Watchword – Covid-19 Testing support for schools and colleges.Download Earlier in the year our blog focused on military support during the COVID pandemic. Members of our team were responsible for the planning, training of staff and then operational delivery of some of the first Mobile Testing Units (MTUs) in the

When I left the military, I had an ambition to start a new venture and one year later we established Watchword Security. Why? Because I saw some of the challenges in the industry, met some security officers who I believed in and most importantly I enjoy building teams, delivering to

In our previous blog we talked about the importance of values in sourcing and maintaining a reliable security team – if the values of the business being are not aligned with those of the security team, we would not be pulling in the same direction. Therefore, we have ‘family’ as

Finding a reliable security team in the UK can be something of a minefield. There is often a lack of service quality for a number of reasons, smaller organisations are more personal but often unreliable. Larger organisations will only enter the market at a certain value and often suffer from

Recently, one of our clients had an issue with their intruder alarm, which had been triggered twice in the middle of the night, on both occasions our team responded within 30 mins as we are the key holders for the buildings, we then communicated with the engineers to try and

The last few months have been quite an experience for all working in security in the UK. Our team has reacted with speed and professionalism to protect our staff, meet our client needs and support the country however we can. Several of our staff have served in the military and