Draft:First Response Group

First Response Group (FRG), formally First Response Guarding LTD,  is a British security guard and multiservice company. First Response Group provides security, access control, property risk management, CCTV, and site logistic services.

History
The company was founded and incorporated in May 2007 as a Private Limited Company by principal founder Jamal Tahlil and co-founder Edgar Chibaka. The company is based in Leeds, United Kingdom with eight regional office locations and employs over 1,200 individuals.


 * In 2018, the First Response Group acquired the now-dissolved Robinsons M&E, a Private Limited Company that specialized in the delivery of electrical, air conditioning, and commercial boiler installation.
 * In September 2018, it acquired Apardion Limited, a Private Limited Company based in Aberdeen, Scotland that provides multi-service and security assistance.
 * In 2021, FRG coordinated and implemented security services for the COVID-19 Oxford Vaccine Trial conducted by the University of Oxford.
 * In 2023, the First Response Group acquired the Wembly-based Integrated Security Consultants, also branded ISC, which specializes in security and consultative services.
 * In May 2024, FRG signed a three-year security guarding contract with English Heritage, a charity responsible for over 400 historic English sites.

Charity
In January 2021, First Response Group began supporting Education for Africa, sponsoring a feeding programme initiative for the Isiolo Children’s Home in Kenya for local orphans and at-risk children. Company members completed the National Three Peaks Challenge to raise funds for the charity.

Jamal Thalil
Jamal Thalil was born in the East African country, Somalia. He joined the board of directors of Robinsons MEA, Rocool, and Apardion in 2018. In August 2019 he became a member of the board of directors of Gemini Rail Services Limited, a private transport repair and alternation business based in Wolverton, England. In February 2021, alongside co-fouunder Edgar Chibaka, he was named Black British Businesspeople of the Year by the Black British Business Awards (BBBA).

Edgar Chibaka
Edgar Chibaka was born in Rumphi, Malawi. In 2020 he was elected to serve on the executive board the Malawi-UK Business Group as chairman. He is the Managing Director of Robinsons MEA Limited, a company based in Harrogate, England, that specializes in electrical, heat, air-conditioning, and plumbing installation among other support services.

Simon Alderson
Simon Alderson was appointed CEO of FRG in February 2018. He previously served as the UK commercial director of VPS Holdings Limited. He was elected chairman of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) in 2013.

Awards

 * In June 2021, FRG received the Recognised Service Provider Award from the Living Wage Foundation.
 * In 2022, the company was awarded the Security Guarding Company of the Year award at the Security & Fire Excellence Awards.
 * In December 2023, FRG was named the Contract Security Team of the Year & received the Outsourced Security Manager of the Year awards at the Security & Fire Excellence Awards for security services the company provides to the Wembley National Stadium.
 * In February 2024, FRG was awarded the Outstanding Contract Security Company award from the Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs).
 * In May 2024, FRG received the Entrepreneurial Business of the Year award at the Security and Safety Entrepreneur Awards (SSEAs).