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INDUSTRY NEWS Security Essen event is first 2020 event cancelled
The trade fair Security Essen planned for 22-25 September 2020 has been cancelled due to the developments of the Corona situation. The decision to cancel the fair was taken by Messe Essen in consultation with the partner associations. This means that the next Security Essen will take place at Messe Essen from September 20 to 23, 2022. Oliver P. Kuhrt, Managing Director of Messe Essen said: "The current dynamic situation and the continuing global travel restrictions unfortunately do not permit serious preparations for the fair. As a result, our exhibitors and visitors and also we as the organisers lack the planning perspective which
Partnership to make Chester a safer place for all
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Following years of collaboration, CSL and Business Insight 3 (BI3) are expanding the partnership to incorporate the growing Business Intelligence market. Solutions such as CSL Router will be supplementing BI3’s offerings to provide secure, reliable and rapidly deployable connectivity. Amalgamated has officially become 50 years old. In 1970 the company was founded by Geoff Teader in Manchester under the name of ‘Amalgamated Fire Alarm Company’ and in 1993 was renamed ‘Amalgamated Ltd’.
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ATG Access has partnered with Cheshire West and Chester Council to make the city a safer place to visit and live by designing and installing hydraulic bollards at locations in the city centre over the next six months. The bollards being installed are robust enough to halt vehicles in their tracks, preventing cars and vans from being used as weapons to attack crowded spaces. The bollards would be activated during large scale public events to protect the public, or in response to intelligence or a heightened threat level, and used to mitigate vehicle traffic within the city centre. Approved vehicles and blue badge holders will continue to have daily access to the city centre once the bollards are deployed, in line with the current traffic regulation order. The project will take place over spring and summer 2020, with the aim to be fully completed by the autumn. Social distancing will be observed by teams carrying out the installation work, which begins during the lockdown period. While there is no specific threat against the city, the purpose of the project is to use the time when pedestrian footfall is reduced due to lockdown measures to invest in
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would have been a prerequisite for the customary professional staging of Security Essen this September.” "The cancellation of Security Essen 2020 is the result of a prudent and careful evaluation of the current situation which we have undertaken together", adds Norbert Schaaf, Chairman of the Management Board of the Federal Association of Safety Engineering (BHE) and Chairman of the Security Essen Advisory Board. "Since the majority of our fair participants come to Essen from abroad, we had to act with particular prudence. Due to the unclear worldwide development of the Coronavirus pandemic and the associated uncertain travel planning, there was unfortunately no alternative in the end.”
Chester’s defence and security measures without causing unnecessary disruption to the public. This follows advice from the police and draws on advice from other local authorities across the country to improve the protection of busy urban areas while the public follows Government directives to stay at home. Iain Moran, director at ATG Access, said: “It’s fantastic to see the city of Chester taking such a proactive stance in using this downtime to further improve public safety during this unprecedented period.” Councillor Karen Shore, deputy leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council, and cabinet member for Environment, Highways and Strategic Transport, said: “In recent years there have been incidents around the world where terrorists have used vehicles to harm people. By installing this robust equipment in Chester, we are protecting residents and visitors from people intent on using vehicles as a weapon. I can reassure people that there is no specific threat to the city of Chester. But, unfortunately, we are one of many cities around the world having to improve security in the light of new threats to democracy and our way of life. The bollards have been carefully designed to blend into the unique historic heritage of Chester.”
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