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31 July 2010

Merthyr Tydful Borough Council appoints Delta Security as their security contractor for the next 3 years

In May this year Delta along with several other companies tendered in an open forum for the Council Security Contract for Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. After a lengthy process it was revealed last week that Delta had been awarded the whole of Merthyr’s security as per the schedule quoted against.

The MD of Delta Security, Julian Roe said "We are delighted with this for several reasons, firstly its new business to our South Wales Division, secondly it’s the first time we have been past the PQQ stage of one of these public tenders, and lastly, it proves that local companies can make ground on the nationals in an open market place, which this tender process truly was.."

Our Director for the South Wales Region David Gowen-Porter has put in some long hours at Head Office in order to produce a competitive quote which ticked all the boxes the Merthyr Council representatives were looking for, along with the ability to provide the close support that the national companies sometimes fail to do. We have taken out some big hitters on the UK security market who I know will be kicking themselves about losing such a good business opportunity to a regionally based SME like Delta. It just goes to show, bigger is not always better!”.

7 July 2010

David Gowen–Porter becomes Regional Director for South Wales

David Gowen – Porter has recently been promoted from within the company to become Regional Director for the South Wales area covering from the coast at Milford Haven to the Bristol Channel in Newport. Formerly Operations Manager for the area, David has been developing the area as a Delta power base for the last three years, this year marks a landmark in that development and he has rightly been given a board level position.

The MD of Delta Julian Roe said "David has been working tirelessly to build the South Wales area, he now has a manager and two supervisors working with him to manage our portfolio there. It has been a sterling effort and very much deserved. We are delighted at being in the position we are, to be able to do this."

23 May 2010

Delta lends financial and physical support to Help for Heroe's - the hard yards!

Delta Security hosted the Plymouth Based Arguam side over the last Bank Holiday break via connection with NASP (Naitonal Association of Security Professionals). The MD of Delta was on hand on the day to ref the match between his side, Wotton under Edge based in the Cotswolds in Gloucester and the tourists from Plymouth. The home side won in the end being helped by the inebriation of all the tourist 15, even with the intervention of two yellow cards against the quicker of Wotton's backs!

Delta is very proud to have been able to support both Help for Heroes and the 3 Para Afghan Trust, both causes which are close to the hearts of the Delta board and staff.

11 April 2010

New Level 3 Certificate in Close Protection Launched

On the 15th March 2010, City & Guilds on behalf of the SIA launched the new Level Three Certificate in Close Protection. DSG Consultants have been employed by City & Guilds for the last year and have been developing with 3 other industry professionals including Goose Cryer MM, the new training course and question bank. DSG’s MD Julian Roe said "it has been a long and complicated process where academics and CP operators have come together and worked hard to understand each others disciplines, in order to produce a well thought out Close Protection Course. We are very proud of what we have achieved and the first City & Guilds CP course has already taken place with exceptional results."

22 January 2010

Delta Security wins National Contract with Ceva Logistics

Delta Security have been awarded the full FM contract via a bundled e−auction bid for the main Volkswagen site in UK at Dordon, the Midlands. This site which comes via the National Contract with Ceva Logistics will become a showcase for Delta’s integrated services. With its own railway siding, the Volkswagen site is one of the biggest of its kind in the UK.

Julian Roe the MD of Delta Security said ”this site at Dordon is very impressive already; we aim to keep it that way and use it as a flagship. We are really excited about having Dordon in our portfolio; it has been on our radar for a few years now.”

22 January 2010

DSG Close Protection Training Course

Delta’s special events company “DSG Consultants” is running another Close Protection course in March. The dates are 15th − 28th inclusive. The cost of the course is £1,700.00 with no hidden extras. The course will be run in Bristol, with operations in Cardiff and London, putting the candidates through and intensive entry level Close Protection course. Julian Roe the MD of DSG said ”the Spring course is always a good one with longer days and hopefully a bit of good weather to get the guys working on their foot drills in different environments and threat levels.”

For more information follow this link: www.dsgconsultants.co.uk

For an information pack email: jr@dsgconsultants.co.uk

24 August 2009

DSG Close Protection Training Course

The last close protection course to be run by DSG Consultants under the current criteria required by the SIA will run over 16 days from: 9th - 24th November 2009. The course will be run in Bristol from our superb military facilities in the affluent Bristol suburb of Clifton.

All three main instructors; Goose Cryer MC, Julian Roe and Boris Buddle will be training on the course.

24 August 2009

SIA Licensing Changes

In 2010, the SIA will be changing the structure of the all SIA licensing courses. Goose and Julian have been working with City & Guilds over 2009 putting together the new CP course that all close protection training organisations will have to teach. The finished article is been put out to the other awarding bodies for scrutiny and now having passed that, is with the SIA for approval.

Question bank writing will start in September 2009.

Julian Roe the MD of DSG said, “it has been excellent working with Goose and City & Guilds and being at the forefront of Close Protection licensing in the UK. Many people have always felt the course was based on more military and individual thinking. What we have done is hopefully to standardise the course according to the brief the SIA gave us, so all have equal access and a chance to benefit from a more generic course structure, based not only on our own experiences, but those from other CP bodies like NASP (National Association of Security Professionals), who have provided invaluable support over this exercise.”

25th July 2009

Delta Security awarded Capitol Shopping Centre cleaning contract in Cardiff

Delta Security has been awarded their first cleaning contract at the Capitol Shopping Centre in Cardiff. Delta already provide security at this prestigious city centre site.

Using a mixture of highly visible local and Delta personnel, the road blocks were put in place, the procession was escorted through a packed out St Paul’s, as the sunshine brought everybody out to enjoy the day.

After seeing the improvement in the security on site, Delta was given the opportunity to tender for the cleaning contact also, which was awarded on Monday 17th July.

David Gowen-Porter the Regional Business Manager for Wales said “we are delighted with the award and justifies the hard work the in-house security team and Delta management have put in since gaining the contract earlier in the year. This now gives us a solid base to expand facilities operations across our portfolio, not only in the Principality but across the UK.”

06 July 2009

Delta's Specialist Arm (DSG) Provides Security For St Pauls Carnival

Delta’s specialist events team (DSG), provided all the security and stewarding for this years St Paul’s Carnival in Bristol. With up to 70,000 people attending the event this was always going to be a huge undertaking to get right and make as safe and trouble free as possible.

Using a mixture of highly visible local and Delta personnel, the road blocks were put in place, the procession was escorted through a packed out St Paul’s, as the sunshine brought everybody out to enjoy the day.

Working closely on three levels (Police Silver Command / Carnival Event Management / Ground support units), Delta teams worked hard through a hot and humid day to produce one of the most trouble free carnivals for many years, with only 4 arrest and one injury at approximately 3am on Sunday morning.

“Our plan lasted for about two minutes, before we started having improvise and adapt to the carnival as it became it’s own animal” said Managing Director Julian Roe. “We had vertical learning curve from the first hour, but we had an excellent team of professional local and out of town operatives, they put in monster shifts to ensure the continuity for the event was there and this dedication contributed significantly to the overall success of the whole day from our point of view”.

27 May 2009

Prestigious Capitol Shopping Centre Contract

Delta Security has secured the prestigious Capitol Shopping Centre contract in Cardiff City centre. This is yet another major coup for the Delta team. David Gowen-Porter the Regional Business Development Manager for the South Wales Region said “the bigger companies can’t match the smaller companies like Delta on service provision and contract delivery; we are proving this time and again.” The contract starts at the end of May 2009.

31 March 2009

Delta Awarded BA Director's Commendation

Delta MD Julian Roe met with the General Manager Kieran Graham for at the British Airways Maintenance unit at Cardiff Airport, for a very worthy Director’s Commendation presentation to the Delta Team on site.

The team worked round the clock in February when the severe weather and snow closed many UK airports, leaving Cardiff as one of the few left open, almost trebling the normal workload of the team and the Delta Manager on site Bob Hayman.

The client Kieran Graham said of the Delta team, “It’s not only that day that we need to thank the security team for, but every single day; they do a superb job of securing the site and looking after us day in, day out. They really are the best security team I have ever worked with.”