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One of the many issues the security industry faced during the covid-19 pandemic was the need for training when the country was in a lockdown, Wilson Chowdhry, pictured, of London-based guarding firm AA Security recalls. Traditionally security training has been in a classroom and ‘guided’ hours had meant that you were in the presence of […]

One of the many issues the security industry faced during the covid-19 pandemic was the need for training when the country was in a lockdown, Wilson Chowdhry of London-based guarding firm AA Security recalls. Traditionally security training has been in a classroom and ‘guided’ hours had meant that you were in the presence of a […]

It is to our detriment as an industry that security staff remain the least recognised of covid-19 essential workers, writes Wilson Chowdhry, the MD of London-based guarding contractor AA Security. He writes: Many food retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury, Waitrose to name but a few were dependent on good security teams who ensured they could […]

Wilson Chowdhry, MD of London-based AA Security, was back on the pages of Professional Security magazine after a while away, in the February edition, to describe covid-safety measures at his guarding firm. Here he offers further thoughts on the pandemic. The industry will move on once vaccinations bring control of covid-19, he writes. It’s a […]

We’ve not heard from Wilson Chowdhry, director of the London-based guarding company AA Security for a while; all the more reason to be glad to hear from him, about work during lockdown. During the Christmas lockdown AA Security Ltd had a really busy period. One of our clients had us deploying 24 hour security cover […]

Despite what you might think, this is not a photoshopped image of our security officer before an apocalypse. The image was taken Sunday 24th January 2021, during one of the coldest days of this year. If you look carefully, you can still see the frost on the site, vehicles and equipment, only an hour or […]

Of the morning seminars at the SIA conference, Professional Security attended the one on the case for and against licensing in-house security. The SIA was careful not to take sides – but even the invited speaker happy with in-house guards staying as they are admitted that he regarded licensing as inevitable. SIA assistant director Nick […]

A security officer from an Ilford-based company has been hailed for his part in a life-saving incident while on a patrol in Romford in east London. Haroon Yousaf, pictured, prevented a man from jumping off Ardleigh Bridge over the A127. Staff from the engineering company who are coordinating the bridge replacement project praised the officer […]

Writing just before the SIA took away the April start-point for taking business licences, while still insisting on the April 2015 deadline, London-based contract guarding company MD Wilson Chowdhry was already querying how helpful the regulator has been to the sector. As April draws nearer managers in the security industry prepare themselves for the onset […]

A security guarding company reports how it weathered a difficult downturn in the sector and the business is now returning to growth. In tough times, the business maintained its commitment to training and developing staff. They went for Investors in People Gold, believing that this helps them to reinforce a market position based on quality […]

Have you ever wondered why Irish people always seem so jolly? asks a guarding contractor and regular writer in these pages, Wilson Chowdhry, of Ilford-based guarding company AA Security. I have, and perhaps it is down to a spirit that has had to overcome so much adversity over centuries of change and political turbulence and […]

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, praised Londoners who volunteer their time, skills or expertise to contribute to the safety and well-being of their community. A Bridge Builders Award went to Wilson Chowdhry, of the Essex-based guarding company AA Security. Among his other work he founded the Redbridge Neighbourhood Watch Association and seeks to resolve […]

I read the recent SIA in-house licensing review with a mixture of despair and disappointment, writes Wilson Chowdhry, of SIA approved contactor AA Security. The SIA have determined post-consultation with industry representatives, that their was “no substantiated risk to public protection” and hence recommended the status quo be maintained in respect to the existing licensing […]

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 […]