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SectorGuard PLC
08 March 2006


     SectorGuard Plc / Ticker: SGD / Index: AIM / Sector: Support Services

8 March 2006

                SectorGuard Plc ('SectorGuard' or 'the Company')
                Approved Status re Private Security Industry Act


SectorGuard Plc, the AIM listed total security solutions group, has received
notification from the Security Industry Authority ("SIA") that it has met the
eligibility requirements and is one of the first companies to have been accepted
within the Approved Contractor Scheme ("ACS") for the private security industry
which will be launched on 20 March 2006.

As an Approved Contractor, SectorGuard will be subjected to a quality audit to
ensure it maintains the standards set down within the ACS.  One key benefit of
being a member of the ACS is that SectorGuard will be able to deploy security
officers who have successfully completed their training and applied for their
licence, but have yet to have formally received their licence.  This will allow
SectorGuard to respond more rapidly to the changing requirements of its clients.


SectorGuard CEO David Marks said: "The ACS represents a new era for the private
security industry, and one which sees the tightening of regulations which should
benefit those security companies that place the necessary focus on compliance
and professionalism.  This is an extremely important scheme, so I am delighted
that SectorGuard is one of the first companies to be accredited with the
approved contractor status.   Not only will it enable our clients to gauge the
quality of services available, but it will also increase public confidence in
the private security industry as a whole."


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Contacts:

David Marks                        SectorGuard Plc        Tel: 01992 701 940
                                                          Mob: 07734 051 547

Hugo de Salis/Isabel Crossley      St Brides Media        Tel: 020 7242 4477


Notes re the ACS:

Under The Private Security Industry Act 2001 the SIA was required to establish a
"system of inspection for providers of security services, under which those
organisations who satisfactorily meet the agreed standards may be registered as
approved, and may advertise themselves as such".  The objective of the ACS is to
raise performance standards and to assist the private security industry in
developing new opportunities.


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