Headline Sponsors and Associate Membership

ASEL provides the dynamic risk management methodology, thought leadership and technology infrastructure that sits behind our specialised safety and security businesses in the UK and Europe. We bring together expertise from inside the security business, data science specialists, and external transformation professionals to create a proposition that is truly unique in our industry where we truly put dynamic data at the centre of our business.

Our scale and innovative technology platform mean we have partnerships with some of the most exciting technology affiliates today, which we then combine with our security eco system to deliver a holistic, dynamic risk management solution for our clients.

We currently specialist across Retail, Hospitality, Logistics and Manufacturing, and Critical National Infrastructure, Construction and the Public Sector.

Retailers Against Crime are delighted to welcome Lodge Service as an Associate Member:
Lodge Service is a third-generation family business, the longest-serving security consultancy in the UK with 100 years’ continuous experience.

Built on trust, integrity and reputation, Lodge Services delivers a number of solutions to its national and international customers, including Profit Protection on demand, Technological Security, Fire Solutions, Manpower, K9 and Vehicle Solutions, Physical Security, Intelligence Centre and Employee Screening.

Lithium is an IT Managed Services provider now in its 20th year of doing business and serving clients ranging in size and sector. With its roots firmly in picturesque Clackmannanshire, Lithium has enjoyed sustained growth with a strong focus on its people, their development, and empowering talent. The IT service world is broad in its service offering and Lithium excels in ensuring its customers receive a best-in-class service and access to the most advanced products around. More recently, Lithium has grown its Cyber Security offering with the formation and launch of Cyber Lock, its new Cyber Security Practice which will see the business grow and expand into new business sectors and territories. The future success of the business will take its inspiration from its past successes and an assurance that Lithium will continue to offer a premium service to its clients and invest further in its people. They are its future.

We are the UK’s leading intelligence and technology led security business. We know the best way to create safe and secure environments for our customers, is by combining the deep expertise of our people, whilst harnessing the power of our systems, and deploying the best technology. Translating operational data into meaningful insights, gives our people the actionable intelligence to deliver highly effective security solutions, in the right place and at the right time.

Pinnacle Response is a world-leading ISO 270001 accredited manufacturer of high-quality body-worn video cameras for Police Forces and the Professional Security Industry. Models of body-worn cameras have been carefully developed including the PR5, PR6, and the recently launched PR7. A further PR7 mini will also reach the market in August 2022. Each camera provides exceptional HD audio-visual quality coupled with market-leading durability. An intuitive digital evidence management system (DEMS) allows for the storage and review of video footage with secure, evidential integrity. Our cameras are used in over thirty countries around the world by thousands of customers including the UK and European police, local authorities, and professional security within prestigious organisations and businesses.

Apex Radio Systems is a leading Two-Way Radio and Body-Worn Camera supplier, specialising in the sale and hire of communication equipment and also supporting BIDs and local authorities with radio link schemes across the UK. Located in the North East, with offices in Cardiff and Teesside, we support businesses by helping enhance operations, reduce costs, and improve efficiency with communication solutions.

Our equipment includes Licenced, Licenced-free, Cellular/LTE, Desktop, BWCs, all from the leading manufacturers such as Motorola, Hytera, Icom, Sepura and many more. We support all industries, appreciate that no two business requirements are the same, and adapt product offerings to suit your needs.

The SIA are the regulator of the UK’s private security industry, and are an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Home Office.  The SIA was created by the Private Security Industry Act 2001 to regulate the UK’s private security industry. The SIA was established in 2003 and started licensing people in 2004 and in 2006 they launched their voluntary Approved Contractor Scheme for private security businesses. The SIA support the Home Office goal of reducing and preventing crime, and ensuring people feel safe in their homes and communities.

The SIA are responsible for:

• licensing people who do certain jobs in the private security industry
• approving private security companies who wish to be part of our Approved Contractor Scheme
• conducting inspection
• monitoring the activities of people operating within the private security industry and taking enforcement action where necessary
• vetting and approving standards of conduct and training for the private security industry
• making recommendations on ways to improve standards in the private security industry