Dreaming of glory as football world descends on Manchester
Sports & Leisure, Temporary Events
The Soccerex Global Convention 2014 kicks off this weekend in Manchester – and we’ll be there among football’s administrators and top stars of today and yesteryear. It’s a dream gig for…
Go, Glasgow, Go! Let the Games begin!
Schools & Education, Temporary Events
I paid a visit to Glasgow last week and got all excited at the way the city, the Scots and the wider British Isles are embracing our second multi-sport international…
Ambassador, you’re really spoiling us
High Security, Security
I’m old enough to remember those classic Ferrero Rocher ads of the 1980s with the receptions at the ambassador’s residence in some unidentified European capital. But in all these years, I’ve never…
Warming up for Wimbledon with a tennis trivia post
Sports & Leisure
We’re just seven days away from one of the fixtures of the British sporting calendar – the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, the oldest tennis tournament in the world.…
Security industry gets to lord it
High Security, Security
I’m looking forward to visiting the House of Lords this evening for the annual security reception of ADS, the premier trade organisation advancing the UK Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space industries,…
If O’nly Orient had our Olympic staying power!
Sports & Leisure
I was heading to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park the other day to check up on a couple of Zaun‘s legacy projects there: – We’ve installed for the first time our DBS acoustic fencing system made from recycled…
My blessings go with Roy’s boys to Brazil
Sports & Leisure, Temporary Events
Roy Hodgson has named his squad of 23 for the World Cup next month – and taken our English lions to Portugal this week for their first preparatory training camp. The England team spent five…
Our nuclear effort earns high Dutch police praise
High Security, Security, Temporary Events
There’s rarely anything uplifting or designed to instil waves of pride as a ringing endorsement from an unexpected and independent source with nothing to gain from the praise. So it…
Counter Terror Expo 2014 – less ‘buzz’, same substance
Corporate
April is the season for spring showers, Easter bunnies . . . and the global gathering of counter-terror gurus and experts at Kensington Olympia! So last week, we legged it…
Sport can be big business
Corporate, High Security, Security, Sports & Leisure, Temporary Events
The SportAccord Convention organisers dub it as the place ‘Where Sport Meets’! I didn’t realise how accurate that was until I joined it for the first time at SAC2014 at the Susesi Convention…
Behind every great man . . .
Temporary Events
We’re gaining a bit of a reputation as the company to go to when world leaders gather, and their protection needs to be guaranteed. At the end of March, the…
Around the edge of the Emirates’ racing riches
Sports & Leisure
Meydan Racecourse Fencing Required! – The richest prize in world horse racing will be decided on Saturday at a five-star race track in Dubai that we had a hand in…
Olympic legacy undeniable – but fat chance we’ll become sportaholics!
Temporary Events
The first Great Newham London Run marked the re-opening of the Olympic Stadium a year after the Games. Last week we were told that the London Games paid for themselves in a…
Securing world leaders in Northern Ireland
Temporary Events
It’s sometimes tough doing a job where I can’t talk about what I’m working on to family and friends. It feels a bit like I’m living the double life of…
The Great Wall of Watford lends steely security
Temporary Events
Well, the world’s media certainly lifted the cloak of secrecy. So I guess I’m OK to blog about the security stuff in the public domain. I’m talking about the Bilderberg…
Coe, Putin, Rogge at Sport Accord . . . and me!
Temporary Events
There’s something a little bit exciting but unnerving about brushing shoulders regularly with people you’ve only previously seen on TV. So it was in St Petersburg this week at the…
Trade benefits from Arabian nights
Security
Three trade shows in six months demonstrate the growing importance of the Middle East to world trade and our own fortunes at Zaun. And, as I said in my blog…
LAAD sends boys to Brazil
Temporary Events
Our drive to secure our own legacy from our extensive work on the London 2012 Olympics has taken me to all corners of the globe. The most recent saw me…
Collaborate or die
High Security, Security
Winning the Security Innovation Award once again reminds me of the value of collaboration. In fact, in my view, it spells survival – for us all! In spite of all…
Saving police time finally gives me that awaRDS winning feeling
Corporate, High Security, Security
We’ve tried for several years to win industry awards since we founded Zaun 17 years ago. We’ve been shortlisted and commended but never quite made the final cut. Tonight, finally,…
