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December 6, 2023

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Winners revealed for 2023 Security & Fire Excellence Awards

The Security & Fire Excellence Awards returned for 2023, with another fantastic showing. Taking place at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House on Monday 4 December, winners came from all across the industry, with the event shining a light on some of the incredible achievements from the sector in the past year. Find out all of the night’s winners below!

Comedian Rob Beckett hosted the event.

The Security and Fire Excellence Awards run in partnership with IFSEC and FIREX. First Response Group and ZAM Facilities Management were this year’s headline sponsors. Other partners included Axis Communications, BSIA, IPSA, FIA and ASIS.


The category winners of the Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2023 were as follows:

Vendor Award Categories 

Digital Distributor of the Year

Winner: ADI Global Distribution

 

Inspirational in HR

Sponsored by SSR Personnel

Winner: Wilson James 

 

Fire Hardware / Software Manufacturer of the Year

Sponsored by FIREX

Winner: Eurotech Fire Systems 

 

Security Consultancy of the Year

Sponsored by Professional Security Magazine

Winner: CornerStone 

Silver: QCIC Group 

 

Security Guarding Company of the Year OVER £30M Annual Turnover

Sponsored by Aegis Support Services

Winner: Kingdom Services Group

Silver: SecuriGroup

Bronze: Corps Security 

 

The FIREX, IFSEC, Facilities Show and IFSEC Insider team also attended!

Security Guarding Company of the Year UNDER £30M Annual Turnover

Sponsored by ZAM FM

Winner: FGH Security 

Silver: Unitrust Protection Services (UK)

Bronze: Pilgrims Risk Management Group

 

Security Hardware / Software Manufacturer of the Year

Sponsored by Guard N Watch

Winner: Axis Communications

Silver: Everbridge 

 

Security Installer / Integrator of the Year

Sponsored by Zitko

Winner: North 

Silver: Securitas Technology 

 

Security or Fire Diversity & Inclusion Champion

Sponsored by Axis Communication

Winner: Corps Security 

 

Security or Fire ‘Best Company to Work For’

Sponsored by ZAM FM

Winner: Alpine Fire Engineers

Silver: FGH Security 

Bronze: Corps Security 

 

Security or Fire Start Up Company of the Year

Sponsored by First Response Group

Winner: FFA Security Group 

 

Security or Fire Sustainability Champion

Sponsored by IPSA

Winner: Magenta Security Services  

Silver: Vigilant Security 

Bronze: Apollo Fire Detectors AND SecuriGroup 

 

Project or Initiative categories

Active Fire Project of the Year

Sponsored by FIA

Winner: Kentec Electronics and Early Birds Fire Protection with Solihull Community Housing Fire Safety
Enhancement Project

Silver: Eurotech Fire Systems and Jennery Associates with Port Lympne Safari Park

 

Passive Fire Project of the Year

Sponsored by Beyond Media Services and Revolution Events

Winner: Oak Fire Protection with Tesco Extra, Woolwich

 

Security Customer Care Initiative of the Year

Sponsored by BSIA

Winner: Vigilant Security with The Mayfair Hotel Training Collaboration 

 

Security or Fire ESG (Environment, Social & Governance) Initiative of the Year

Sponsored by The Security Commonwealth

Winner: Ajax Systems 

Silver: FGH Security 

 

Security Partnering Initiative of the Year

Sponsored by ASIS

Winner: Sunstone Systems & WJ with Next-generation Security Technologies on UK Highways

Silver: IFPO UK & Ireland & URIM with The IFPO App

Bronze: Amulet & c2c: Operation Serrano

 

Security Project of the Year

Sponsored by SSAIB

Winner: Amulet with the Zoological Society of London

Silver: BBC with Eurovision Song Contest Security Success

Bronze: Axis Communications, Data Installation & Supplies (Northern) and Quanika with
Innovating Access Control and Resolving Time & Attendance Fraud for Next Plc’s Logistics Centres

 

Security Training Initiative of the Year

Sponsored by ISCVE

Winner: Vespasian Security with ‘Get Into Security’

Silver: Kingdom Services Group with A Pathway to Knowledge

 

Individual or Team Award categories 

In-house Security Manager of the Year

Sponsored by First Response Group

Winner: Nigel Brown, Head of Corporate Security, BBC

Silver: Alex Tsagarakis, Head of Physical Security, Centrica Group

 

In-house Security Team of the Year

Sponsored by Axis Communications

Winner: Gunwharf Quays 

Silver: Vigilant Security St James Quarter, Edinburgh

 

Outsourced/Contract Security Manager of the Year

Sponsored by AllSecurityEvents.com

Winner: Alex Philiotis, Security Manager: Wembley National Stadium, First Response Group

Silver: Amy Stanley, Head of Events and Festivals, FGH Security

 

Outsourced/Contract Security Team of the Year

Sponsored by IFPO UK

Winner: First Response Group Permanent Security Team (PST) at Wembley National Stadium AND Mitie at BBC

Silver: Corps Security at Warner Bros Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter

 

Product or Service Award categories 

Security Hardware Product Innovation of the Year

Sponsored by IFSEC

Winner: Axis Communications with AXIS Q1656-DLE Radar-Video Fusion

Silver: Freevolt Technologies with S-Key

 

Security or Fire Solution of the Year

Sponsored by International Security Buyer & International Fire Buyer

Winner: BPEC Certification with Enabling FESS Technicians to be End-Point Assessed

 

Security Software Product or Software as a Service Innovation of the Year

Sponsored by Guard N Watch

Winner: Pyronix with HomeControl 2.0

Silver: ICTS Europe Group with Viridian


Check out the winners of the 2022 Security & Fire Excellence Awards, here.

On behalf of all the team at IFSEC Insider, we’d like to congratulate all the nominees and winners of the 2023 Security & Fire Excellence Awards. Here’s to next year!

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