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Corporate Security · Birmingham & West Midlands

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Corporate security services from Fortico place SIA licensed officers in your office, headquarters or shared building to manage who comes in, protect your people and secure the premises once the working day ends. Officers work in business dress or full uniform, depending on how visible you want security to be.

Every plan starts with how your building actually runs: the entrances, the visitor flow, the contractors and the hours it sits empty. From there we set clear duties, brief the officers and support every shift from our 24/7 control room.

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  • SIA licensed officers
  • BS 7858 screened
  • Uniformed or plainclothes
  • 24/7 control room
Office Security Explained

More than a guard at the front desk

Good office security is mostly unnoticed. Corporate security services keep the entrance under control, the people inside safe, confidential material where it belongs and the building locked down after hours, without slowing the working day.

Most problems in an office start at the door, and very few involve force. Someone follows a colleague through a swipe gate. A courier walks past reception and up to a floor. A former employee turns up unannounced. A contractor keeps a fob long after the job has finished. A trained officer spots these moments, asks the right question politely and deals with them before they become incidents.

Shared and multi-tenant buildings add another layer. One entrance serves several companies, each with its own visitors, deliveries and rules. Our officers work from an agreed list of who may go where, confirm with the host before anyone goes up, and keep a separate record for each tenant. In serviced offices, where members come and go month to month, that discipline matters even more.

Reception security is one part of the picture. If you mainly need a well-presented, licensed officer on the front desk, our concierge and reception security is built for that. Corporate security goes wider: floor patrols, car park checks, lock-up, overnight cover, incident management and security for company events. For a dedicated officer on a larger commercial site, see manned guarding.

From our Birmingham base we cover offices across the city and the wider West Midlands, from city centre buildings in the Colmore Business District and around Brindleyplace to business parks off the M42 in Solihull. We also cover offices in Coventry, Wolverhampton and Walsall.

What's Included

What our office security guards take care of

Duties are written into a brief for your building. These are the tasks corporate clients most often ask us to cover.

Visitor screening and sign-in

Visitors are checked against expected arrivals, signed in, issued a pass and met by their host. Sign-in records are kept out of view of other visitors.

Access control and tailgating

Officers watch turnstiles, swipe doors and side entrances, challenge anyone following others through, and report doors that are propped open or faulty.

Contractor control

Contractors are checked against booked work, given access only to the areas they need, and signed out with passes and keys returned.

Uniformed or plainclothes

Business dress for a client-facing lobby, uniform where a visible deterrent helps. You choose the presence that suits your building and your brand.

Out-of-hours and overnight cover

Evening, overnight and weekend officers who patrol floors and car parks, manage late workers and out-of-hours deliveries, and keep the building secure.

Lock-up and end-of-day checks

Doors, windows and meeting rooms are checked at close. Sensitive papers or laptops left on view are secured and reported to you.

Getting Started

How we set up corporate cover

  1. 01

    Walk the building

    We tour your entrances, reception, floors and car park with you, map the visitor flow and note any past incidents or near misses.

  2. 02

    Write the brief

    Written instructions set out duties, who may enter which areas, escalation contacts and how each type of incident is handled.

  3. 03

    Select and brief officers

    We pick officers for the setting, confirm their SIA licence and screening, and brief them on site. We can deploy within 24 hours of confirming requirements.

  4. 04

    Report and review

    You receive a written record of each shift and any incident. When tenants move, floors are refitted or new concerns appear, the brief is updated to match.

Why Fortico

Corporate security guards chosen for the setting

Selected for manner, not only training

Officers in corporate roles meet your clients, candidates and senior staff. We choose people who are calm, well presented and clear when they speak.

Discreet by default

Problems are handled quietly and away from visitors where possible. Officers are briefed to treat what they see and hear in your building as confidential.

Controlled escalation

Every incident follows the steps agreed in your brief, from a polite word to calling your contact or the police, and is documented in full.

SIA licence and BS 7858 screening

Contracted officers who guard premises must hold an SIA licence. We check each licence before deployment and screen every officer to BS 7858.

Patrols you can check

Out-of-hours patrols are logged in Guard Track Pro with checkpoint scans, timestamps and photos, visible on a live dashboard.

Support through the night

Our 24/7 control room stays in contact with officers on late shifts, and can watch your cameras too through CCTV monitoring.

Who We Protect

Workplaces that use corporate security

Headquarters and head offices

Buildings where senior teams, board meetings and important visitors call for a composed, professional front of house.

Multi-tenant office buildings

One reception serving several occupiers, with separate visitor rules and records for each tenant.

Serviced and flexible offices

Changing membership, meeting room guests and day passes, all needing a consistent check at the door.

Business parks

Several buildings, shared car parks and open grounds. Officers can combine a reception post with patrols of the wider site.

Professional services firms

Legal, finance and advisory offices where confidentiality shapes how visitors, post and meeting rooms are handled.

Corporate events

Conferences, AGMs, launches and staff parties, in your building or at a hired venue. See event security.

Related Services

Works well alongside corporate security

Manned Guarding

Static officers for warehouses, sites and larger commercial premises, on shift for the hours you set.

Key Holding & Alarm Response

Officers who hold your keys and attend when your office alarm goes off.

Event Security

Licensed officers for conferences, launches and company events.

FAQs

Common questions

Typically visitor screening and sign-in, access control, contractor management, front-of-house security, floor and car park patrols, lock-up, out-of-hours cover and incident response. The exact duties are agreed with you and written into a brief for your building.

Talk to us about your office security

Tell us about your building, its entrances and the hours you need covered. We will suggest a plan and send you a free quote.

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