Recent appointments have seen Global MSC Security’s team of expert consultants grow to offer a complementary range of skills. Garry Parkins (Strategy Adviser to the National CCTV Strategy Board, and co-author of the National CCTV Strategy - pictured right), Ray Gale (formerly of Siemens Buildings Technologies) and Derek Scott (formerly of Quadrant Security Group) have now joined the team.

Derek Maltby, MD of MSC says “We are delighted to welcome to our team Garry, Ray and Derek and are fortunate to be able to offer our clients such gifted, able and experienced people who can provide outstanding complementary, strategic and technical skills. We have a superb group of consultants who are able to tackle the most diverse and challenging projects you can imagine!”

These consultants join the existing team of David White, David Sweetland, Jonathan Nash and Derek Maltby.

We are very pleased to announce that Deputy Chief Constable Graeme Gerrard of Cheshire Police (the ACPO lead on CCTV and co-author of the National CCTV Strategy) will be the keynote speaker at the Global MSC Security Seminar which is being held in conjunction with Safe Newcastle and Government Office North East on 16th November 2010 at the Gosforth Marriott Hotel.

Graeme will be opening the seminar in the morning and will participate in the ‘Question Time’ style debate in the afternoon as part of the panel. The audience will be able to pose questions to the panel who will include representatives from ACPO, the NPIA the PCMA and other industry experts as well as Big Brother Watch. We would like to encourage delegates and manufacturers to participate in what is set to be a lively and beneficial debate on the perception of CCTV.

Global MSC Security’s very own David ‘Sweety’ Sweetland is participating in the Coast 2 Coast (C2C) Challenge to raise funds for Help 4 Heroes along with Darren Cunliffe and Stephen King from Zenitel and Mark Ingleson from Openviewgroup.

The boys will be cycling 160miles starting off in Whitehaven, Cumbria on 13th November and ending up in Sunderland on 15th November 2010 - just in time for the networking dinner for the Safe Newcastle & Global MSC Security Seminar!

If you would like to help the boys raise money for this very worthwhile charity please visit their findraising page at: www.justgiving.com/DDS-C2C Alternatively, if you would like to join them on this challenge please contact Sweety at davids@globalmsc.net

We are delighted to announce that Global MSC Security has been shortlisted for Security Consultant of the Year at the 2010 Security Excellence Awards.

The award ceremony will take place on 21st October 2010 at the London Hilton Park Lane Hotel and is viewed as the ‘Oscars’ of the security industry.

You can find details of all finalists here

The speaker line-up has now been finalised for the Safe Newcastle & Global MSC Security Seminar on 16th November 2010 in Newcastle.

After lunch there will be a ‘Question Time’ style debate where the audience will be able to pose questions to the panel who will include representatives from ACPO, the NPIA the PCMA and other industry experts as well as Big Brother Watch. We would like to encourage delegates and manufacturers to participate in what is set to be a lively and beneficial debate on the perception of CCTV.

For full details of this event please visit the Seminar section of our website here

On the BBC Breakfast show today, CCTV was a featured item in response to the new Government’s announcement that they will be reviewing the regulation of CCTV in the UK. Featured on the programme were Professor Martin Gill, Gordon Tyerman and Big Brother Watch director Alex Deane (who will be speaking at the Global MSC Security Seminar in Newcastle in November).

You can see the interview at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1MtUN23xeA

Your Homes Newcastle (YHN), a social housing arms length management company based in Newcastle, have commenced the first phase of the Concierge Centralisation Project (CCP) and awarded the  contract to Global MSC Security. This phase of works will include the network control room and equipment designs for the consolidated multi functional control room which is intended to replace the existing 21 separate control rooms with consequent staff and revenue savings. This four year project is likely to be tendered via OJEC early in 2011. This is part of the programme to refurbish YHN residencies for the 21st century.

left: Before refurbishment left: After refurbishment

We are delighted to announce the next Global MSC Security Seminar and Exhibition being held in conjunction with Safe Newcastle and Government Office for the North East aimed at CCTV and Security Managers, IT Heads and Local Education Authority (LEA) Managers, University/College, NHS and Hospital Trust Security and Facility Managers entitled,

“CCTV - Its Public Perception and How We Can Improve It”

Despite significant capital and revenue investment, CCTV receives its fair share of negative press and is not always seen in as positive a light as we would like with many articles and ‘research’ being published with inaccurate figures of cameras in use and the number of times individuals are viewed by camera during the course of a journey. We are aware that Local Authorities struggle to improve the public’s perception of CCTV and users and managers need to find alternative ways to convey to the public the many positives of what CCTV does and can do for many people but is unreported. This seminar will deal with how the public perceive CCTV and how we can improve its image by sharing success stories of how CCTV is assisting tackling crime and other security and street management aspects.

This event is being staged at the Gosforth Park Marriott Hotel in Newcastle between 09.00 and 16.30 on Tuesday 16th November 2010 with a complimentary buffet lunch. Exhibitors signed up so far include (click on their name to visit their website):

If you would like to exhibit at this event, download the brochure here

During the day on 15th November 2010 we will be hosting an indoor Go Karting championship at a centre close to the Gosforth Park Marriott Hotel. For delegates, we offer a subsidised rate of £10.00pp (full price for exhibitors is £25.00pp). We have a limited number of places so if you would like to participate in this event please let us know asap to avoid disappointment. Payment is required in advance to secure your booking.

Additionally, we are staging a private dinner on the evening of 15th November 2010 to allow exhibitors and delegates to meet in a relaxed atmosphere before the more formal event the following day. We offer a subsidised rate to delegates of £85.00 for the provision of dinner, bed & breakfast on the evening of 15th November 2010 (full price for exhibitors is £155.00). Please let us know if you would like to join us and we will make the booking for you and invoice accordingly, which must be settled in advance of the event to secure your booking.

For further details about this event, please contact us here

We were delighted to host the first Global MSC Security Spring Seminar and Exhibition in Bristol in conjunction with Safer South Gloucestershire and Safer Bristol. The event took place on 9th March 2010 at the Bristol Royal Marriott Hotel on the subject of “Putting The National CCTV Strategy Into Practice” The event attracted nearly 50 manufacturing and integration exhibitors and well over 100 end-users to listen to informative and lively presentations and to view the latest developments in CCTV and security products. Speakers at the event were:

“Just to say a big thank you for yesterday – it was superbly organised as usual and it was a great day with a good line up of speakers and a great venue” - Jerry Woods, University of Bristol
Assistant Chief Constable John Long opened the seminar and talked briefly on the benefits of CCTV for crime reduction. Andy Rennison was unable to attend in person but a gave a presentation by video on what his role as CCTV Regulator is to involve. Alan Pratt from the Home Office talked about how the National CCTV Oversight Body will be implementing the recommendations made by the National CCTV Strategy. Geoff Teale and Garry Parkins of theNPIA were also on hand to give updates on the Strategy and answer questions raised by the audience.

Dr Peter Fussey of the University of East London gave a stimulating presentation into the ethical debate on CCTV and discussed the pros and cons of surveillance whilst Bill Oddy of West Oxfordshire District Council talked about reducing expenditure and generating income during a recession. John Hirst of West Country Crimestoppers gave an insight into how the charity is contributing to crime prevention and reduction.
“Thanks for inviting me to speak at the seminar. I was very impressed with the whole event and how well organised it was” - DS Sim Cryer - Avon & Somerset Constabulary
In the afternoon short presentations were given by parties in the Bristol area who are working together as recommeded by the Strategy. Gordon McLanaghan of the Bristol Emergency Control Centre opened the session talking about how his control centres works and was followed by Rod Briggs of Safer South Gloucesterhire who’s images are monitored by the Control Centre. John Laite of BCC Traffic Centre then talked about how the cameras in Bristol share images between traffic management and public space monitoring. Jerry Woods of Bristol Unversity talked about how they are planning on sharing images and infrastructure with Bristol City Counciland DS Sim Cryer of Avon & Somerset Constabulary rounded up the session discussing how the police have used images to convict terrorists and other serious criminal offenders.
“Thank you for organising a very useful and enjoyable seminar. It was good to be able to discuss all the various issues with such experienced people” - Charles Butters, Aylesbury Vale District Council
Details of exhibitors who participated in this event are below (click on their name to access their website):

During the day there was the opportunity for delegates to enter a draw to win an iPod nano which was donated by Sicura Systems. Samantha Sutton of Bristol City Council won the prize.
“I would just like to say what a tremendous success the whole event was for both yourselves and Safer Bristol & South Glos. My team were buzzing with enthusiasm all the way back to Trowbridge, thinking about what we could do next” - Bill Austin - Trowbridge Town Council
On the evening of 8th March 2010 there was a private networking dinner to allow 120 delegates and exhibitors to meet in a relaxed atmosphere. Throughout the evening there were fundraising events toraise funds for the very worthy charities, Help for Heroes and Crimestoppers. There were fabulous prizes including signed shirts from Bristol Rovers FC (won by Amy Kedward of Bristol City Council) and Bristol City FC (won by Ted Buffery of Select Electrics), a signed football from Bristol Rovers FC (won by Malcolm Glenn of Thames Valley Police), a camcorder from COE (won by Geoff Teale of the NPIA) , a digital camera from Samsung (won by Rod Briggs of South Glos Council) and dinner bed and breakfast for two at the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel (won by John Curtin of Blaenau Gwent Council) donated by Marriott Hotels. Over £1,200 was raised for Help for Heroes and £150 was raised for Crimestoppers.

The wine at this dinner was kindly sponsored by:


In addition to the Seminar on 9th March 2010, during the day on 8th March, there was opportunity to visit the Bristol City Council’s Emergency Control Room and meet with Gordon McLanaghan and his team to see how the National CCTV Strategy is being put into practice by working with other Councils and organisations. There was also an opportunity to visit the Bristol City Council Traffic Management Control Centre and meet with John Laite and his team who are managing the flow of Traffic in and around Bristol. There were over 50 visitors to the Control Rooms during the day who found the experience extremely worthwhile.

Award winning transmission developer Network Video Transmission (NVT) has written case studies on two of the projects it has worked on with Global MSC Security.

You can download the case studies on Slough Borough Council and Hanham Town Centre near Bristol below:

Slough Borough Council

Hanham Town Centre