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In the last couple of years Professional Security has published accounts from Wilson Chowdhry of AA Security, a guarding firm based in Ilford, about changes in manned guarding. Now that the Essex-based firm has just gained Approved Contractor Status from the SIA, he ponders what the status means and can mean, and what else his […]

It’s one thing to recruit staff, and another to retain them. How is a guarding contractor to achieve it, while seeking to grow as a company? One SIA-approved contractor describes how earlier it found the Investors in People (IiP) scheme of use. Briefly, AA Security reports that its desire to expand as a company was […]

It’s one thing to recruit staff, and another to retain them. How is a guarding contractor to achieve it, while seeking to grow as a company? One SIA-approved contractor describes how it has found the Investors in People (IiP) scheme of use. Briefly, Ilford-based AA Security reports that its desire to expand as a company […]

Late as I was for the SIA approved contractor forum on November 10, 2006, I was impressed nonetheless with the content of the well-presented seminars, writes Essex-based AA Security director Wilson Chowdhry. To paint a picture; it took me by surprise when I was sent an e-mailed invitation to attend the forum one month earlier, […]

Essex guard firm AA Security and the Metropolitan Police are among 32 finalists from Greater London in the 2005 National Training Awards. Nationally there are some 223 finalists from 25 industry sectors, chosen from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and nine regions across England, will take part in the final stages of the National Training Awards. […]

In our February 2005 print issue, Wilson Chowdhry related how his London-based firm AA Security put in the hours preparing for the arrival of Security Industry Authority (SIA) licences for the guarding sector. Nine months on, in our October print magazine, he offers an update. Back in February, you spoke of having your own trainers […]

Wilson Chowdhry, director of guarding firm AA Security, on the Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) The ACS has been devised in partnership with some of the leading voices in the industry, among them BSIA, Security Institute, Security watchdog and other expert bodies such as ACPO and British Standards Institute. Any other interested parties including security companies […]

From our February 2005 print issue: guarding company director Wilson Chowdhry tells how his firm – AA Security – has put in the hours before Security Industry Authority licences come into his sector. In regards to the forthcoming SIA licensing requirements we have followed a systematic and very pragmatic approach. Initially I attended various training […]

Guarding company director Wilson Chowdhry tells how his firm – AA Security – has put in the hours before Security Industry Authority licences come into his sector. In regards to the forthcoming SIA licensing requirements we have followed a systematic and very pragmatic approach. Initially I attended various training courses allowing myself to become a […]