Access Control News

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will soon have a new home in Glasgow’s Argyle Street.  284,000 sq. ft. of prime grade A office space at Atlantic Square in Glasgow will start being built next month. Approximately 187,000 sq ft of this building will be occupied by HMRC. They have signed a lease for a minimum […]

The Co-op will be opening a new distribution centre in Inverness Airport Business Park on 9 August.   The centre measures 12,000 sq ft and is intended to support surrounding Co-op stores and herald growth into the north of Scotland. It will be able to service double decker vehicles, which should mean fewer journeys for […]

Keeping the Scottish Government’s promise of 1,000 extra officers nationwide will be an extremely difficult task, says the chief constable of the single police service. Stephen House remarked: “The public wants to be able to see officers, it adds to their sense of well being, so I am always keen to maximise the numbers.” However, […]

Offenders have struck at an Uddingston dog welfare charity for the fourth time since Christmas. The South Lanarkshire facility has had various parts affected by break-ins, including the office area from where items such as computers have been stolen. A spokeswoman said: “Dogs Trust Glasgow has been broken in to for a fourth time since […]

Security costs for Glasgow 2014 have spiralled up to £90 million following recommendations from the top police officer in Scotland. The Scottish Government will have to allocate an extra £38m to cover the new figure from its 2014-15 budget. Most of this sum will be raised by raiding the Games contingency fund for just over […]

A man who lived in a £2 million home in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire has gone on the run. Michael Voudouri was last week due to appear in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow but his whereabouts are unknown. He was involved in the case centring on the ‘proceeds of criminal conduct’ of […]

The Scottish government is seeking to introduce measures similar to those in the rest of the UK to fight the plague of stolen metal. The Association of Chief Police Officers estimates that metal theft costs the UK economy £770 million each year. The Scrap Metal Dealers Bill has the support of those within the industry. […]

Official figures say the number of firearms incidents recorded by police went down by about one-fifth in a year. The decrease of 21 per cent meant the total reduced from 647 in 2010-11 to 514 last year in Scotland, stated figures published by the Scottish Government. Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill commented on the reduction. He […]

The head of the new Police Service of Scotland has locked horns with Vic Emery, the chairman of the overseeing Scottish Police Authority (SPA). Steve House says the new set-up of the force may deprive him of control over thousands of civilian support staff. Meanwhile Emery wants the SPA to be clearly responsible for civilian […]

A man appeared at Tayside Police headquarters and gave himself up. He turned up out of the blue at the base at Bell Street in Dundee and admitted his guilt. Dundee man Bruce Burry later pleaded guilty to two charges of shoplifting, including at Dundee’s Riverside, on September 6 and 7. Fiscal depute Ross Cargill […]