In the build up to Christmas it crossed our minds that you may want to prepare for some intellectual stimulation. Well if you do, or you want to treat someone else you may be interested to be reminded of a series of books edited by Martin Gill. They now make quite a...
A new report published by Perpetuity has just been released. The report is entitled, 'Financial Investigation: Identifying The Value'. It is based on responses from 2,500 investigators. It was supported by Mick Creedon and Ian Davidson. What is perhaps most...
On the 14th of October Martin appeared on BBC TV talking about legitimate goods being replaced by fake goods to unsuspecting consumers. The counterfeiting problem is a major one around the world. The exact level is unknown because many counterfeits are never detected...
Secured Environments has been launched in Scotland. Regular readers of the newsletter will be aware that Secured Environments is a risk management scheme that promotes good security practice within organisations. The Secured Environments accreditation is well...
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Martin Gill attended the Annual ASIS Conference and Exhibits held this year in Chicago. Martin is Chair of the Research Council which is seeking to promote security research to ASIS members and bring awareness of research undertaken within ASIS to the outside world....
The next book in Martin Gill's Crime Prevention and Security Management series has now been published. This book reviews the impact of residential design on crime and considers the current, and historic, importance placed upon crime prevention within the planning...
Perpetuity is pleased to open another office in the south. This provides us with an opportunity to be closer to our clients in London and the south east and to meet new ones. The address of our new office is: 11a High Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1UL. You can...
The Security Institute’s Certificate in Security Management BTEC Level 3 has been rewritten and updated to keep abreast of the latest developments in the security sector. With new modules such as ‘Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management’ and ‘Strategic Security’ the...
Martin Gill is on the advisory committee for the commercial victimisation survey, which has reported and indeed planning is underway for the next wave. The 2012 Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) is the first of a new series of Home Office surveys covering crime...
The finalists have been announced for the Security Excellence Awards 2013. We are delighted to announce that Perpetuity Research have once again been selected as a finalist in the category of 'Security Partnering Initiative' of the Year. This is for our work on the...
Since 2009 our popular Security Strategy Tookit has been accessible online as web-based toolkit. The toolkit was developed due to the finding that surprisingly few organisations have a security strategy in place – and even less have an effective strategy. This toolkit...
Congratulations to our Researcher, Charlotte Howell, who is about to go on maternity leave. We will miss Charlotte enormously. The baby is due in August and we will keep you informed through the newsletter. I am sure you will join us in wishing Charlotte and...
One of our latest Security Research Initiative (SRI) reports was recently referenced in an article for IFSEC Global on whether security guards are becoming unvalued. Our report ‘The Security Sector in Perspective’ looks at how those working in the security sector view...
Professor Martin Gill was part of an advisory team on the 2012 Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS), for which the Home Office recently published their detailed findings. These built on their headline findings released in January. The CVS was previously carried out...
Our Training Manager - Dr Amy Burrell - has recently been accepted as a full Member of the Security Institute (SyI). She says “I am delighted to have achieved full Membership of the Security Institute. I have already been to an excellent regional event in Leicester...
Regular readers of our Training Platform blog might be wondering where it has gone. Never fear, it has not disappeared and is now available on the IFSEC Global website. Click here to read the March 2013 edition entitled "Myths about tutors". All previous posts are...
From April 1-30, 2013 Palgrave Macmillan is offering free online access to all its journals, including Security Journal. If you have not had a chance to sample the journal we hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. We also encourage you to spread the word...
Today is national No Smoking Day and www.wequit.co.uk offer a range of resources to support smokers to quit. Perpetuity has a particular interest in smoking prevention and cessation initiatives - as part of our Healthy Communities research strand - we have undertaken...
Articles from the Safer Communities journal are freely available until Sunday 17th March Recent popular articles: What we did when it happened: a timeline analysis of the social disorder in London - Daniel Briggs Risk, prevention and early intervention:...
If you missed Martin Gill discussing CCTV on BBC Local Radio on Wednesday 13th March you can listen again by playing the YouTube video embedded above. It was great to hear a caller from Leicester where Perpetuity Research is based. Martin has been heavily involved in...
OUT NOW: A new addition to the Crime Prevention and Security Management series Municipal Policing in the European Union. Daniel Donnelly applies a model of municipal policing to compare a number of police systems in the European Union suggesting that in the future,...
To celebrate their 40th anniversary IFSEC International has compiled a list of the 40 people they consider to be the most influential in the global security and fire industries. Our Director, Martin Gill, was placed 13th. Over a decade since starting Perpetuity...
Keep up to date with all Perpetuity Training’s news via our recently launched ‘News’ page. The page includes announcements, appointments, and course updates. So if you want to find out who/what has recently received a Security Excellence Award, which course has...
This year, Perpetuity is delighted to be exhibiting at Counter Terror Expo as part of their international event to mitigate threats, protect against terrorist attacks and understand current modern day risks, in a secure environment. We see this as an excellent...
Today we are launching a survey to explore a much debated issue - the relative pros and cons of procuring and managing security as a single service, as opposed to bundling it with other FM service provision. The work is part of a major study to better understand the...
OUT NOW: A new addition to the Crime Prevention and Security Management series Corporate Manslaughter and Regulatory Reform. Author Paul Almond has written an innovative account of the international emergence of corporate manslaughter offences to criminalise deaths in...
Perpetuity Training is excited to announce an office move. We are moving from our offices in Leicester to a new location in Wigston on Friday 1st February. Our new address is Unit 14 Cornwall Business Park, Wigston, Leicester, LE18 4XH. Less than one mile from South...
Four police forces in the West Midlands have joined the Action Fraud scheme. Action Fraud is a service run by the National Fraud Authority whose job it is to co-ordinate the UK's response to fraud. The purpose of the scheme is to act as a single point of contact for...
The Home Office recently announced that they would be spending an additional £500,000 to help communities combat youth violence. They also announced the expansion of their Ending Gang and Youth Violence frontline team to cover four more priority areas. Gang culture is...