Due to the continued expansion of our security guarding division Integrity has taken on a Junior Contracts Manager. Chris Barton has joined the team and will get to know everyone over the coming weeks. He’ll be out and about visiting all the sites and getting an understanding of the Integrity operation! Integrity now has over 110 active employees across the country and it’s great that we’re continually adding to our growing operation.
We would like to congratulate Ian Brough and Howard Morris for receiving their 10 Years Long Service Awards and thank them for their commitment and hard work since joining the Company. Their loyal and dependable service has helped the Business and contributed towards its’ success with both the Sandwell BID and Liberty Performance Steels contracts. Both Ian and Howard joined us from G4S in 2011 and we hope there are many more years to come, well done guys.
Our In-house COVID Testing at our Solihull Office is proving very successful and gratefully to date we have not had any more staff test positive. The lateral flow testing is a fast and simple way to test employees who do not have symptoms of COVID-19, but who may still be potentially spreading the virus without being aware. The tests are easy to use and give results in less than 30 minutes. We have provided a dedicated COVID testing room at our Head Office which is secure, private and sanitised for our employees to use. We are really pleased it is making staff feel safe when coming to work, knowing that we are doing all we can to reduce the risk of COVID in the workplace.
Due to continued growth, we’ve recently expanded our facilities services team and we would like to welcome on board our new members of the team: Robert Boulton – Facilities Services Engineer, Gregg Chambers – Apprentice Facilities Service Engineer and Thomas Palmer – Apprentice Facilities Service Engineer. Both Gregg and Thomas will be completing the Property Maintenance NVQ Level 2 apprenticeship at South & City College and we will continue to support them on this educational journey throughout the next 18 months.
Expanding our offering is helping a leading security specialist come through Covid-19 with a number of new contract wins.
This approach, combined with significant investment in our dedicated control room, has seen us win prestigious deals to look after a high-profile apartment scheme in London called Leon House and the Mailbox in Stockport, an old post office depot that has been transformed into a mix of residential, commercial and leisure opportunities.
“We were already moving towards more electronic security and remote monitoring and I think the pandemic has accelerated this, with clients less keen to have people on site but still maintain secure premises,” explained Will Adams, Managing Director of Integrity.
“The other big move we’ve seen is the desire for us to offer more facility management services, including taking care of cleaning and looking after new signage requirements.”
He continued: “This has now been built further into the Integrity core offer and is something that a number of our existing clients are starting to take advantage of. It is also proving a competitive differential when pitching for new work in what is the new normal.”
Integrity Security Group provides bespoke security services to a blue-chip client base spread across the country, including offices, industrial units, multi-tenanted developments, residential and commercial schemes
Services range from manned guarding, mobile patrols, key holding and alarm response to temporary guarding and strategic consultancy on security matters.
Employing 110 people, we also invest heavily in expanding our, has also invested heavily in expanding its electronic security capabilities, including complex CCTV, access control and fire and intruder alarm systems.
Will, who has been appointed to a British Security Industry Association (BSIA) steering group continued: “Every business has had to pivot to adjust to the challenges of Covid-19 and our industry is no different.
“First and foremost, we’ve had to ensure all of our staff were safe throughout the pandemic and then we’ve had to look at how we can change the way we do things to guarantee security for our clients, whilst also being able to minimise human contact.
“This has seen a lot more remote monitoring that we carry out from our purpose-built control centre in Solihull and increased investment in electronic access solutions. Whilst there will always be demand for manned guarding services, the big growth opportunities will focus on technology and how we integrate it effectively into the security offer.”
We are also throwing our backing behind a new awareness campaign jointly launched by the British Security Industry Association (BSIA), the Security Institute and the Security Commonwealth.
It intends to highlight the essential role Security Officers play in public life and to improve the public’s respect and recognition of their skills and competencies they demonstrate to successfully undertake their jobs.
Will concluded: “The campaign will showcase security professionals as a respected, valued, professional service provider contributing to and creating a safe and secure environment: critical to protecting people, places, and property – a key worker that is seldom acknowledged and yet is firmly embedded in our daily lives.”
Once again one of our hard-working dedicated employees Leonard Tshabalala is cycling 100 miles for Prostate Cancer UK despite the difficulties of COVID-19 he is still going ahead and raising donations. Integrity has made a donation but if anyone else wishes to support to donate please find the below link; https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/lenny-tshabalala
As recommended by our industry body IFEDA (The Independent Fire Engineering & Distributors Association), we are advising customers that if they want to postpone any Fire Alarm service visits and weekly bell tests that we strongly suggest gaining written confirmation that this is acceptable from their insurance provider.
If customers ask us to postpone a service visit, then they are likely going outside of the maintenance requirements under British Standards. This is why we are advising approval from your insurance provider as if the worse does happen there is a concern that they would refuse to payout due to the maintenance and testing schedule of the system not being kept up to date.
Health and safety are always at the forefront of our minds and underpins everything we do in our industry and so we would like to remind property managers of their continuing obligations under current legislation to maintain fire protection systems and equipment, but obviously, during the current pandemic, this brings additional challenges and considerations.
We have already developed rigorous best working practices in these trying times so we’d urge all clients to contact us when their servicing is required to discuss how we can work to ensure you’re on-going compliance.
We are pleased and proud to announce that for the ninth year in a row we have passed the external audits for ISO:9001 Quality Management System, ISO 14001: Environmental Management System and Security Industry Authority: Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) without any major or minor non-conformances. In addition we have once again improved our score under the ACS system, demonstrating our commitment to continual improvement.
When we received a CCTV alarm from a client’s system recently, our operators jumped into action without delay. After reviewing a male loitering at a multi-tenanted site late at night we notified the police. The male was then seen setting fire to the building and our Control Room supervisor immediately phoned the Fire brigade who arrived promptly and put the fire out before any serious damage was done.
A big well done to our Operator Connor Bowden, an great example of Excellence Through Our People!
As one of Integrity’s oldest clients it was an honour to be invited to Hortons’ Estate Limited annual charity event. They held a quiz with all the money raised going towards Dementia UK. It was a great night and the Integrity team were even lucky enough to scoop a couple of prizes in the raffle and all for a great cause.
In total over seven thousand pounds was raised!
Strategically placed at the geographical centre of England we provide security, cleaning and facilities management services across the country.
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