Private Investigator, Newcastle smashes first year!

Private Investigator, Newcastle smashes first year!

As we draw near to the close of our first year being fully operational, we wanted to take a quick second to look back on what we’ve achieved as a security consultant and private investigator in Newcastle.

We came out of the gate into this specific area of business, knowing that the private investigation trade had a terrible reputation (done no particular favours by how it’s presented in television and film, no less) but we knew we had a certain ethic and specific skill-set to separate ourselves from the ‘gumtree gumshoes’ out there and to make a real difference.

So we set a few goals to focus ourselves: Read more about Private Investigator, Newcastle smashes first year!

Newcastle City Council: Newcastle’s Biggest Threat

Newcastle City Council: Newcastle’s Biggest Threat

A recent article in The Guardian by Helen Pidd exposed that Newcastle City Council had once again committed an extremely serious and worrying breach of confidential data. This was only months after their shameful leaking of highly confidential adoption data that they are currently under investigation by the ICO for.

We’re using this week’s blog post to speak specifically about our own experiences with Newcastle City Council and the concerns we’ve repeatedly raised about their data protection processes and their cavalier attitude towards confidentiality.

We’ve hoped for a long time that a sea-change would come with regards to Newcastle City Council. Now we are simply demanding that they are stripped of their right to handle confidential data in line with ICO requirements and must rebuild from the ground up as a local authority with extreme and robust external parties in place to govern them in the meantime. Read more about Newcastle City Council: Newcastle’s Biggest Threat

Taking The Long Way Home: A Closer Look At ‘Asset Protection’.

Taking The Long Way Home: A Closer Look At ‘Asset Protection’.

As part of our ‘Asset Protection Service’ we have hand-delivered high value jewellery from Newcastle to Essex, we’ve personally delivered heirlooms from the estates of the recently deceased to the homes of their next of kin, couriered important and time-sensitive confidential paperwork and, on one occasion, even a human being.

Our client had gone through an extremely bitter divorce with her ex-husband. She had been awarded sole custody of their children much to his annoyance and she was constantly living in fear that he was going to return to the North East and try and snatch her children. Read more about Taking The Long Way Home: A Closer Look At ‘Asset Protection’.

Loss Prevention Assessments – An Imperative Requirement To All Business Owners

Loss Prevention Assessments – An Imperative Requirement To All Business Owners

Surmount Investigations provide extensive Loss Prevention Assessments to business owners who have premises, stock and staff. Our aim is to cast an independent eye over the ‘set-up’ of your business and look at areas of weakness that could be taken advantage of by those with criminal intent.

We look at things such as the placement of your stock, how it is secured and its accessibility to members of the public. We assess your staff and how security conscience they are being whilst at work on your premises. We also offer test purchasing and ‘stress tests’ of your day-to-day business. Read more about Loss Prevention Assessments – An Imperative Requirement To All Business Owners