The annual Security Excellence Awards highlight the very best people, projects and companies across the security sector. This year’s winners – selected by an independent judging panel from a shortlist of worthy finalists – are as follows:
- ACS Champion of the Year: ETDE FM
- Contract Security Manager of the Year: Gavin Buttigieg (The Shield Guarding Company)
- Contribution to Standards in the Security Sector: Register of Chartered Security Professionals
- Customer Care Initiative of the Year: Radius Security – Preston City Centre Taxi Marshalling Initiative
- Environmental Initiative of the Year: Magenta Security Services – Magenta’s Green Legacy
- Event Security Team of the Year: Showsec (Diamond Jubilee Event Security Team)
- In-House Security Manager of the Year: Martyn Guiver (Northern Rail)
- Inspiration in HR Award: Corps Security
- Integrated Security Solution of the Year: Scotshield Fire and Security (North Lanarkshire CCTV Control Room)
- International Achievement Award: The XFOR Group
- IT Initiative of the Year: G4S Cash Solutions (UK) – The Move To Total Online Recruitment
- Large Security Installer of the Year: Kings Security Systems
- Security Consultant of the Year: Emma Shaw (Esoteric)
- Security Guarding Company of the Year: MITIE Total Security Management
- Security Innovation of the Year: Pyronix – Enforcer Two-Way Wireless System
- Security Partnering Initiative of the Year: CIS Security and Newbould Guardians
- Security Recruitment Consultancy of the Year: SSR Personnel
- Security Training Initiative of the Year: Pilgrims Group – Pilgrims SAFE Training
- Small to Medium Security Installer of the Year: Lifeline Alarm Systems
*All of us at UBM Live’s Security and Fire Portfolio would like to congratulate this year’s winners and finalists on their magnificent achievements!
Engineers of Tomorrow, the Wilf Knight Award and the Inspiration in HR Award
Also presented on the night were the Engineers of Tomorrow Awards, The Security Institute’s Wilf Knight Award and the Inspiration in HR Award, the latter courtesy of SSR Personnel. The winners for each of these accolades are as follows:
Engineers of Tomorrow 2012 (the UK Apprentice Skills Challenge)
- First Place: Nathan Sefton and Ryan Jenkins (Chubb Fire and Security)
- Second Place: Luke Smith and Kieron Lees (CIA Fire and Security)
- Third Place: Luke Preston and Anthony Barnes (CIA Fire and Security)
The Security Institute’s Wilf Knight Award
- Winner: Ian Middleton (Cranfield University)
Inspiration in HR Award (sponsored by SSR Personnel and run in association with Info4Security)
- Winner: Corps Security