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Security firm sees business boom

TWO former doormen who set up a security firm three years ago are targeting continued success after seeing their business substantially grow.

T3 Security was launched by friends Peter Moore and Richard Townsend in 2012, initially supplying just two venues with staff.

Today, the company, which is based at Gosforth in Newcastle, employs 100 staff and has a portfolio of over 40 locations across the North East.

Turnover has also increased year on year, with further growth expected in the next financial year.

T3 Security’s client base includes pub chains John Fitzgerald, Tavistock Leisure and Wear Inns as well as clubs and eateries in locations from Blyth in Northumberland, Newcastle, Whitley Bay, Sunderland, Washington, Hartlepool and Stockton, on Teesside. Richard, a dad-of-two, from Jarrow, said: “We’ve come a long way since we started three years ago and it’s a great feeling seeing our workforce and portfolio grow.

“We supply stafff to venues in all corners of the region, from Blyth and Newcastle to Sunderland, Durham and Stockton. Considering we started with two pubs on our books, that’s pretty impressive growth and we’re really proud of what we’ve achieved.”

Peter and Richard’s workforce of 100 male and female door supervisors, aged from 20 up to mid 50s, are all registered with the Security Industry Authority (SIA), the regulating body with whom T3 has approved contractor status.

Peter and Richard’s aim is to provide a professional service tailored to each establishment’s needs, and feel strongly about shrugging off the age-old image of the ‘bouncer’.

Father-of-three Peter, 35, from Longbenton, added: “We pride ourselves on the professional service we offer our clients.

“I’ve been in the industry for 17 years and it’s changed a lot in that time. When I first started, doormen didn’t have to have badges and they weren’t regulated or registered. Now it’s all changed for the better and we pride ourselves on doing everything by the book.”

T3 has also taken on several troubled venues, some of which were threatened with closure, and have helped turn them around.

One such bar previously saw police record 26 serious incidents within a six-month period from September 2014 to April 2015, which included revellers suffering injuries such as broken jaws, fractured skulls, and others being knocked unconscious.

T3 Security was appointed, and in the three months from April to July this year, there were only three incidents, none of which required police action.

The dramatic reduction in violence was the main factor in local authority licensing committee members allowing the pub to keep its licence and carry on trading.

Peter added: “It’s so satisfying to be able to help turn around a pub from being somewhere that people are worried about going to because of previous violence, to a safe place where they can enjoy socialising.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Felicity Collinson .