--- title: "Protect: Security Guarding, Patrols & Keyholding | SPS Group" url: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security description: "Protect is SPS Group's security capability: SIA-licensed guarding, mobile patrols, keyholding and alarm response by SPS Security, with its own 24-hour control room in Hull." lang: en-GB --- Skip to content Clean · Protect · Detect · Maintain · Train · Integrate · Yorkshire and Lincolnshire since 1992 01482 226570 (+441482226570) SPS Group capability · SPS Security # Protect: security guarding, patrols and alarm response Protect is the security capability of SPS Group, delivered by SPS Security, the company the group grew from in Hull in 1992. Directly employed, SIA-licensed officers and the group's own 24-hour control room protect people, buildings and assets day and night. Visit sps-security.com: https://sps-security.com/ 01482 226570: +441482226570 established in Hull 1992 established in Hull officers directly employed 98% officers directly employed keyholding contracts 500+ keyholding contracts own control room 24/7 own control room In short SPS Group's Protect capability is delivered by SPS Security Limited, established in Hull in 1992. It provides manned security guarding, GPS-tracked mobile patrols, keyholding and alarm response, open-up and lock-up, vacant property security and rapid deployment CCTV across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, coordinated from its own 24-hour control room in Hull. SPS Security is an SIA Approved Contractor, assessed by SSAIB, and 98% of its officers are directly employed. What's included ## Protect: guarding, patrols, keyholding and alarm response Each service is delivered by SPS Security, with its own trained team and accreditations. - Security guarding SIA-licensed officers on site, including reception, static and event cover. Find out more: https://sps-security.com/services/security-guarding - Mobile patrols GPS-tracked patrol visits to check buildings, perimeters and car parks. Find out more: https://sps-security.com/services/mobile-patrols - Keyholding and alarm response We hold your keys and attend alarm activations around the clock. Find out more: https://sps-security.com/services/keyholding-alarm-response - 24-hour control room Alarm receiving, monitoring and lone worker support from Hull. Find out more: https://sps-security.com/services/control-room - Vacant property security Inspections, patrols and monitoring for empty and void buildings. Find out more: https://sps-security.com/services/vacant-property-security - Rapid deployment CCTV and Martyn's Law readiness Temporary CCTV towers and practical support to prepare for Martyn's Law. Find out more: https://sps-security.com/martyns-law-security-readiness How it joins up ## Protect works best alongside the other five Buy protect on its own, or combine it with other SPS Group capabilities on one site. Each service keeps its own specialist manager, with one senior point of contact across them all. Protect + Detect The control room monitors the fire, intruder and CCTV systems SPS Technical installs and maintains, and officers respond to activations. Detect https://spsgroupservices.com/services/fire-and-security-systems Protect + Clean Officers open up and lock up around cleaning schedules, and report cleaning issues they find on patrol. Clean https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning Protect + Train Officers gain and refresh their SIA licence training through SPS Academy, a Highfield approved centre. Train https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training Who it's for ## Sectors we protect for Schools, trusts, colleges and universities: https://spsgroupservices.com/sectors/education Offices and business parks: https://spsgroupservices.com/sectors/offices-commercial Shopping centres and retail parks: https://spsgroupservices.com/sectors/retail-shopping-centres Manufacturing and warehousing: https://spsgroupservices.com/sectors/manufacturing-warehousing Stadiums, events and venues: https://spsgroupservices.com/sectors/stadia-events Councils and the public sector: https://spsgroupservices.com/sectors/public-sector Vacant and void property: https://spsgroupservices.com/sectors/vacant-property ## Protect in practice Real examples of clients using several SPS Group capabilities on the same site. Client names are withheld for security and confidentiality. Train is part of every one: mandatory training for all our staff (safeguarding, site inductions, health and safety), plus added-value training from a broad range of courses. Education Education ### Secondary school Clean: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning Detect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/fire-and-security-systems Protect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security Train: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training Integrate: https://spsgroupservices.com/integrated-facilities-management A secondary school where ICS Cleaning provides the cleaning, SPS Technical looks after the CCTV, fire alarm and intruder alarm systems, and SPS Security responds when an alarm goes off out of hours. Services: Cleaning · CCTV · Fire alarm system · Intruder alarm · Alarm response Education ### Multi-academy trust Clean: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning Detect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/fire-and-security-systems Maintain: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/maintenance Protect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security Train: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training Integrate: https://spsgroupservices.com/integrated-facilities-management A multi-academy trust using ICS Cleaning for contract cleaning across its schools, SPS Technical for CCTV and planned maintenance of fire and intruder alarms, and SPS Security for keyholding and alarm response, so heads and business managers aren't called out at night. Services: Contract cleaning · CCTV · Fire and intruder alarm maintenance · Keyholding · Alarm response Higher education Higher education ### University campus Clean: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning Protect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security Detect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/fire-and-security-systems Train: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training Integrate: https://spsgroupservices.com/integrated-facilities-management A multi-building university campus where cleaning, security and fire and security systems are all delivered by SPS Group's own specialist businesses: ICS Cleaning, SPS Security and SPS Technical. Services: Campus cleaning · Security officers and patrols · Fire and security systems Offices Offices ### Professional services firm An accountancy firm's offices, cleaned by ICS Cleaning, with CCTV and an intruder alarm from SPS Technical, monitored by the group's 24-hour control room and backed by SPS Security alarm response. Services: Office cleaning · CCTV · Intruder alarm · Alarm monitoring · Alarm response Property Property ### Managing agent portfolio A property managing agent using SPS Group across its buildings for cleaning, security, CCTV, open-up and lock-up, keyholding and alarm response, from one group rather than several separate suppliers. Services: Cleaning · Security · CCTV · Open-up and lock-up · Keyholding · Alarm response Manufacturing Manufacturing ### Large production site Protect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security Clean: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning Detect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/fire-and-security-systems Train: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training Integrate: https://spsgroupservices.com/integrated-facilities-management A major manufacturer where SPS Group provides security and cleaning, and SPS Technical looks after the CCTV, access control and fire alarm systems, so people, buildings and systems are covered by one group. Services: Security · Cleaning · CCTV · Access control · Fire alarm systems Energy Energy ### Critical infrastructure site Protect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security Clean: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning Train: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training Integrate: https://spsgroupservices.com/integrated-facilities-management An energy infrastructure operator using SPS Group for on-site security, mobile patrols and alarm monitoring from the group's own 24-hour control room, with cleaning provided by ICS Cleaning. Services: Security · Mobile patrols · Alarm monitoring · Cleaning Stadiums and events Stadiums and events ### Professional sports stadium A professional sports club's stadium, where SPS Security provides mobile patrols, keyholding and alarm response between fixtures, SPS Technical looks after the CCTV, and ICS Cleaning carries out specialist cleaning. Services: Specialist cleaning · Mobile patrols · Keyholding · Alarm response · CCTV Accreditations and assurance ## Why clients trust us to protect - SIA Approved Contractor, assessed by SSAIB - ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 (ISO 14001 held since 2010) - Achilles four-star sustainability rating - Own 24-hour control room in Hull - Offices in Hull, Grimsby and Lincoln All accreditations and frameworks: https://spsgroupservices.com/accreditations Where we work ## Protect across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, including Hull, Leeds, York, Sheffield, Doncaster, Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Lincoln, from offices in Hull, Grimsby and Lincoln. By area Facilities management in Hull and East Yorkshire: https://spsgroupservices.com/facilities-management/hull-east-yorkshire Facilities management in Grimsby and North East Lincolnshire: https://spsgroupservices.com/facilities-management/grimsby-north-east-lincolnshire Facilities management in Lincolnshire: https://spsgroupservices.com/facilities-management/lincolnshire Facilities management in South Yorkshire: https://spsgroupservices.com/facilities-management/south-yorkshire Facilities management in West Yorkshire: https://spsgroupservices.com/facilities-management/west-yorkshire Facilities management in York and North Yorkshire: https://spsgroupservices.com/facilities-management/york-north-yorkshire ## Protect: questions Who delivers security for SPS Group?▾ SPS Security Limited, established in Hull in 1992. It is an SIA Approved Contractor, assessed by SSAIB, with its own 24-hour control room in Hull. Are SPS Group security officers directly employed?▾ 98% of SPS Security's front-line officers are directly employed. A small amount of security work is subcontracted to vetted partners. Does SPS Group provide keyholding and alarm response?▾ Yes. SPS Security holds keys for more than 500 keyholding contracts and attends alarm activations around the clock across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Where does SPS Security operate?▾ Across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire from offices in Hull, Grimsby and Lincoln. ## All six SPS Group capabilities One group, six specialist capabilities, fully integrated. - Clean Contract, education and specialist cleaning: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning - Protect Guarding, patrols, keyholding and alarm response: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security - Detect Fire alarms, CCTV, access control and intruder alarms: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/fire-and-security-systems - Maintain PAT testing and cleaning machinery repairs: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/maintenance - Train Ongoing training for every member of staff: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training - Integrate One contract, one point of contact, one quality standard: https://spsgroupservices.com/integrated-facilities-management Facilities management guides - What is integrated facilities management?: https://spsgroupservices.com/guides/what-is-integrated-facilities-management - Soft FM vs hard FM: what's the difference?: https://spsgroupservices.com/guides/soft-fm-vs-hard-fm - 10 questions to ask a facilities management provider: https://spsgroupservices.com/guides/questions-to-ask-a-facilities-management-provider Need protect and more? 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