Industry Lone Worker Monitoring Founded 2010 | Headquarters Epsom, United Kingdom Area served United Kingdom | |
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Key people Jan Murray (entrepreneur) Owner Products MySOS Emergency, MySOS Mandown, Skyguard for smartphone, MicroGuard, Guardian24 for smartphone Website | ||
Send for Help Group (founded in 2010) is the parent company of Skyguard Ltd and Guardian24 Ltd; two established lone worker protection providers.
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History
Send for Help Group was founded by James and William Murray in 2010 and backed by Jan Murray, the technology entrepreneur widely known for establishing PC World Plc in 1991. Between its subsidiary companies, Send for Help has a combined subscriber base of over 100,000 users across the UK and Ireland.
In December 2016, Send For Help was announced as one of Britain’s fastest growing companies. The Fast Track 100 list, which is published annually in The Sunday Times, ranks Britain’s top 100 private companies with the fastest growing sales over their latest three years. The company ranks at no. 47 in the 2016 league table.
Acquisition
Skyguard was the first sub brand acquired by Send for Help in March 2010, followed by Guardian24 in December 2014.
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. A Bluetooth button accessory has recently been added to both brand's portfolios.
Subsidiary Awards
Security & Fire Excellence Awards, 2015 – Guardian24 won this award for best deployment of Lone Worker technology with client Macmillan Cancer Support
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.
Lone Worker Solutions, 2014 – An independent award recognising Guardian24’s commitment to research and development
IFSEC and FIREX Awards, 2013 – Guardian24 received Lone Worker Protection Service of the Year
Ulster Bank Business Achiever Awards, 2011 – Guardian24 were awarded the Service Business Award to celebrate excellence and innovation in entrepreneurial companies
UTV Business Eye Awards, 2011 – Guardian24 won this award for innovative research and development projects