Fire safety boosted at specialised SEN school in London
January 31, 2024
SOCOTEC UK's Fire Engineering division provides fire consultancy services for the construction of a specialised SEN School in Southwark. Read More
Building Security Assessment Scheme relaunched in collaboration with NSI
December 1, 2023
The City of London Crime Prevention Association has relaunched the Building Security Assessment Scheme in collaboration with the National Security Inspectorate. Read More
Camden Council completes remediation work via Building Safety Fund
November 23, 2023
Camden Council has invested £7 million, using funding available from the Government’s Building Safety Fund, to replace dangerous cladding. Read More
London council issues £480k fine for landlord after fire and safety housing risk
November 16, 2023
A landlord and his company has been fined a total of £480,000 by Kensington and Chelsea council for fire safety risks, in Hyde Park Gate. Read More
Is Wembley ready to host Euro 2028? The security lessons learned for stadia from the Casey Report
November 7, 2023
Exploring the technical security learnings from the Casey Report into the events of Euro 2020 at Wembley where 2,000 fans gained forced entry. Read More
Fire breaks out at 24-storey block of flats in Shadwell, East London
September 20, 2023
A fire at a block of flats in Shadwell, East London broke out on Wednesday (20 September) early afternoon in a 24-storey block of flats. Read More
Historic Harold Pinter Theatre gets wireless fire protection upgrade
July 24, 2023
A London Victoria theatre, the Harold Pinter Theatre, gets upgraded with a fire system including over 100 wireless devices from Apollo’s REACH range. Read More
People’s behaviour in terrorist attacks and implications of control room response
July 6, 2023
Taking account of human behaviour and reactions is critical when designing control room responses to terrorist attacks, Dr Aoife Hunt told delegates at the Crisis Management in Tall and Complex Buildings conference, held alongside IFSEC in May this year. Ron Alalouff reports. Read More
Camden HMO fined £49,000 for fire safety failures
June 23, 2023
A management company in Camden running a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) has been prosecuted and fined for fire safety safety failures. Read More
£500k fine for Camden Council after failing to address fire defects which led to “unnecessary death”
May 11, 2023
Camden Council pleaded guilty to two fire safety offences and was sentenced at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to pay a fine of £500,000. Read More
Barriers and benefits to public-private sector collaboration: The City Security Council
February 28, 2023
What are the barriers and benefits of public-private sector collaboration in the security industry? The City Security Council reveals all. Read More
London mayor presses ahead to mandate second staircases for new buildings over 30 metres
February 23, 2023
New measures for planning applications in the Greater London Authority area will require new buildings over 30m to have second staircases. Read More
Compartmentation failings in residential blocks built in 2017 as council faces up to £20m in remediation costs
October 19, 2022
A local council may be facing millions in fire safety remedial costs for relatively new apartment blocks, as Ron Alalouff reports. Read More
Skills for Security opens new training centre in North London
September 20, 2022
Skills for Security continues its national expansion by opening a major new training centre in North London. Read More
Tenants left at “risk of serious detriment” because of fire safety failings in South London
September 8, 2022
Greenwich council in south London left its tenants at serious risk because of fire safety failings, the Regulator of Social Housing has said. Read More
Islington Council moves to Comelit-PAC’s cloud for its residential developments
September 1, 2022
Islington Council works with Comelit-PAC for a cloud based door entry solution managing access control to communal residential developments. Read More
