The regional winners of the Security Personnel Awards at the 2023 British Security Awards have been announced! After a record number of entries, over 50 officers and teams from across the UK were recognised for their commitment to keeping people, places and property safe over the last year.
We are delighted to announce success in the following categories:
‘Best Team – Regional’ – Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre
‘Best Team – Regional’ – The Brewery Shopping Centre
‘Security Manager of the Year – Regional’ – Roger Mitchell
The Security Team at Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre are nothing short of exceptional, and are frequently praised by our client, tenants, members of the public and the emergency services. The team were put forward for recognition by MAN Commercial Protection after an outstanding 12 months. The team are confident first-aiders and are able to assist in a wide-range of challenging and dangerous situations that have occurred on site, including being first responders to a cardiac arrest that happened in the cinema.
Centre General Manager, Mark Welsby, said of the team’s work this year, “I could list for hours the number of incidents the team deal with on a daily basis from the basics of Health and Safety checks to ensuring that the centre is a safe, clean, and fun destination for our customers to visit.”
Our Parrs Wood Entertainment team are excellent role models to others in our company; they never hesitate to go above and beyond what is required of them, get involved where needed, and always maintain professional standards and communication.
This is the second year running that The Brewery Security Team have won the ‘Best Team’ category for the London area; a fantastic achievement for the 14 security officers involved.
This extraordinary team and were put forward for recognition by MAN Commercial Protection after another outstanding 12 months during which the team have received praise for their handling of exceptional and traumatic events, including suicides, armed robbery attempts, anti-social behaviour, and assaults.
Stuart Wilson, Centre Manager at The Brewery Shopping Centre, explained, “Nearly every member of the team has had to deal with a suicidal member of the public including a very aggressive repeat visitor. They have done so with compassion, professionalism, and bravery. Their actions have also supported a vulnerable female to be re-homed in more secure accommodation to stop repeatedly returning to site and threatening suicide. They have recently supported the police investigations to identify suspects in a stabbing, have dealt with 2 firearms offences and have had to deal with a death. All of these things are way over and above their expected duty, yet they keep managing to deal with every single situation put in front of them as individuals but most importantly as a team.”
On hearing the regional winners announcement, Stuart added, “Absolutely fantastic news – what an achievement not once but 2 years in a row. We all know they’re a very deserving team, but it’s good to see them getting recognition at this level.”
Security Manager Roger Mitchell leads from the front and by example, he is down to earth and delivers pragmatic and practical leadership to his team of 6. His openness and transparency filters through the team enabling an openness and honesty. Taking an average KPI score from 70% to 100%, he has rebuilt stakeholder relationships which has resulted in a contract extension being granted.
Huge congratulations to all our regional winners, and we wish them the best of luck in the national round!
Pictured are Jamie, Omer and Josh from Parrs Wood accepting their awards on behalf the whole team, and Roger receiving his. We were lucky enough to be joined by the BSIA team, Mike Reddington, John MacAskill and Andrew Cooper for our 30th birthday celebrations last week, who presented our winners with their certificates.
Regional winners will go head-to-head to be named national champions at the British Security Awards 2023, which will be held on 21st June at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London.
