Security Services in Solihull

In Solihull our work is weighted towards corporate premises, managed business parks and events, where reception security and access control matter as much as overnight protection.

The Solihull commercial landscape

Much of Solihull’s commercial activity is concentrated in the area the West Midlands Combined Authority calls the UK Central Hub: roughly 1,300 hectares around junction 6 of the M42. It contains Birmingham Airport, the NEC, Birmingham International station, Birmingham Business Park and Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull plant on Lode Lane. Further south, Blythe Valley Business Park near M42 junction 4 is another office and research location in the borough.

The main development site is Arden Cross, around 140 hectares east of the NEC, where HS2’s Interchange station is planned. The landowner consortium is planning a mixed-use district with up to six million sq ft of commercial space and up to 3,000 homes. Timings depend on the wider HS2 programme, so we treat Arden Cross as a long-term pipeline of enabling works and phased construction, not a single project.

Solihull town centre, around Touchwood and the high street, adds retail and evening-economy premises. North Solihull, around Chelmsley Wood, has housing-led regeneration and local centres of its own.

Local security requirements

Solihull clients usually expect corporate-standard presentation and documented procedures. Points we cover at survey stage include:

• reception and visitor procedures, including how officers handle couriers, contractors and VIP visitors;
• shared-site arrangements on business parks, where landlord and tenant security responsibilities differ;
• event-specific risk assessments for exhibitions, including whether any role needs an SIA Door Supervisor licence;
• CCTV signage and data handling under UK GDPR for parks with shared camera systems;
• out-of-hours alarm response for offices that close at weekends.

How we mobilise and manage contracts here

We survey each Solihull site, agree assignment instructions, brief the officers assigned to your contract and carry out supervisory visits during the term. Patrol vehicles are marked and satellite-tracked, and each visit generates a digital report. Because the borough is next door to our office, managers can attend for reviews and incidents without an overnight trip. Start dates and attendance times are agreed for each site rather than promised in advance.