SIA Small Business Network

2011-06-09T15:52:00.001+01:00

SIA Small Business - Future regulation - Short Survey

2010-11-02T11:40:00.000Z

Click here to take survey

Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from | Video on TED.com

2010-10-09T14:36:00.000+01:00

Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from | Video on TED.com

SBN Meeting 04th October

2010-10-06T09:49:00.000+01:00

Despite the tube strike about 40 delegates (half what was expected) heard some really excellent presentations and had the opportunity to engage with senior members of the SIA, including Chief Exec Bill Butler.

A full report will follow.

2010-03-29T10:38:00.002+01:00

Meeting Report

2010-03-17T09:47:00.002Z

A full meeting report will be posted shortly, but the event on Monday 15th went very well and the feedback has been very positive.

SIA Small Business Network 5th meeting announced.

2010-02-09T13:56:00.000Z

We have booked the next meeting of the network for 15th March. It will be hosted by the BBC at their White City Broadcast Centre. Programme details will follow, but there will be a Q & A with the SIA management team: Bill Butler is due to be in attendance.

There will be a small charge to cover catering, but we are hoping to mitigate this with sponsorship. If you can help in this regard, please contact Mike Hurst (mike@hja.co.uk).

If there is a particular topic that you would like covered, please let us know.

New LinkedIn Networking Group for the Manned Security Sector

2009-09-22T08:52:00.000+01:00

Please click here to register http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=2300038

Draft Agenda for 9th October Meeting

2009-09-17T09:15:00.003+01:00

Media Coverage

2009-08-27T09:47:00.001+01:00

http://www.professionalsecurity.co.uk/newsdetails.aspx?NewsArticleID=12459&imgID=1

Next Conference

2009-08-21T10:26:00.004+01:00

The next SIA Small Business Network will be held on Friday October 9th. It is being hosted by The Prudential in their offices in London and we thank them for their support.

There will be a small cost to cover catering.

If you are interested in sponsoring the event or exhibiting, please contact Mike Hurst mike@hja.co.uk.

SSAIG

2009-06-30T12:52:00.002+01:00

The Security Awareness Special Interest Group

In association with the Information Security Awareness Forum

“Convergence”

24th September 2009
First announcement of a workshop to be hosted by
Computer Sciences Corporation, Aldershot

“Those seeking to harm us are joining up their efforts – we must do the same.”

A detailed agenda will be published nearer the date of the event. To register your
interest in attending this workshop, please contact Lisa Spriggs

Fire and Security Sector Confidence Survey

2009-04-20T10:42:00.003+01:00

6 short, multiple-choice questions. All responses are annonymous and results will be published

Click Here to take survey

Report on Meeting 19 March 2009

2009-03-31T10:37:00.001+01:00

Active Management Team

2009-03-31T10:26:00.002+01:00

The SIA Small Business Network team are:

Kay Aitkin - NSI
Roger Felgate - Independent Professional Training & Coaching Professional
Jonathan Grey - Nova Risk Management
James Henderson - Compliance Consultant
Annmarie Hope - Pro_Line Security
Mike Hurst - HJA Fire and Security
Teresa O’Neil - Ecovert
Chris Stebbing - CS Group
Lynn Watts-Plumpkin - SSAIB

SIA Delivery review

2009-02-27T13:54:00.002Z

For those of you who haven't seen it, the SIA Delivery Review is worth reading.

http://www.the-sia.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/6E566B7B-4ECF-49F3-8FFC-B95188C2BD1A/0/sia_review_summary.pdf

There were six key areas for change as follows:

develop a strong and fit-for-purpose leadership
build organisational capability
build an effective planning and analytical capability
strengthen delivery and performance management
develop a stronger strategic working relationship with the managed service provider, and further develop standards of customer care
strengthen the SIA’s impact work, and work more closely with delivery partners to secure that aim

Some advice from The Institute of Directors

2009-02-11T10:47:00.001Z

1. Retain talentHire today, gone tomorrow? It is important that you remain an attractive employer through the downturn. If you lose your competitive edge, you could be dealt a serious blow.

2. The 6 Rs of Restructure. Restructures can knock your balance. If you need to reorganise your business, make sure you take these 6 factors into account before you start.

3. Consider the alternativesWhat are the alternatives? There is a temporary option that could balance your costs in the interim.

4. Calculate the real cost Panic job cuts could impede quick recovery for your business, with an estimated £16,375 cost attached per employee. Calculate the cost using this formula.

5. 10 downturn survival tips Although fear and uncertainty will underlie decisions, markets will recover. If you're cutting costs, be prepared.

Small Business Network – third meeting

2009-02-05T22:37:00.002Z

The SIA SBN management team are putting together the Programmes for the next meeting. Details will follow, but below is the Press Release from The SIA.

As part of the SIA’s stakeholder engagement strategy, the third Small Business Network meeting will be held on Thursday 19 March in Warwick.

The meeting is being organised and facilitated by representatives from the network, with the full support of the SIA. The event follows the successes of the first two meetings held in January and June last year.

The meeting is an opportunity for those working in small security businesses to engage with the SIA and others in their industry. Delegates will be able to discuss and explore issues about the industry and regulation.

If you would like to attend the meeting, which is free of charge, please visit http://www.the-sia.org.uk/home/licensing/sb_network.htm to register your interest by 6 March 2009.

Join The SIA Small Business Network on LinkedIn

2008-11-16T09:16:00.003Z

Join our LinkedIn group for free and participate in discussions and share ideas, with other members.

http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1246957

November update

2008-11-14T10:00:00.000Z

The departure of Mike Wilson from The SIA and the apparent reasons for it, in many ways strengthens the need for the SIA Small Business network to voice the concerns of the smaller organisations within the licensed sector.

We are in the process of arranging a few regional meetings and a larger national meeting perhaps for March 2009: details of which will hopefully follow shortly.

We would also like too canvass your opinion with the following question.

“What are the two most important issues that you would like The SIA Small Business Network to raise with The SIA” We can then act accordingly.

We look forward to your replies and to see you at future meetings

Meeting with SIA

2008-10-09T14:46:00.002+01:00

The joint Chairmen of the SIA SBN are meeting with SIA CEO Mike Wilson on 15th October to decide the way forward.

We hope to be in touch with the Network w/c 20th October.

Letter to the Network

2008-10-03T08:30:00.001+01:00

On behalf of the joint Chairmen, apologies for the lack of any output recently. Pressures of day jobs and a couple of flu bugs have delayed some planned activity.

Rest assured that things are happening. We are in the process of arranging a meeting with Mike Wilson and are looking for venues for the next SIA SBN meeting.

Apologies particularly to those of you who expressed an interest in getting involved with the running of the Network. I know we have been in touch with some of you, but not all - yet.

Could I please ask that if you are still keen to get involved that you please drop me an email (again) perhaps indicating what function you would like to get involved with e.g.. organising national or regional meetings, PR, fund-raising / sponsorship, SIA liaison etc.

Promoting Best Practice is I feel a function of the Network and if you have some interesting experiences of problems that you have encountered and the ways in which you dealt with them, please let me know. It would be useful to share some of these case studies with other members of the network. Perhaps you could prepare a short presentation to deliver at the next meeting?

Anyway, we hope to be in touch shortly, but here are a few final questions for you.

Can you offer or suggest a venue for a future meeting and if so where?

Can you suggest any possible sponsors that we can approach as we need to move towards being self-funding?

Would you be prepared to speak at a future meeting? On what subject?

Hope to see you soon.

Mike Hurst
Joint Chairman

30th June Meeting Notes

2008-07-24T12:45:00.000+01:00

The meeting notes from the network meeting on the 30^th June are now available on the SIA website and can be found at:

http://www.the-sia.org.uk/home/licensing/sb_network.htm

The notes also include responses to the written questions that were submitted on the day as well as copies of the presentations given. There is a link to the Small Business Network Blog. (Please note that the SIA is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.)

Feedback from 30th June meeting.

2008-07-22T10:15:00.002+01:00

Thank you to all the delegates who filled in their feedback forms: 60% of the delegates completed these. Here is a summary of the results.

Did you find the meeting useful? - Yes = 100%

Are you interested in attending future meetings? - Yes = (100%)

How often would you like future meetings to be held?
3 months: (52%)
6 Months: (48%)

Should future meetings be?
National meetings (various locations): 16%)
Smaller regional meetings: (11%)

Both: (73%)

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

2008-07-11T12:14:00.002+01:00

Last chance for local businesses to register for free trial

Small and medium sized businesses have until the end of this month (July) to register for a three month trial which provides free access to thousands of public sector contract opportunities.

More than 87,500 contracts have been advertised on http://www.supply2.gov.uk since it launched two years ago, specifically aimed at smaller sized firms that benefit from tenders valued at £100,000 or less.

Project Griffin

2008-07-11T07:19:00.003+01:00

I thought that this might be of interest to members of the Network.

Meeting Feedback

2008-07-06T17:57:00.004+01:00

Thank you to all the delegates who took the time to fill out the questionnaires we distributed at the meeting on 30th June.

We will be analysing the data in detail, but below are some of the headline results:

95% of the respondants found the meeting useful (the other 5% left that box blank),
100% would want to attend a future event,
As to the frequency of future events, there was a 50:50 split between quarterly and semi-annual meetings and
73% of respondents wanted both national and smaller regional meetings.

Meeting Report

2008-07-01T17:40:00.001+01:00

Today's Meeting

2008-06-30T20:02:00.004+01:00

Just a short note following up on today's meeting. The two presentations by The SIA were generally received and as you would expect led to a lively Q & A.

The two post lunch presentations on Privacy Laws and Training, were both interesting and well presented and thanks go to our speakers.

A fuller report will follow in due course.

Next Meeting

2008-06-17T10:44:00.003+01:00

The Next meeting, which will take place on Monday 30^th June in London at The Hatton, 51 – 53 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8HN

Invitations have now gone out.

We will be looking for venues and sponsors of future events, so please let us know of you have any suggestions.

Notes from Previous Meetings

2008-05-17T15:58:00.002+01:00

The first small business network meeting was held on 8 January 2008 in London. It was arranged and facilitated by the SIA as part of their Stakeholder Engagement Strategy .

Details can be found here. http://www.the-sia.org.uk/home/licensing/sb_network.htm

SIA Small Business Network

2008-05-17T13:02:00.000+01:00

Following the initial meeting of The SIA Small Business Network in January 2008, volunteers were invited to consider the future of the Network and take responsibility for the running of future meetings.

At a meeting at the SIA in May, it was agreed that Dawn Barry, James Henderson and Mike Hurst take on the role of Joint Chairmen.

The purpose of the Small Business Network is:
1. To coordinate efforts to reduce criminality and raise standards in the private security industry
2. To raise company profits through sharing and promoting best practice
3. To be an enabling body with the SIA to consult on proposals and issues, look at working practices, identify best practice and propose new developments and ways forward
4. To be run by the industry for the industry

The next meeting of the network will be 30th June in Central London. Future meetings will be held in other locations throughout the country.