Open forum Question Time at SiX seeks to tackle key security and fire business sector issues

Posted On 25 Sep 2019

On the first day of SiX in Manchester (which runs on 5-6 November at Event City), The Paper’s sister title Professional Security Installer (PSI) magazine will be hosting a security industry panel discussion conducted in the lively style of BBC TV’s popular Question Time.

Have you ever wanted to put a question to leading representatives of the industry’s key Trade Associations and certifiers? If so, now’s your chance to do so thanks to the PSI Question Time session at SiX, which is ready to address any concerns or queries in an open forum discussion keenly focused on the security and fire business sectors.

Hosted by PSI’s Editor Andy Clutton, the session starts at 3.00 pm and will end at 3.45 pm. It will allow visitors at the SiX event to ask questions and raise any concerns they may have with industry experts.

Those professionals appearing on the panel include:
• Mike Reddington (CEO, British Security Industry Association)
• Geoff Tate (chairman, Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board)
• Matthew Holliday (technical manager, National Security Inspectorate)
• Pat Allen (former chair, Fire and Security Association and former managing director at the Abel Alarm Company)
• Will Lloyd (technical manager, Fire Industry Association)

“We don’t know which subjects are going to crop up, so we might well have a very lively debate on our hands,” explained Andy Clutton in conversation with The Paper. “I would encourage all those industry professionals with points to raise to attend the event. Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to question such an important gathering of experts and representatives from the major security industry bodies and certifiers. I’m looking forward to seeing the session debate in some depth the hot topics of the moment.”

If you would like to put one of these experts ‘on the spot’ then be sure to attend Question Time at SiX on Tuesday 5 November. Attendance for delegates is free of charge.

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About the Author

Brian Sims BA (Hons) Hon FSyI, Editor, Risk Xtra (Pro-Activ Publications) Beginning his career in professional journalism at The Builder Group in March 1992, Brian was appointed Editor of Security Management Today in November 2000 having spent eight years in engineering journalism across two titles: Building Services Journal and Light & Lighting. In 2005, Brian received the BSIA Chairman’s Award for Promoting The Security Industry and, a year later, the Skills for Security Special Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Security Business Sector. In 2008, Brian was The Security Institute’s nomination for the Association of Security Consultants’ highly prestigious Imbert Prize and, in 2013, was a nominated finalist for the Institute’s George van Schalkwyk Award. An Honorary Fellow of The Security Institute, Brian serves as a Judge for the BSIA’s Security Personnel of the Year Awards and the Securitas Good Customer Award. Between 2008 and 2014, Brian pioneered the use of digital media across the security sector, including webinars and Audio Shows. Brian’s actively involved in 50-plus security groups on LinkedIn and hosts the popular Risk UK Twitter site. Brian is a frequent speaker on the conference circuit. He has organised and chaired conference programmes for both IFSEC International and ASIS International and has been published in the national media. Brian was appointed Editor of Risk UK at Pro-Activ Publications in July 2014. Brian was launch Editor for The Paper in September 2015 and appointed Editor of Risk Xtra in May 2018.