Officially opening the security guarding village at IFSEC this morning: Baroness Ruth Henig, chairman of the SIA.
She told the exhibition that authority vice-chairman Robin Dahlberg is tasked with all matters to do with performance.
While the thrust of her speech was on the same lines as her speech to the SIA-Changing Agenda conference in Leicester on May 9, she stressed that she wanted the messages about what the regulator is doing and how the SIA is going about it need to be ‘stronger and clearer’.
‘We want the industry to have confidence in that we are an effective regulator, that we are cost-effective and conscious of a need to add value, and we will enforce the law when necessary. But all our efforts have to be carried out alongside and in collaboration with the industry.’ Hence, she added, the launch at Leicester on May 9 the stake-holder strategy document.
‘It is really important that we at the SIA reach out to all sectors of the industry.’ Both BSIA and smaller guarding companies, she added. She also said that she wants to among other things hear about cash and valuables in transit (CVIT) operations, besides the ‘big boys’, that is, the likes of G4S and Reliance. She said that the SIA needs to understand the commercial environment and market developments and need to tailor what the SIA does to add value. She spoke of pooling resources to solve joint problems.
After the speech she went around the show.
