NEWS RELEASE

Issued: Tuesday 4 October 2011 for immediate release
Our reference: ADS PR 2011 045

UK TRADE GROUPS INCREASE SECURITY SECTOR SERVICE OFFERING

Security Innovation and Technology Consortium joins with ADS to boost support for Members

ADS today (Tuesday) is pleased to announce that the Security Innovation and Technology Consortium (SITC) will work together with ADS to further strengthen the offering to Members of both organisations.

At an extraordinary general meeting on 20 July 2011 the Members of SITC agreed unanimously to the proposal and this has also been agreed by the ADS Executive.

The agreement means that all 511 SITC Members will have a choice of being:
1. A fully paid up ADS Member which includes free access to SITC.
2. A SITC Member only, with access to limited additional ADS services at a lower cost than 1 above.
3. Affiliate SITC Member with limited access to SITC services, and no access to ADS services, free of charge.

Ian Godden, Chairman of ADS, said:

“The Security sector in the UK is at the forefront of the world’s policing and counter-terror operations.  Working with SITC ensures that we can deliver even stronger support to our Members while they support the authorities that keep us safe both at home and overseas.  The UK economy will benefit greatly from their success.  Our commitment to our Members now, as always, is to deliver even greater benefits to them as a result of this agreement.”

ENDS

For more information please see the attached news release.