Initial Security have won the contract for Festival Place, the refurbished shopping centre.
Initial Security have won the contract for Festival Place, the refurbished shopping centre. Some 26 security staff will patrol, respond to alarms and monitor the centre?s 170 cameras, having held the previous contract from Grosvenor Estates for 11 years, reports Initial MD Tony O?Neill … In a sign of public-private co-operation over residential area CCTV, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Kingfisher Housing Association are match-funding a œ15,000 scheme. Kingfisher reports support from tenants and locals for for digital cameras to be installed at the Buckskin Centre at Blackdam Close with another four at the Kings Road Shopping Parade in South Ham. Both systems will be operated by Kingfisher Housing Association. Separately, Basingstoke Council has given Tadley Town Council a community safety grant of œ2,000 towards the installation of a digital CCTV camera at the Tadley Recreation Ground skateboard park.
