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The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has announced its regional security personnel winners for 2024, recognising frontline security officers across the United Kingdom for their commitment to keeping people, property and places professionally protected. The BSIA’s regional security personnel awards are part of the Association’s British Security Awards, which will be held from 2024 at the Royal Lancaster London. All regional winners will now go forward as national finalists – the full list will be published on 16 May along with the security business finalists. Exhibited by frontline security personnel Regional awards have recognised the talent, dedication, skill and bravery shown by frontline guard For 25 years, the regional awards have recognised the talent, dedication, skill and bravery exhibited by frontline security personnel in their roles. In 2024 the five categories, Best Newcomer, Best Team, Outstanding Act, Service to the Customer and Security Manager of the Year, saw a record number of entries. Mike Reddington, Chief Executive, BSIA said: “It is our honour to be able to recognise through the British Security Awards each year the work of security officers across the United Kingdom for their role in keeping people, property and places professionally protected. This year’s winners should be immensely proud of their achievements, and we wish them the best of luck as they now go forward to the national finals of the British Security Awards on 3 July.” Regional winning companies The 2024 regional winning companies are ABM, Bidvest Noonan, Dyson, G4S, Lodge Service, Land Sheriffs, Ministry of Defence, MAN Commercial Protection, Mitie, NG Bailey, OCS Group, Rockfort Secure, Samsic UK, SecuriGroup, Securitas UK, SGS, STM Group, Vigilance, Westgrove Group. The security personnel categories of the British Security Awards are sponsored by Darwin Clayton.

The BSIA’s flagship event, the British Security Awards, returned to the live stage to recognise security officers and businesses working to keep people, property and places professionally protected during the last 18 months. British Security Awards In its 26th year, held in 2023 at the sold-out Grand Connaught Rooms, the industry celebrated security excellence with 18 awards presented to security officers and businesses in front of clients and leading industry stakeholders. The show also featured the Chairman’s Award as well as the SaferCash Bravery Awards and the Police Partnership Initiative Award. Honouring the memory of the Hutchinson family The show also saw the inaugural Gaby Hutchinson Award for Best Newcomer, named in honour of the security operative The show also saw the inaugural Gaby Hutchinson Award for Best Newcomer, named in honour of the security operative who tragically lost their life in December 2022 with a recognition award presented in their memory to the Hutchinson family; the first People, Property, Places: Professionally Protected Recognition Award, as part of the campaign to raise awareness of security officers, was also announced during the ceremony. The awards were presented by broadcaster and BSIA President Nick Ross CBE with the SaferCash awards being presented by Assistant Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police, Jayne Meir. 2023 winners  Service to the Customer: Margaret Rudge - Bidvest Noonan Security Manager of the Year: Rhoni Ikhide - Securitas UK Outstanding Act: Babar Awan - Lodge Service Best Team: The Brewery - MAN Commercial Protection Recognition: Gaby Hutchinson (presented to the Hutchinson family) Gaby Hutchinson Award for Best Newcomer: Jack Davenport - Westgrove Group 3Ps Recognition: Danny Varao – Corps Security Apprentice of the Year: Lauren Haddock - ATG Access/Andrei Puscasiu- TDS Best Use of Technology: CCTV Centralisation Project - Lodge Service Installer of the Year: Critical National Infrastructure Security Upgrades - Galliford Try Asset Intelligence Environmental Project of the Year: Reducing CViT carbon footprint - Loomis UK National Partnership: JLL Partnership - G4S Innovative Security Project: CarDefender - Pyronix EDI Champion: One Team Philosophy - STM Group Corporate Social Responsibility: Cost of living: Supporting employees - Bradbury Group SME of the Year: Selectamark Security Systems Business of the Year: Corps Security Contribution to the Industry: Nigel Brown - Mitie SaferCash Public Bravery: Mohammed Ali SaferCash Industry Bravery: Andrew Shackleton - NoteMachine Police Partnership Initiative: Operation Atoll - Metropolitan Police Flying Squad  Chairman's Award: Paul Connelly – CSS/Satia Rai - IPSA/Securitas UK Recognising the frontline Mike Reddington, Chief Executive, BSIA, said, “The British Security Awards were created in 1998 to recognise those in our industry and particularly those operating on the front line who frequently go above and beyond to protect people and property and this year we have seen a record number of entries.”  “It was an honour and a privilege to be able to recognise our winners and finalists for their professionalism, innovation, and commitment to our industry.” Standard of nominations Our awards enable us to recognise the outstanding work being carried out by members" “The scale of achievement we see every year from across each sector is remarkable, and our awards enable us to recognise the outstanding work being carried out by members of both the Association and the wider industry in keeping people, property, and places professionally protected daily.” “As always, the standard of nominations has been exceptional this year, and the judging panel, made up of independent experts from across the industry has had a very difficult job selecting the winners. It is therefore a fantastic achievement by all the finalists.” Sponsors The British Security Awards 2023 were sponsored by Camberford Underwriting, SaferCash, TEAM Software, NSI, Securitas UK, Texecom, Fenix Monitoring, OCS Group, Skills for Security, Galliford Try Asset Intelligence, SGS, Commend, and IFSEC.

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) announces its regional security personnel winners for 2022, recognising security officers across the United Kingdom for their commitment to keeping people and property safe. The BSIA’s regional security personnel awards are part of the Association’s British Security Awards, which returns to the London Marriott Grosvenor Square on 29 June. All regional winners will now go forward as national finalists. Security personnel categories The security personnel categories of the British Security Awards are sponsored by Camberford Underwriting For over 20 years the regional awards, sponsored by Camberford Underwriting, have recognised the talent, dedication, skill and bravery exhibited by security personnel in their roles. In 2022 the five categories, Best Newcomer, Best Team, Outstanding Act, Service to the Customer and Security Manager of the Year saw a record number of entries. Mike Reddington, Chief Executive, BSIA said: “It is our honour to be able to recognise through the British Security Awards each year the work of security officers across the United Kingdom for their role in keeping people and property safe.” “This year’s winners should be immensely proud of their achievements, and we wish them the best of luck as they now go forward to the national finals of the British Security Awards.” The 2022 regional winning companies are: Allied Universal, Bidvest Noonan, G4S, MAN Commercial Protection, Mitie, OCS Group, Pilgrim's Risk Management, SecuriGroup, Securitas UK, SGS, STM Group, Westgrove Group. The security personnel categories of the British Security Awards are sponsored by Camberford Underwriting.