The research covers the BSIA’s CCTV Section members, and was undertaken to find out more detail about the current state of the sector.
The figures depict a thriving CCTV sector, with 85% of respondents stating that their business had increased over the past 12 months and 15% asserting that business had remained the same. This confirms the growth predicted by the same piece of research when it was conducted in 2005. Significantly, 85% of respondents are once more predicting a business increase in the next year.
The research showed a slight change in emphasis among the three top sectors for installers’ sales by value. The 2006 research suggests that town centre management schemes are the top sector (representing 32% of sales) followed by leisure/arts facilities (17%) and transport (14%). In 2005, the top three sectors were leisure/arts facilities, retail and then transport.
Awareness of and compliance with standards is another encouraging area. 90% of respondents are ‘very aware’ or ‘reasonably aware’ of the new BSIA Code of Practice concerning digital video evidence. Also, 95% of respondents are either ‘very aware’ or ‘reasonably aware’ of the British Standard for detector-activated, remotely monitored CCTV BS 8418. 80% of respondents are already compliant with the standard.