A Scottish network infrastructure installer reports £400,000 of business in the past six months for its recently expanded security division.
Xtreme Business Solutions says it noticed increasing demand from clients for security systems. In early 2016, the firm appointed Daryn Peters as security project manager to develop that area of the business.
The Aberdeenshire-based firm, which also has a base in Dalgety Bay, Fife, has widened the range of products it supplies and installs. Alongside IP CCTV (internet protocol), door entry and access control systems, it now provides wired and wireless intruder alarms, emergency disabled call systems and vehicular and personnel security access barriers. Different products can be designed to work together for monitored access and safety.
Those contracts in the past six months have covered a range of projects and industries across Scotland. The firm has installed disabled person refuge, fire alarm and nurse call systems in a number of nursing homes, IP CCTV networks on construction sites and in the new Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh, and security access systems featuring number plate recognition cameras for food and drink producers.
Across other areas of its business Xtreme is seeing growth which has led to it adding seven staff to its 52-strong workforce. Three of these new starts will work in the security division.
Graeme Duncan, pictured, Xtreme’s managing director, said: “Over the last couple of years we have seen a steady increase in demand from clients across all sectors for security related products. Various factors have driven this growth, but among the most dominant are the safety and security of personnel and premises, which can stem from an employer’s duty of care and also concerns about potential criminal or terrorist threats.
“Technological advances have revolutionised the security industry, allowing various systems to be integrated with one another to provide a very robust monitoring network. IP CCTV has changed the way in which video footage is captured, reviewed and analysed thanks to higher resolution, wirelessly linked cameras and the ability for systems to be accessed remotely.
“We have started this year strongly. Recent contracts have led to us strengthening our workforce with seven recent starts, which supplement the apprentices we recruited at the beginning of 2016. Daryn’s appointment has driven the security division forward and his knowledge and experience in the sector ensures that Xtreme will continue to offer the best of breed products to our clients.”
About Xtreme Business Solutions
Established in 2003, and based in Westhill, the firm designs, supplies and installs IT network infrastructure across a range of industry sectors nationally and internationally. Visit www.xtremesolutionsltd.com.
