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MARKS & SPENCER IS FIRST RETAILER TO GAIN SCC’S CCTV


CERTIFICATION FOUR Security Consultants Ltd have worked in partnership with Marks and Spencer’s Head of Corporate Security, Clint Reid, to obtain the Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s CCTV certification in compliance with its CCTV Code of Practice. M&S is the first ever retailer in the UK to achieve this certification.


Protecting its customers and people by providing a safe and secure shopping and working environment is crucially important to M&S. M&S realised that adopting the CCTV Code of Practice would provide transparency and consistency throughout its operations.


RUBBERGARD™ EPDM A WINNER


AT CHESTER RACES Firestone’s RubberGard™ EPDM waterproofing membrane has been used to protect the roof of a new hospitality area at Chester Racecourse located beneath a wooden balcony where race goers can watch the start and finish of races from a spectacular trackside vantage point.


The 150m2 roof has been


Implementing the code has provided many benefits, for example, cost reduction through value management and rationalisation of CCTV systems against need and purpose. Further benefits have been obtained through a reduction in the installation program, which has reduced cost and minimised retail disruption. The standard has been implemented throughout the organisation from Head Office, Distribution Centres to Retail Stores. Implementation has improved quality measurement, supported by a comprehensive audit and review program.


In addition, the certification has uplifted the profile of CCTV within M&S. It is an important source of


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constructed with a slight sloping surface to enable drainage via two outlets at one end. Firestone Authorised Contractor, Furber Roofing, installed the RubberGard™ EPDM membrane on the roof’s surface and up the parapet wall around its perimeter, terminating the membrane on the external surface of the wall. All joins on the fully adhered membrane were sealed using Firestone’s QuickSeam™ Splice Tape system, which provides consistent adhesive thickness and excellent long-term performance.


operational information and the increased awareness of M&S’s CCTV capability, together with the quality of its CCTV product, has resulted in managers being more willing to use the data to help them realise operational and commercial benefits.


Both M&S and FOUR Security Consultants hope this will inspire other retailers to achieve certification, thus improving the standards of operation of CCTV within the retail sector.


Clint Reid, Marks and Spencer’s Head of Corporate Security, said: “We are


The roof features 20 steel stanchions mounted on small pedestals with cross shaped supports to hold the wooden balcony structure in place. To seal the joins in these locations, Furber Roofing used Firestone’s EPDM Pourable sealer, a two- component polyurethane sealer designed to create a watertight seal around small penetrations and details with unusual shapes, which fully encapsulates each stanchion in the watertight membrane while providing a flexible finish.


Karl Furber from Furber Roofing said: “Firestone’s RubberGard™ EPDM system was ideal for this installation and it enabled us to completely encapsulate both the horizontal and vertical surfaces of the roof along with the steel supports for the balcony.


“The system’s durability and proven service life mean that Chester Racecourse can be confident of a low maintenance solution below the wooden balcony, enabling race goers to cheer on the horse they’ve backed for many seasons to come.”


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pleased to continue our partnership with FOUR Security and optimistic about the potential improvements in protecting our people and working environment that gaining the SCC CCTV certification will bring.”


Brendan McGarrity, Head of Four Security Consultants, added: “We praise the vision and tenacity of Clint and his team in realising the importance of gaining certification and the hard work they put in, helping us achieve it with them.”


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