Send for Help Group

Send for Help Ltd
Industry Lone Worker Monitoring
Founded 2010
Headquarters 457 Kingston Road, Epsom, Surrey
Area served
 UK and Ireland
Key people
 Jan Murray (entrepreneur) Owner
Products MySOS Emergency, MySOS Mandown, Skyguard for smartphone, MicroGuard, Guardian24 for smartphone
Website http://www.sendforhelp.co.uk

Send for Help Group (founded in 2010) is the parent company of Skyguard Ltd and Bluechip Technologies Ltd (trading as Guardian24); two established lone worker protection providers.[1]

History

Send for Help Group is owned by Jan Murray, the technology entrepreneur widely known for establishing PC World Plc in 1991.[2] Between its subsidiary companies, Send for Help has a combined subscriber base of over 100,000 users across the UK and Ireland.[3]

Acquisition

Skyguard was the first sub brand acquired by Send for Help in March 2010, followed by Guardian24 in December 2014.[4][5]

Products

With both sub brands championing lone worker protection, several award winning products and services can be attributed to Send for Help. Skyguard’s product portfolio past and present includes the SG 500 device, GEMshield, MySOS Emergency, MySOS Mandown and a smartphone/tablet application, whilst Guardian24 offers the Microguard personal alarm along with the SPOT Gen3 and an application for smartphones and tablets.

Subsidiary Awards

Security & Fire Excellence Awards, 2015 – Guardian24 won this award for best deployment of Lone Worker technology with client Macmillan Cancer Support [6]

Security & Fire Excellence Awards, 2014 - Skyguard won this award for the deployment of lone worker technology at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.[7]

Lone Worker Solutions, 2014 – An independent award recognising Guardian24’s commitment to research and development [8]

IFSEC and FIREX Awards, 2013 – Guardian24 received Lone Worker Protection Service of the Year [9]

Ulster Bank Business Achiever Awards, 2011 – Guardian24 were awarded the Service Business Award to celebrate excellence and innovation in entrepreneurial companies [10]

UTV Business Eye Awards, 2011 – Guardian24 won this award for innovative research and development projects [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Send for Help". 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  2. ↑ "Skyguard Ltd". Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  3. ↑ "Send for Help". Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  4. ↑ "Guardian24". Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  5. ↑ "Health and Safety at Work". Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  6. ↑ "Security & Fire Excellence". Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  7. ↑ "IFSEC Security and Fire Awards". 2015-08-03. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  8. ↑ "Security Industry". 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  9. ↑ "Professional Security". 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  10. ↑ "Business Achiever Awards". 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  11. ↑ "PR.COM". 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
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