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Matt Gilmartin talks Connected on Security Matters podcast

07th November 2024

Jack Cunnington

It's live! The conversation between Concept Smoke Screen’s Matt Gilmartin and Security Matters magazine editor Brian Sims that we previewed here has dropped – that’s the official lingo – and it’s introduced in textual form by Brian here.

3 min

30 Years of Smoke Screen

07th November 2024

Matt Gilmartin

Company co-founder Carl Gibbard looks back to the beginnings of Smoke Screen in the long-ago days of the early 1990s...

3 min

Our ground-breaking partnership with Criminologists at UoL

07th November 2024

Jack Cunnington

In a first of its kind initiative, Concept Smoke Screen is partnering with criminologists from the University of Lincoln to assess the impact of their systems on retail loss prevention and on crime in surrounding communities.

3 min

Security fog kept RAF carrier aircraft flying

07th November 2024

Scott Ballard

Carl Gibbard relates the strange tale of the way Concept Smoke Screen helped keep Hercules transport planes in the air.

4 min

What is Secured by Design?

07th November 2024

Jack Cunnington

Secured by Design, What is it?

3 min

Carl Asks: Are PCCs good value for money?

07th November 2024

Jack Cunnington

Our very own former crime fighter Carl Gibbard casts an eye over the work of Police and Crime Commissioners, and wonders if they are offering good value for money.

2 min

Meet the Sales and Service Administrator

07th November 2024

Scott Ballard

Who is Sophie? And what does she do at Smoke Screen?

2 min

Do media campaigns to reduce knife crime work?

07th November 2024

Scott Ballard

Researchers examine the effectiveness of 'fear-based' anti-knife crime campaigns.

3 min

It's Time For The Private Security Industry To Evolve

07th November 2024

Scott Ballard

If the security business wants to remain relevant and vital in the 21st century, the industry has two key issues it needs to tackle head on. The time for change is here. Let's talk about how that change can be achieved.