As part of its 40th (Ruby) birthday celebrations, security and fire specialists, GBSG hosted a “Hunt the Ruby” event in Donington last week (16th August). 25 people from the village turned out to scour the local park and surrounding areas to seek out the 60 rubies that had been hidden by the company’s intrepid Marketing Coordinator Eleanor Jackson.
The largest, an 80mm ruby (disguised as a paperweight), came with a reward of a £50 gift voucher for Chief Explorers, Thomas Howsam and Clare Ward.
There were rewards for finding the smaller rubies too. Scarlett and Amber received a £25 gift voucher for the second largest ruby
George Pitts secured the £10 voucher.
A number of smaller rubies were collected and handed in for sweets and sensory toys.
Upon arrival and after the event, participants were treated to refreshments of fresh fruit, cupcakes and biscuits.
” It was a fantastic morning that successfully brought part of our community together for the race to the rubies,” Eleanor Jackson, Marketing Coordinator said.
“We are proud of what we have achieved in the last 40 years and we hope to continue to build the business into the future, creating opportunities for people in the local commnunity.”
Forty Years in the making
In 1984 GB Alarms began and its first large CCTV install was undertaken. Stephen Wright (Chairman) joined George Barnsdale and Sons and created GB Alarms. When Neil Jackson (Managing Director/Partner) joined in 1990, the company won its first big guarding contract and ever since then the business has flourished and grown. 10 years after the beginning of GB Alarms, the monitoring station was up and running and the company began installing and remotely monitoring CCTV systems.
In 2009 GB Alarms was rebranded to become GBSG, and just 3 years later had its first fully integrated alarm and RVRC when it had ESI software installed in the control room. It started its first solar farm installation, which has led on to many solar farms around the UK being secured by the company. In 2017 GBSG became the largest provider of solar farm security in the UK and also expanded into mainland Europe with remotely monitored detection activated CCTV.
In 2019 GBSG had its 35th birthday and then the world suffered from the Corona Virus. The business stayed strong throughout the pandemic and spent the following period catching up on all missed works and maintenance projects.
This year, the company is celebrating its 40th birthday as a business. It has added a ruby shield to its brand for the entire year and has planned events and staff appreciation days throughout.
