The forecast for the long weekend is doing its usual back and forth, so we won’t pretend to know whether the barbeque covers come off or stay on.
What we can tell you is that our service desk is open the whole way through. Bank holiday or not, the team is on hand for any non-barbeque-related emergencies across your sites.
If something needs us over the weekend, the line is staffed.
In case you missed it 👀
April brought a few quiet milestones at the Stevenage office.
Our awards wall has grown again. A decade of team photos, project moments and charity efforts, all in one place; a useful reminder of how much ground the team has covered together.
Getting the service engineers in the same room is rare, given how spread out everyone is across the country. April gave us that chance, and the day was as much about catching up properly as it was about the technical agenda.
Our latest Case Study, featuring the Royal Shakespeare Company has been released and is now available to view on our website.
The new building signage finally went up too. If you come off the A1 into Stevenage, you can spot us now without needing the postcode.
A small slice of the month, but the kind of moments that tell you where a company is heading.
The service team descended on Stevenage again recently for a get-together at HQ - Apologies to our neighbours for taking all the parking!
Our engineers are spread nationally, so getting everyone in the same room at the same time is a rare thing.
It’s good for the team and good for the collaboration that follows when people have had the chance to catch up face-to-face.
The morning was given over to updates from across the service side of the business, with the afternoon making space for lunch and (more than a few) laughs once the business of the day was done!
Days like this are a small thing in the grand scheme, but they make a difference to how a service team functions when they are working independently and back out on the road.
Every installation starts with the same conversation:
Before we talk about camera positions or cable routes, we talk about how everyone gets home safe at the end of the day. That conversation matters more than anything else we do.
Our colleagues work at height. They work on live sites, in plant rooms, on rooftops, in busy public spaces. The environments change constantly, but the commitment to keeping people safe cannot.
Health and safety is what makes every project possible. It allows us to deliver the standard of work our clients expect, on the sites where they need us most. Without it, nothing else functions.
It also runs deeper than compliance; the people doing this work are our colleagues. We know their names, their families and the pride they take in their work. Protecting them is personal.
We are grateful to everyone around us who shares that commitment, and hold the same standards on their own sites and with everyone who walks through the entrance.. That alignment matters.
Today is World Day for Safety and Health at Work. For us, it lands the same way every other day does. Because this is the work that sits underneath all the other work.
The installation team have been hard at work through the first quarter of this year, completing a network and camera upgrade for a town centre client.
The job has seen around two kilometres of fibre optic cabling installed across the site, providing reliable hardwired connectivity to support the upgrade of a number of cameras and video recorders.
Credit to the old Spectras that were on site when we arrived. They were old enough to drive, and still just about working. A testament to the engineering of their day, and a reminder that CCTV kit put in well tends to stay in service far longer than anyone expects.
Hardware refreshes like this are about more than keeping a system running. A well-designed upgrade should actively support the security team doing their job, by giving them the function and reliability they need to make confident decisions on the ground.
If your system is due a review, get in touch with the team.
St George's Day is a good moment to think about the places that make up everyday life in England.
The high streets, shopping centres, and town squares our team works across every week are the fabric of local communities. They are important third spaces and services for everyone that uses them - keeping them safe and well-run is important and complex work, done mostly out of sight, but it is the kind of work that underpins a functioning public realm.
We are proud to be a UK business supporting English councils, retail destinations, and commercial estates up and down the country. From Chelmsford to Epping Forest, Hemel Hempstead to Stratford-upon-Avon, the projects we take on are tied to real places and real people.
Here is to the towns, cities, and communities we get to work alongside.
The next generation of intrusion detection?
The Link team have been testing a radar detection system from Magos Systems, integrated with a Hanwha PTZ camera.
This allows for not only extreme long-range detection (unaffected by lighting and weather conditions), but also real-time control of associated cameras for automatic intruder tracking.
Of course, there are systems out there providing similar functions – auto-tracking PTZs, red wall detectors, acoustic cable and so on. However this tends to rely on a lot of devices on-or-near the perimeter of sites, which can be costly. Not necessarily in the detectors, but in the installation.
With radar detection, the key is being able to deliver coverage with a minimum of devices.
No need for camera column after camera column; extensive civils; long cable pulls, and so on – just a couple of locations for radar detectors, paired with high-zoom PTZs.
Let the radar provide the detection, send the alarm, and take control of the PTZ to track the intrusion.
Even in poor visibility, where video-based detection would fall down. And for a much lower total cost than traditional fenceline detection.
Worth a watch if you manage a large site or estate.
Want to find out more? Drop us a message!
📢 Now Hiring! We are looking for a Senior Security Systems Engineer to join the team.
This is a field-based role, covering our London patch - suited to someone currently working in a technical environment within the Electronic Security Industry, who thrives working in a busy and rewarding environment
The Link 90 Minute™ model means you manage your own time and diary within a clear framework, giving you autonomy. You will own your accounts across the full commercial and technical lifecycle, and be supported to upskill continuously as technology evolves.
We work across more than 30% of UK Shopping Centres, as well as large national companies and government and education accounts. The work is varied, the clients are highly reputable, and the team around you are knowledgeable with decades of experience
If you have a strong track record in electronic security, live within South East London, and are looking for a role where your contribution is recognised and rewarded, we would love to hear from you.
Drop us an email with your CV today 📨
We have a growing awards and achievements wall at Link CCTV headquarters, bringing together a decade of team photos, project milestones, charity challenges, and the moments that define who we've become as a company – not including everything we have forgotten to document along the way!
What’s on the wall: Team photos from remarkable projects through the years; our Link CCTV Awards winners, and the faces behind the projects; charity challenge’s we’ve completed, youngsters we’ve sponsored; and partner levels with suppliers.
Growth isn't just about revenue numbers or headcount increases. It's about the collective achievements that got us here, and the people who have contributed and developed along the way. The Yorkshire 3 Peaks. The Chilterns 50km Ultra Challenge. The partnerships we've earned through consistent delivery. The projects that challenged us to be better.
Every framed photo represents people working together toward something bigger than individual success. From small beginnings, to Elite+ partnerships with industry leaders, this wall tells the story of a team that's built something worth being proud of.
Not just what we've achieved, but how we achieved it together and the impact its made on us.
The journey is as important as the destination, after all!
Here's to the next decade of adding to the wall
🎭 Unifying security across a world-famous cultural estate.
We've just published a case study on our work with The Royal Shakespeare Company, transforming their fragmented CCTV infrastructure into a single, unified Avigilon platform across multiple buildings in Stratford-upon-Avon.
The project demonstrates what's possible when you approach security infrastructure holistically rather than building piecemeal additions over time. Heritage buildings, public spaces, back-of-house operations, and education facilities all protected under one coordinated system.
Read the full case study to see how we worked within listed building constraints and conservation requirements to deliver modern security without compromising historic fabric.
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Happy Easter Bank Holiday weekend from all of us at Link CCTV Systems!
Whilst a welcome long weekend, Easter can create gaps and disruptions to staffing and response needs across the board. The pain this creates can be especially acute if you have a critical failure on the busiest weekend of the year so far for many of our clients.
With Link CCTV, you can relax and enjoy the easter weekend properly. No need to wait for three days to fix the problem - Link’s service desk is open and ready to help 24/7
📰 In case you missed it: March at Link CCTV Systems.
A busy month across the board. Here's some of what we've been up to:
Retail Destinations Live, at Emirates Old Trafford Manchester – Great to be back connecting with retail partners and discussing how security infrastructure supports modern retail destinations and placemaking.
Genetec visit, at their London offices – Hands-on time with Security Centre, exploring seamless links between cloud and on-premise systems. The kind of platform flexibility that solves real operational challenges.
Jodie's 30th birthday – We said goodbye to Jodie's twenties with a proper send-off at the office. Seven years at Link and still lighting up rooms while solving everyone's biggest headaches.
From industry events to team milestones, March reminded us why we enjoy what we do. Looking forward to what April brings.
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