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By Wilson Chowdhry In January 2024, A.A. Security received a call from one of our regular customers seeking protection for a building undergoing a forfeiture process. Initially, our client did not fully disclose their concerns, likely due to apprehension about the potential actions of Just Stop Oil (JSO), who were occupying the property. JSO, a […]

IMAGE: Wilson Chowdhry Director of A A Security Ltd and Chairman of United by Faith with Pastor Teerth Sond of VOVTV PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION (CLICK HERE) In 1994, A.A. Security Ltd opened its doors, beginning a journey dedicated to safeguarding its clients’ security needs. As the company approaches its 30th year of service, it […]

This article was first published in the Professional Security Magazine (click here) By Wilson Chowdhry The SIA website Says: In 2021 we made some changes to the training you need to take before you can get a front line SIA licence. The changes were: we introduced new, updated qualifications for all sectors except close protection […]

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 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 […]