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AGENDA'S SECURITY AWARENESS WORKSHOP HAS GLOBAL APPEAL! - November 2011 - Agenda presented a 4 hour security awareness workshop at a major International research meeting in San Diego, USA in October. Independent workshop evaluation feedback has been provided by the organisers indicating that the workshop was a great success and very well received!...more

AGENDA: MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE, PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION - November 2011 - Secure Destruction of Confidential Materials: BS8470 superseded by BS15713...more

CONCERNED ABOUT EMPLOYING AN ILLEGAL WORKER, EXTREMIST OR CRIMINAL? - YOU SHOULD BE! - November 2011 - Could the "secret" decision taken by Home Office ministers to relax passport checks on foreigners have allowed extremists and criminals to enter Britain?...more

KEEPING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL IS OUR BUSINESS: ISO27001 RE-CERTIFICATION SUCCESS - September 2011 - Agenda operates ethical, fair and transparent services and has key externally audited certifications to prove it. Our staff have all been comprehensively security screened, are well trained and operate processes that exceed the requirements of the Data Protection Act, the Bribery Act and all other relevant regulations and legislation...more

AGENDA'S COMMITMENT TO THE BRIBERY ACT - September 2011 - Agenda is proud of the honest and ethical way in which it conducts business and in the commitment of its staff to uphold these values as they carry out their duties. This year some new legislation was introduced called the Bribery Act which places an onus on all organisations to ensure that their staff understand that bribery will not be condoned...more

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CONTINUES ON A HIGH FOR AGENDA SECURITY SERVICES - August 2011 - We recently surveyed a group of randomly selected clients, chosen independently by our business development team, removing any suggestion of bias or favour, to obtain their feedback on our service delivery...more

ORGANISATIONS CONTINUE TO EMPLOY ILLEGAL WORKERS - August 2011 - The UK Border Agency removed over 40,000 immigration offenders in 2010, and they detected close to 6,000 forged travel or supporting documents in visa applications made in Pakistan alone. Organisations face on-the-spot penalty notices for employing illegal workers and fines of up to £10,000 per illegal worker...more

CLIENT AND CANDIDATE SATISFACTION HIGH ON THE AGENDA - July 2011 - Agenda’s latest satisfaction surveys reveal not only high levels of approval from both clients and their candidates but also opportunities to improve! The highest accolade of all is that our current clients are so confident in the high levels of service that we provide that they would all recommend us to others...more

TEAM BASED BUSINESS CONTINUITY: TOP TIPS FOR SUCCESS - July 2011 - Author: Chris Needham-Bennett, Needhams 1834 - There is a very cogent argument that risk and security are first cousins although the different types of security response vary as widely as the threat...more

HOW TO DEAL WITH SITE INCURSIONS - July 2011 - Doug Melia of Defend UK gives us professional advice on how to deal with unwelcome trespassers...more

AGENDA PARTICIPATES IN NEEDHAMS OPEN DAY - July 2011 - In June, Needhams 1834 ran a seminar in London aimed at exploring challenges for business continuity from the growth of protest in the UK...more

SOCIAL NETWORKS AND THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA WITHIN ORGANISATIONS IS HAPPENING AND IS INEVITABLE, BUT WHAT OF THE VERY REAL SECURITY CONCERNS? - July 2011 - Remember when we were worried about our staff using company phones, using mobiles and using e-mail for personal use? Social Media is the next wave...more

THE BRIBERY ACT 2010: COMES INTO FORCE! - July 2011 - The Ministry of Justice has published guidance to help organisations to understand the procedures required to prevent bribery, the key is to have adequate measures in place...more

LEAN SERVICE DELIVERY AWARDS - July 2011 - Andy and Katrina have been awarded certificates from the University of Hull in recognition of their achievements in the Lean Service Delivery Innovation review which concluded earlier this year...more

AGENDA PRESENTS AT THE LONDON CIPD HR MEETING! - July 2011 - Agenda provided a showcase presentation entitled “Are You Really Checking Potential New Employees Properly?” at the CIPD Recruitment, Resourcing and Talent Management Conference in London (June 2011)...more

QUALITY MANAGEMENT: HIGH ON THE AGENDA! - June 2011 - Agenda is delighted to announce that its latest one day ISO 9001: 2008 Quality Management audit conducted by ISOQAR resulted in a Zero Non-Conformances Report! The auditor said that he was pleased to be able to report continued improvements and that "Management retains a high level commitment to the management systems"...more

AGENDA SECURITY SERVICES ATTENDS ASIS SECURITY BRIEFING - June 2011 - Agenda attended the ASIS Breakfast briefing in Coventry. A well attended meeting with talks from Prof. Martin Gill of the Perpetuity Group on the Value of Security in a Corporate Domain - and Regulation in the Security Sector - A Roadmap and Possible Futures...more

WHAT ARE THE TOP TEN SECURITY THREATS FACING THE RESEARCH SECTOR? - June 2011 - The biomedical research community operates in an environment where it often faces the usual threats to organisations such as theft and fire but has additional major concerns over animal rights extremists and infiltrations...more

SECURITY NOW MAGAZINE: THE LATEST SECURITY AND SCREENING NEWS AND UPDATES FROM AGENDA! - May 2011 - This edition includes an update on extremism across Europe from the recent European ASIS conference, a feature on asset protection and a review of the Association of University Chief Security Officers conference. In addition there are Bribery Act, ISO27001 information security and qualification watch updates and more...more

ANIMAL RIGHTS EXTREMISM IN EUROPE - WHERE ARE WE NOW? - April 2011 - To understand where we are now, we need to understand what are the key causes for animal rights extremism. Clearly biomedical research, fur, intensive farming, meat, greyhound and horse racing, hunting and in fact anything to do with animals can result in a protest campaign...more

HAS THE GLOBAL DOWNTURN AFFECTED THE NEED FOR ASSET PROTECTION? - April 2011 - In this editorial we ask for the thoughts of Lynne James (Managing Director at Elle Security Ltd) on whether the current economic downturn is having an impact on asset protection...more

AGENDA - PROUD TO BE PART OF AUCSO MEETING SUCCESS! - April 2011 - Agenda was a proud sponsor of the recent Association of University Chief Security Officers (AUCSO) conference which was held in Bristol. The event was spread over 3 days and attracted over 80 delegates from around the United Kingdom and mainland Europe...more

INTERESTED IN INFORMATION SECURITY? - CHOOSE ISO27001, WE DID AND WE HAVE NEVER LOOKED BACK! - April 2011 - Because we conduct professional pre-employment screening services we focus specifically on compliance with the Data Protection Act, the management and control of confidential materials and we support the crack down on misuse of personal information. All of this means that frameworks like the ISO27001 Information Security Management System standard are useful compliance overview tools...more

PROUDLY INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE - March 2011 - As a provider of professional services Agenda recognises the importance of well trained, dedicated and motivated staff. We enrolled in the Investors in People programme in 2003 because is suited our ethos of continuous development and focus on our people. The auditor commended Agenda on meeting and exceeding the requirements of the Standard....more

QUALIFICATIONS! - WE TAKE NOTHING AT FACE VALUE – DO YOU? - February 2011 - The increase in news stories about fake qualification certificates and diploma mills is a great reminder why we should check such documents at source. At Agenda we take great care in ensuring that when a qualification or membership check is needed, it is critical that it is genuine, that the awarding body exists and that the grades and dates of attendance match those claimed by the person being checked...more

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AT A RECORD HIGH – WELL DONE TEAM! - January 2011 - December 2010 saw the completion of the second round of the Agenda Security Services customer satisfaction surveys for 2010. The surveys were independently carried out by the business development team using randomly selected cleinmts to remove any suggestion of bias or favour...more

INNOVATION AND INVESTMENT IS THE KEY! - January 2011 - We are pleased to announce that phase one of the lean service review of our screening processes has been completed. An external consultant provided 6 days of system review, process mapping and behaviour charting and process and work flow analysis...more

AGENDA AWARDED SKILLS PLEDGE CERTIFICATE - January 2011 - Agenda is pleased to receive the Skills Pledge Certificate from the Skills Funding Agency for its commitment to training and development...more


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