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Buying security Security Officer Pay: Why Changing Contractor Does Not Change What Your Officers Earn Guarding is a labour-only service, so security officer pay is most of the price. It is also the one term that survives a change of supplier. Request a site assessment 0333 577 1777 Also published by Black Country Chamber of […]

Industrial site security for vacant units: why squatting a commercial building is not a criminal offence, who carries the fire duty when a tenant leaves, and what an empty unit really costs.

AGS Security · Commercial Property Briefing Commercial Property Security: Why Your Insurer Wrote the Specification, Not Your Security Company The security standard for a commercial building is not set by the managing agent, the alarm contractor or the guarding budget. Commercial property security is written into the insurance policy, it changes the day the last […]

AGS Security · Retail Briefing Retail Security After the Crime and Policing Act 2026: Why Most Store Policies Are Now Out of Date Two things changed in 2026. Violence against shopworkers fell for the first time in years, bought with five and a half billion pounds of retailers’ own money. And the criminal law on […]

Warehouse security and UK freight crime: what NaVCIS recorded in 2025, why 74% of load thefts happen at unsecured parking rather than secured premises, and which controls close the gap.

AGS Security · Security Operations Briefing Mobile Patrol or Static Guarding: Why Counting Visits Is the Wrong Way to Buy Either Almost every mobile patrol contract in Britain is priced and judged on the number of visits per night. That is the one measure that tells you least about whether the site is protected. This […]