The U.K. population is undoubtedly a much-surveyed one; the country presents a tightly controlled and regulated security industry. Its surveillance market is the biggest in the world; its electronic security market is the most mature in Europe. A&S sat down with vendors, market researchers, analysts, educators, standards inspectors, trade association leaders, government organizations, consortium members and one academic to find out about the state of play.
The U.K. population is undoubtedly a much-surveyed one; the country presents a tightly controlled and regulated security industry. Its surveillance market is the biggest in the world; its electronic security market is the most mature in Europe. A&S sat down with vendors, market researchers, analysts, educators, standards inspectors, trade association leaders, government organizations, consortium members and one academic to find out about the state of play.

The overall U.K. economy has a healthy short-term outlook with buoyant growth rates, low unemployment and low interest rates, allied to a ...