Joint security

One of Kent’s best-known security companies is expanding by merging with another local business.

Ashford-based Red Alert, which has been providing intruder and fire alarms, CCTV and entry systems across the south east for more than 20 years, has joined Kent and Sussex Security (KSS).

All the staff are being retained in what Red Alert managing director Clive Gawler described as “a great step forward for both companies and the customers they serve.”

Full story in next week’s Kentish Express.