ELITE SECURITY GUARDING BUYS EFM SECURITY
The EFM Group, Boultbee’s property management company, has restructured to better meet the needs of its ever-growing international portfolio.
As a result of the restructuring process, EFM Security has been sold today (21st May 2007) to Birmingham based Elite Security Guarding Services Ltd to allow the EFM Group to focus on the core business of asset management, facilities management and construction.
David Revill, Managing Director of EFM, explains: “Whilst we have been pleased with the development of EFM Security, we now feel that Security does not fit in comfortably with the overall EFM Group. With an increasing international portfolio we need all of our divisions to be instantly transferable between countries, and unfortunately whilst EFM Security is an established provider in the UK market it is more challenging to export.
“The EFM Security team and its contracts will be transferred to Elite Security which will continue to provide our former clients with a highly skilled team of retail and office security personnel. The EFM Security name and brand will also transfer with the sale of the business, but will no longer be connected to the overall EFM group.”
David Hoey, Managing Director of Elite Security, added: “This is an ideal time to acquire a major shopping centre security specialist such as EFM Security. With its portfolio of approximately 20 shopping centres and over 100 highly trained and motivated security guards, EFM Security will dovetail perfectly into our business.
“We intend to expand upon EFM Security’s enviable record in shopping centre security with the support of our existing workforce and management team. Combined with our wealth of security experience, everyone from the end user to the customer will see the benefit of having a dynamic and professional security provider.”
For more information about EFM Security please visit www.efm-security.co.uk
Posted by W Rice on: 31/05/2007
SIA APPROVED CONTRACTOR
Elite Security are proud to announce we have just been awarded the prestigious SIA APPROVED CONTRACTOR (we were one of the first 10 companies to be approved in the U.K).
"We exist to manage the licensing of the private security industry as set out in the Private Security Industry Act 2001. We also aim to raise standards of professionalism and skills within the private security industry and to promote and spread best practice."
For more information please visit the SIA site here.
Posted by William Rice on: 20/03/2006
Business Increase
Elites Security Business Development Team have managed to secure 717k worth of new business. This will commence in January & February 2006.
This is a good start for the company for the New Year, which is ready to embrace the new SIA regulation and new business for 2006
Posted by Neil Street-Bailey on: 30/12/2005
24 KEY HOLDING SERVICE
Elite are the now holders of BS7984:2001 Standards for Key Holding.
Customers' keys are kept within the Elite Control Room on the key tracker system. The keys are kept in a secure cabinet and all key movements are monitored stringently, ensuring no breeches of security take place. Once taken out of the control room the keys are secured in the mobile vehicle which is attending the activation. Having no markings, just number coded, if the keys are lost or stolen the customers' name is not identified, causing no breach of security.
The Mobile Sergeant attending the activation will hold the assignment instructions for the premises and knows exactly what to do upon arrival at the site. The security Sergeant will make a thorough external check of the premises and report findings to Elite Control. The Security Officer will then enter the building and check internally, again contacting Control, and the alarm engineer will be contacted if the alarm cannot be set by the Security Officer on site.
Posted by William Rice on: 18/10/2005
I.T. at Elite Guarding
Elite are please to announce our new partnership with WebEX.
Elite Security has spent 15 years and in excess of £1.5 million developing the most sophisticated communications centre and extranet system of any Security Company.
At the hub is a National Control & Communications Centre, which co-ordinates Elite Security’s Corporate and Retail Security Operations. It is staffed 24 hours-a-day providing the vital link between officers and clients sites, mobile patrol units and the security management teams.
Click on the I.T. technology link for more information
Posted by Will Rice on: 18/10/2005