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SSAIB celebrates 20th anniversary at IFSEC
SSAIB, the UK’s leading certification
body – which celebrates its 20th
anniversary in 2014 – will be returning
to IFSEC at its new London ExCeL home
on stand F1375 for this year’s show,
from 17-19 June.
The number of SSAIB-registered firms
now stands at a record 1500+ and includes
companies providing electronic security,
intruder alarms, manned protection, fire
detection systems, as well as new services
such as telecare monitoring systems for
the social alarms sector. Throughout
IFSEC, representatives including SSAIB’s
new Compliance and Scheme Manager,
Malcolm Craighead, and Stephen Grieve,
SSAIB’s Manned Services Scheme
Manager, will be available to answer
queries and discuss specific issues that
concern registered firms.
Meanwhile, Technical and Operations
Manager Dave Profit, Chief Executive
Geoff Tate and other staff including
Sales and Marketing Manager Andrew
Brown will be on-hand to explain the
“These new schemes show SSAIB is
pressing ahead in all of the sectors we
operate and they run alongside other
initiatives including our BAFE SP 205
UKAS-accredited scheme, dealing with
companies or individuals carrying out
a fire risk assessment of any premises,”
says Andrew Brown. “During IFSEC
2014, SSAIB is also proudly supporting
the Engineers of Tomorrow challenge,
a national competition testing the skills
of apprentice systems installers against
European standards, offering them an
industry-wide opportunity to publicly
demonstrate their achievements.
“Engineers of Tomorrow chimes with
SSAIB’s steadfast support for industry
standards in the security, fire and other
sectors. That’s why we will again be
providing assessors to mark candidates,
as well as one of the cash prizes, to
help ensure that the 2014 challenge is
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