Now in the post to subscribers of the printed edition, and free to read as a flip-page digital publication: the May 2026 edition of Professional Security Magazine.
We have a cover photo courtesy of Brunel University as part of our focus on university campuses, after we attended day one of the three-day Aucso conference for university security chiefs, at Exeter (pictured, Dawn Dines of the charity Stamp Out Spiking, rounding off day one’s stage proceedings in the Great Hall). We hear in detail about Brunel, where in common with other higher education institutions, security has evolved greatly inside a generation, from stern enforcement to a focus on student welfare.
Also featured: the Easter school holiday mischief on Clapham high street; our visit to Solihull Moors, the Birmingham suburban club with ambitions in the National League, the fifth tier of English football, where we enjoyed the hospitality of sponsor and Moors stewarding contractor MAN Commercial Protection, a member of the ACS Pacesetters group of highest-scoring SIA-approved firms; and continuing our looks at business crime reduction around the British Isles, our visit to Bath’s ‘safe bus’ on a Friday night.
Talking of retail, and Birmingham, we attended a seminar there by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), which aired a concern about illicit trade that’s undermining the very business model of convenience retail – shops selling counterfeit or outright stolen goods are under-cutting legitimate retailers – ‘not a fair fight’, the ACS complains. (See also the ACS website.)
Plus regulars
Plus all our regulars – four pages of ‘spending the budget’, new products and services, and Magazine MD Roy Cooper’s page of gossip about and for installers, manufacturers and distributors. If you like what you read, and would like to take a look at a print copy with a view to subscribing – it starts at ยฃ40 for one year to a UK address – send your name and postal address to [email protected].
Next month
In the June edition we plan to feature tabletop exercises (TTX), real world and cyber.
