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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
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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Winners revealed for 2023 Security & Fire Excellence AwardsThe Security & Fire Excellence Awards returned for 2023, shining a light on some of the incredible achievements from the sector in the past year. Find out all of the night’s winners here!
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