Author: james leitch

Link Integrated Security Solutions and StaffGuard vIP Staff Protection and Conflict Management Systems pick up The Corporate Vision Magazine 2022 Award

14^th April 2021/Advanced Notice

Link Integrated Security Solutions Limited, a leading supplier of staff protection and conflict management systems are proud to announce that we have won the Corporate Vision Magazine 2022 award for Best Conflict Management Technology Provider – UK.

This is great recognition to the team that are behind the StaffGuard Staff Protection and Conflict Management System that currently protects over 17,000 premises in the UK.

Jim Leitch, Managing Director commented “I am really pleased that we won this year’s award as it shows great recognition for all of the team behind the StaffGuard vIP product. This includes the product designers, software engineers and most importantly the response team operators in the control room who have the task of responding daily to events that can sometimes be testing to say the least.”

StaffGuard vIP and the StaffGuard Touchscreen Console provides a level of protection to retail shop colleagues that is dependable, proven and cost effective.

If you want to learn more about the product and service, please contact us via info@linkintegrated.com, or simply head over to our ‘Contact’ page here.

Link Integrated Security Solutions and Keonn Technologies announce new VAR partnership

12^th April 2021

Link Integrated Security Solutions, a leading supplier of retail security and life safety systems and consolidated service and maintenance plans, has signed a Value-Added Reseller agreement with Keonn Technologies, one of the worlds leading RFID Retail Solutions providers.

Jim Leitch, Link Integrated CEO commented “The agreement covers Keonn Technologies range of RFID Retail Solutions including Tag Encoding, Automatic and Robotic Inventory Management and Tracking, Smart Interactive Retail Systems, Point of Sale Management, Loss Prevention and Network Planning and Security. “

This new partnership with Keonn Technologies represents an excellent opportunity for Link Integrated to expand upon its already enviable product range and will enable much greater integration within the retail industry.

The range of the solutions that we now have at our disposal will enable us to continue to lead the market in the provision of innovative smart solutions that bridge the whole customer experience.”

Leitch continued; “Smart solutions like Keonn’s will change the customer experience, drive greater sales and profits, and minimise stock shrinkage via better inventory management, tracking and loss prevention tools. The return on investment is tangible, deliverable and ongoing.”

For more information, please contact us via www.linkintegrated.com or simply head over to our contact page here.

The following is from an article in ‘Your Business Magazine’, multi-millionaire entrepreneur James Caan’s Magazine, speaking about our FogGuard Solution:

‘FogGuard, from Innovative Security Products, incorporates best-of-class security fogging,CCTV, wireless intruder detection, crystal-clear digital two-way audio and can be remote controlled from anywhere in the world. Options include forensic marking and GPRS tracking in the portable version. The system, which is manufactured in the UK, has been developed by a team of industry experts with more than 100 years’ experience in the security sector, and is a true innovative solution
for many of the issues facing retailers and commercial customers alike.

Remote solution
FogGuard works by reacting to an alarm activation or personal attack alarm from the onboard wireless detection system or the existing wired solution already on site. Once activated, the system instantly sends CCTV images to the fully accredited BS5979 FogGuard Conflict Management Centre (CMC)and simultaneously opens a two-way digital audio communications path so the CMC operators can look and listen to the event in real time. On reviewing the event, the fully trained accredited and licenced CMC operator will announce themselves in accordance with client specific protocols to decelerate any abusive and violent behavior or to drive away a would-be intruder.

Tried and tested
In normal circumstances, the operator will announce themselves by saying, “Security. Which service do you require?” In many cases this decelerates any abuse aimed at the employee on site, and generally drives any intruder from the site. In the unlikely event that the abuse continues, the CMC operator will use tried and proven techniques to decelerate the event; if this cannot be achieved, the police or other emergency services will be deployed and the site will be informed that help is on its way.

The FogGuard unit offers a new innovative solution to the security industry and the end user. In an intruder scenario, the CMC operator will ask the potential intruder to identify themselves, generally by requesting the site password. If they can’t provide identification, they are then asked to leave the site immediately. If they refuse, the high density security fog is deployed remotely from the CMC. If the forensic marking option has been installed that will also be deployed to mark the intruder for greater detection and evidential purposes to ensure a better result in the courts.’

Other extracts from the Magazine:

‘THE FOGGUARD SYSTEM IS AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION FOR MANY OF THE ISSUES FACING RETAILERS AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS ALIKE”

“IF AN INTRUDER CAN’T PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION, THEY ARE THEN ASKED TO LEAVE THE SITE IMMEDIATELY. IF THEY REFUSE, THE HIGH-DENSITY SECURITY FOG IS DEPLOYED”

We would like to thank James Caan’s team at ‘Your Business Magazine’ for this appreciative piece.

To find our more about the FogGuard product, please click here.

As many of you know I have been receiving business and motivation coaching from Jon Asquith, Action Coach, who is one of the best business coaches in the UK.

We are looking at developing and growing the business rapidly and to do this we have reviewed and improved most of the systems that we use within the business.

With those systems in place and measurement being deployed the biggest and most important factor for growth is the development and motivation of the team and we have been working really hard to ensure that the team at HQ and out in the field are being developed in a more inclusive way.

It was with great pleasure that we recently took part in a 90 day Growth Club planning day with the team and other companies and won the Team Development Award, which was a total surprise for me but really goes to show what effort the team have put in.

I would like to thank everyone for the effort that you have put in to this and I am sure that the benefits will start to show themselves over the next few months.

Jim Leitch, CEO & Founder

BT Openreach have today announced dates for 2021 which will see circa. 200 exchanges move into ‘Stop Sell’ status.

This means that the exchange will no longer sell copper/analogue lines from those exchanges and that any additional lines, upgrades, moves or switching of communication providers will result in only fibre/digital lines being made available.

It is generally understood that once the ‘Stop Sell’ status has been achieved by BT, which means that 75% of the exchange is digital, then we have 6 months to migrate any analogue products to IP.

Our advice is that if you have Analogue Alarm Signalling, StaffGuard Conflict Management Systems or Staff Attack Systems then you need to consider a migration path now.

If you require a copy of the latest BT Guidance please provide your contact details on closure of this notice and we will send the relevant information to you.

To find our more about StaffGuard, click here.

We are currently in the process of recruiting additional Business Development Managers to join our dynamic sales team to further support the efforts that we are making to deliver the best products and services to our clients and prospective clients.

The suitable candidate must have a proven track record in developing and managing large national/regional accounts and have extensive knowledge of security and life safety systems design and the wider integration concepts.

As a problem solver and solution provider we expect you to demonstrate how you think outside the box and be innovative and proactive in your approach.

It is important to us that whoever we recruit fit culturally with the business and that they take on board our innovative approach to customer relationships and management and the company values that we have adopted.

Our main target areas for development are petrol retail, general retail, jewelers, banks, and facilities management companies.

If you have the relevant experience and feel that you can be of value to us, please get in touch. We would love to hear from you.

Please send any CVS’s to hr@linkintegrated.com or call 016236 77009 and leave a message and one of our team will be in touch.

StaffGuard™ Smart vIP – The future of staff protection and assurance.

As a further development to the ever-popular StaffGuard™ Conflict Management System, we are proud to announce that we will be adding Wi-Fi as an option to the new all-digital StaffGuard vIP units.

The additional module will allow full connectivity to our StaffGuard™ Smart network and will allow us to be the first company to be able to monitor the whole system from the battery in the fob in your pocket, through the controller, the network and connectivity into the Conflict Management Centre.

“This is a real step forward and sees us once again push the limits of protection and assurance we can give to our clients” – Phil Brown, Operations Director.

We have built the network via smart Wi-Fi  which is secure and offers huge connectivity options including devices from Amazon, Google, Apple, LG, Assa Abloy, Samsung, Legrand, Schneider Electric and Texas Instruments to name a few.

Our remote control and management facility not only enables us to monitor and manage your onsite staff protection but with smart connectivity we can manage the environment that your teams work in making this a safer place for them to operate.

For more information please contact your account manager or send an email for more information to info@linkintegrated.com

Link Integrated Security Solutions have recently joined the highly influential Gambling Business Group.

The Gambling Business Group is a group of like minded business people with an interest or stake in the UK Gambling Industry, having the common goal of improving the business environment for all and protecting member organisations from adverse or undue external influence on the health of their business. Our modus operandi is not to duplicate or replicate the activities of the traditional trade associations, but to champion causes and address issues and challenges that reach across each of the UK gambling sectors.

We are very proud to have been invited to join this highly influential group as technology partners and leaders in the provision of security to the gambling industry and it is our objective to increase the understanding of both security technology and products within the group and to drive forward the message that we all share.

To find out more about what being a part of the Gambling Business Group means, click here.

Link Integrated Security Solutions Limited – Statement of Intent

Link Integrated Vision

We want to become the best provider of security, life safety, conflict management systems and services in the UK. We will achieve this by continually improving our products and services and by building great relationships with our client base whilst continually outperforming our competitors.

Teamwork, continual measurement and improvement will enable us to move from “very good to excellent. A small step that few have taken and even fewer in our industry aim to achieve.

We are not aiming to be the biggest, we are aiming to be the best.

Link Integrated Mission

Our mission is to provide a consistently high level of advice and expertise to our client base and to ensure that our clients are at the forefront of security, safety, and conflict management.

We will always be open and honest with our clients and will never take their business for granted.

We will strive to ensure that our promises are always kept and that our projects and services are delivered on time, every time.

We will be transparent, open, and always available to respond to our clients.

Link Integrated Values

• Trust

It is most important to us that our clients trust us, trust our advice and trust that we will complete whatever task we are given to the best of our ability. To gain this trust we need to build confidence and that comes from always being honest and open and empowering them with the true position. We deliver good news and bad news with the same amount of openness and transparency.

• Hard Work

The core spirit of the company is to work hard as individuals and as a team. This hard work will always be recognised and rewarded both internally and by our customers. It is this hard work that will drive us to become the best in our industry.

• Reliable

If we say we are going to do something, then we will do it. Never over promise and under deliver, never make a commitment that we cannot fulfil. Reliability is one of the fundamental principles of our business and a core principle of our efforts.

• Partnership

Our ambition and goal are to work in partnership with our clients. Once we have proven trust, hard work and reliability then we will have taken great strides to bridging the client/supplier gap and will be able to work hand in hand as partners. This benefit’s both parties as advice and information are better given from the inside rather the outside and an in depth understanding of the client’s business issues enables us to give better advice and resolution giving a better result for the client.

• Communication

Ensuring that our clients and fellow team members are kept informed is extremely important to us. We have invested time and resources in technology to ensure that the best possible tools are available to us, but communication is an individual matter, and it is important that each of us strive to become the best communicator that we can be and to understand the importance of letting each other know what is happening. We will always make ourselves available whether that is for a meeting, call or a quick chat.

• Innovation

Via our product development and greater understanding of the wider marketplace we will provide an innovative approach to each task. By working in partnership with our clients and understanding their business from the inside and the problems they face we can resolve them with custom designed solutions that give them the edge.

Summary

We have a small step to take from very good to excellent, and few have made it. By teamwork and the belief that we can achieve this we will do so.

By believing and adopting the core principles outlined above we will achieve the goals that we have set ourselves and become the number one go to for our clients and prospects.