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London is the heart of the country. It’s where everything is happening and it is incredibly busy with locals and tourists from around the globe. The Tower of London, London Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the London Eye, are all popular places to visit in London.

So, it’s no wonder that organisations want to run their events in the country’s capital. There are, however, growing concerns over the security and safety of people at events in London. This ranges from people being a nuisance all the way to terrorism.

It has now become vital for event organisers to take these risks more seriously. It is just simply not good enough for events to have general employees or volunteers, who are not trained or equipped to take responsibility of ensuring the safety of staff and attendees.

Sensible organisers will take the initiative of instructing a professional and reputable security company that is ideally SIA approved. A security company that is SIA approved will have met the highest standards of service in the security industry thus providing organisers with the best service possible.

The event security company will analyse the scope and specifications of the event and then conduct a thorough risk assessment. They will identify risks and vulnerabilities prior to the event and look for ways to action preventative measures to eliminate or reduce any potential problems.

The security company will supply fully trained SIA security personnel to act as visual deterrent to criminals and reassurance for staff and attendees that they are in safe hands.

Security companies like All Time Security Ltd have been working in the security industry for many years will have extensive experience in securing both small scale and large scale events in London.

Businesses have enough to worry about already – they don’t need to be worried about what to do if the building alarm goes off in the middle of the night. And that’s exactly why businesses leave that to alarm response and key holding expert agencies.

How does it work?

It’s quite simple: you find a trusted security company, preferably one that is an SIA Approved Contractor and instruct them to provide a reliable response service. If an alarm is to go off, whether it has been a fire alarm activation, intruder alarm or even a false alarm, trained response security guards will get to the premises fast. They will investigate the activation and take the appropriate actions. You can rest assured that whatever the situation, the guards will know how to deal with it quickly.

Why chose an SIA Approved Contractor to Handle Key Holding & Alarm Response?

SIA Approved Contractor

The purpose of the SIA’s Approved Contractor scheme is to increase standards of security companies. Once a company qualifies on the voluntary scheme, it is subjected to robust regulations that ensure exceptional standards in quality of service. The SIA establishes a system of inspection for companies to aspire to meet the Private Security Industry Act 2001 requirements.
What are the benefits?

The key advantages of instructing a professional security company to respond to your building’s alarm activations are:

– You have peace of mind 24 hours a day, seven days a week that your premises will be kept safe
– You will not need to be called out late at night to respond to an alarm activation
– You avoid potential risks by having professional security guards responding to activations
– Rapid response guards can prevent fire damages, vandalism, sabotage and burglary to your premises

As well as all these great security and safety benefits, you also have peace of mind that a copy of your keys is being kept in a secure safe and if needed can be easily accessed. Most reputable key holding companies can be called out to open your building in the case you forget your keys or lose them. This will help in preventing disruption in your business.
The response security will also respond to leaks, floods and power-cuts. This saves you time and potential loss of money.