The Security Event 2027 returns to the NEC Birmingham on Tuesday 27 to Thursday 29 April and the Lollies are looking forward to exhibiting for the fifth year in a row and our second on stand 5/A90. As usual, the event will bring together manufacturers, distributors,...
A plain-English guide to the two kinds of security certification: ACS vs NSI... and why the same company can be certified for one and not the other. Picture a security company that turns up with everything in order. The guards are SIA licensed. The directors are...
Why do some Fire & Security firms win £200k+ tenders while others scrape by on small installs? The difference is often one line in the tender pack: ISO certification. ISO Certification for Fire & Security: The Hidden Marketing Weapon ISO is not just about ticking...
When we were at The Security Event this year, we kept asking the same questions of the people from every certified fire and security company that stopped at our stand. Are you involved in bringing in work? In fire and security, or something else? Are you still getting...
When Fire & Security installers come to us for help with their websites, lead generation or LinkedIn content, there's one question we ask before anything else: Are you third-party certified? Because if they're not, we already know something important. Their...
If you want to understand how to grow a fire and security company — not just in one good year, but consistently over time — the answer is rarely what most owners expect. It is not about technical ability. It is not about the quality of the installations or the...
The most common Fire and Security marketing mistake we see isn’t a technical one. It’s not about the wrong keywords, a poorly built website, or a missing Google Business Profile. It’s a positioning problem. And it affects every enquiry a Fire &...
Understanding how to win fire and security contracts at a larger scale — by making competence easier for buyers to verify — is one of the most consistent frustrations we hear from technically excellent installers. The work is good. The engineers are qualified. The...
Knowing how to choose a fire and security company correctly is more consequential than most buyers realise — and more complicated than most suppliers make it easy to understand. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Responsible Person must ensure...
If your website says your team is "certified" to inspect fire doors, do you know exactly what that means? More importantly: does your reader? This summer, our MD Jo Shaer was appointed as one of the Responsible Persons for her apartment block after an RTM (Right to...
