiting and managing
internal audit teams.
Michelle Lee brings market
insight to the role of channel and
franchise manager having served as
membership engagement manager at
the National Federation of Builders
where she was responsible for
membership support and retention.
www.chas.co.uk
KINGS SECURE Technologies, the
specialist provider of security and
fire safety solutions, has been
awarded a place on the G-Cloud
Framework. G-Cloud 12 is part of
the UK Government’s Digital
Marketplace where public sector
organisations are able to access
suppliers and procure products and
services without the need for a
lengthy tendering process.
The criteria for being accepted on
to the G-Cloud Framework ensures
that only those companies who
provide the very highest levels of
security and support to public sector
organisations are selected due to the
sensitive information they hold.
www.kingsltd.co.uk
ACCORDING TO recent research
conducted by JLL, more than three-quarters
of businesses globally report
that 80% or more of their employees
were working from home during
April and May as they navigated
lockdowns and social distancing
measures in a global pandemic.
The need for staff to stay at home,
but in parallel maintain business
continuity, has forced businesses to
adopt remote working formats.
Business leaders have quickly
begun to understand that having
sufficient remote working capability
is a vital aspect of business resilience,
and especially so during a pandemic.
Anthony Brennan, president of
Chubb Fire & Security, stated: “As a
result of this shift in mindset,
businesses are likely to expect the
same from their service providers,
demanding more remote service and
support capabilities. This is a change
that’s here to stay as businesses look
to new solutions for employee well-being
and safety amid the
acceleration of digital transformation
right across the business world.”
In the last 20 years, the industry
has been developing remote
capabilities, such as monitoring
building status and performance and
conducting remote diagnostics.
Today, in the fields of fire and
security, technologies allow many
services to be supported remotely for
the end user. A vital part of the
management of all customer
facilities, whether it’s an office,
logistics warehouse or Data Centre,
is the maintenance of security and
fire solutions that are deemed
essential for business continuity.
“The introduction of remote
solutions to the problems posed by
24-hour security and fire safety
provides benefits for both customers
and providers,” concluded Brennan.
“Remote service providers can
provide remote monitoring and
control for security systems.”
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