Wilson Chowdhry Director of A.A. Security has been invited to meet with the Prime Minister Gordon Brown at an event to be held at 10 Downing Street on the 22nd June. Not many details have been provided yet, however, we believe it will be a conference on what measures this country will need to take to tackle the existing economic situation. The title of the event is "Building Britains Future". Wilson intends to ensure that he highlights the concerns facing our industry such as; the lack of enforcement and need to root out rogue traders, the need for Government to start enforcing against complicit clients who conscientiously or inadvertently (due to lack of research) hire the services of illegal traders utilising unlicensed security officers and to ask for a reform of the Private Security Act 2001 to introduce mandatory licensing of in-house Security Officers. We will keep you posted on any outcomes post-event.
Wilson said:
"It is a great privilege to have been invited to this event at 10 Downing Street, whatever people think of the government, an invitation from a Prime Minister is one of the highest possible honours. I will represent my industry with pride, knowing full well that my company is amongst the most accredited and awarded firms in the sector and that there are highly professional organisations like ours, have done much to improve the tarnished image of our industry. It is therefore with a clean conscious that I ask for a review of the Private Security Act 2001 to ensure that stiffer competition and focus on best value and practice will ensure that the lower scale performers are removed from a sector that has seen a new lease of life since the introduction of the SIA. If we are to move forward as an entity the Security industry must see new powers given to and and enhancement of the service provided by the SIA. It is only through better direction from above (position leverage) that we can facilitate the necessary change to ensure continued reliance by commercial organisations on professional security Providers."
Well another year in which we did not win an award at this fantastic event, however being nominated for 50% of the entire awards and attaining Highly Commended Status (second place) in all four of our categories, proved we are still up there with the best of the wider commercial organisations. Besides, we were beaten by huge, well established organisations such as London City Airport and the University of East London so all in all it was a very good evening.
