UK security specialist to go global with Middle Eastern division

This announcement comes as the firm seeks to finalise negotiations on a number of contracts with several blue chip organisations, which operate in the United Arab Emirates.

Octavian Security LLC will be offering its own unique brand of manned security services to the region's retail, logistics, distribution and warehousing, outside broadcast and professional and financial market sectors.

The company is headed up by chairman, Obaid Khalfan, a prestigious Dubai citizen and ex-Head of the Jebel Ali Freezone & Ports Security, in partnership with Dubai based organisation, the Palmon Group and Sukhi Ghuman, managing director of Octavian Security Ltd.

Says Obaid Khalfan:

"Dubai needs companies like Octavian Security LLC - young organisations that are service-obsessed and flexible and innovative in their approach."

"I have been working extremely hard with my business partners to develop security solutions tailored to blue chip companies operating in Dubai - we understand that in order for our clients to be able to deliver their world-class services, they need partners who can re-write the rules of security to suit their requirements and their specific business environments."

Octavian Security Ltd is currently the UK market leader in outside broadcast security and a pioneer in retail, logistics, distribution and warehousing, and the professional and financial services markets. It is renowned in the UK for its efforts to change the face of the security market, seeking to instil levels of professionalism, discipline and officer development previously unseen in the UK market. Managing director of Octavian Security Ltd, Sukhi Ghuman is confident that as a director of Octavian Security LLC, he can help to deliver the same successful operation in Dubai:

"My company has invested an enormous amount of time developing its officers as well as its operational systems, which has helped us to build close working relationships with our clients and assisted in the company's rapid growth."

"Our current European operations show that our philosophy for security provision travels well and our base of clients that includes the BBC, BSkyB, Sainsbury's, Royal Ascot and Able UK is evidence that we already operate at the highest levels. I have complete confidence that we will continue to deliver and exceed the same high standards in Dubai."

Octavian's Dubai division represents the company's first venture outside of the European Union, where it currently operates in the Republic of Ireland, Holland and of course the UK.

Octavian Security LLC has already appointed a world-class security professional as its operations manager - former South African Military Intelligence Service major, Hermanus Smith, whose portfolio of experience includes devising and implementing key anti-terrorism, public disorder, surveillance and crowd management strategies in a number of countries across the world.