An expanding security risk management consultancy has chosen Fareham Innovation Centre in Hampshire as its new UK base.
SIACO, founded by owner director Lewis Loveless just over two years ago, has officially moved into Fareham Innovation Centre.
The independent firm consults clients across the UK mainland in public and private sectors.
Valuable opportunity for growth
Lewis said: ‘Since starting out in early 2023, we have conducted our business across the UK remotely, utilising associate networks, public meeting spaces whilst on the road and a virtual office in London.
‘After a period of strong consultancy growth and new strategic partnerships forming, we are ready to establish a physical base and have selected Hampshire’s Fareham Innovation Centre for this next exciting chapter of our journey.
‘Our new base will enable us to develop our nationwide capability and collaborate with associates and clients, as well as be around other businesses and like-minded people.’
He added: ‘Fareham Innovation Centre provides an outstanding opportunity for us to grow and develop relationships and operations in a significant and strategic location, alongside companies operating in the same sectors as SIACO.’
Stephen Brownlie is the Centre Director at Fareham Innovation Centre, which has nearly 60 innovation-led companies on site.
He said: ‘Lewis and his team are well placed here for strategic growth, including working collaboratively with occupiers here from our range of gateway sectors – aviation, aerospace engineering, advanced manufacturing and marine.‘SIACO’s mission is to optimise security operations for clients to ensure, alongside partners, that their security operations are sufficient, efficient and proportional to risk.
‘In a world of volatility, having latest protocols and processes in place, and ones that are tried and tested in real time to expose fault lines and weaknesses, means there is less likely to be any single or multiple points of operational and management failure in a crisis.’
An Innovation Ecosystem
Fareham Innovation Centre, operated by Oxford Innovation Space on behalf of Fareham Borough Council, has become a hotbed for innovation-led enterprises. Celebrating its tenth anniversary this summer, the centre hosts nearly 60 companies with a record 96% occupancy rate and more than 350 professionals on site daily.
With 55 offices, 20 workshops, event suites and dedicated meeting rooms, the facility also provides tailored business support and regular networking events. Over 250 companies have thrived here—many tapping into bespoke strategic advice from the centre’s in-house Innovation Director.
For SIACO, the move represents more than bricks and mortar—it’s a leap into a more connected, agile future with enhanced ability to serve its nationwide clientele. As the firm continues to grow, Fareham Innovation Centre looks set to play a central role in its evolution.
