detailed explanation for each SIC code - Biffa

UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 – SIC(2007)
Explanatory Notes
80 Security and investigation activities
This division includes security-related services such as: investigation and detective services; guard and patrol services; picking up
and delivering money, receipts, or other valuable items with personnel and equipment to protect such properties while in
transit; operation of electronic security alarm systems, such as burglar and fire alarms, where the activity focuses on remote
monitoring these systems, but often involves also sale, installation and repair services. If the latter components are provided
separately, they are excluded from this division and classified in retail sale, construction etc.
80.1 Private security activities
80.10 Private security activities
This class includes the provision of one or more of the following: guard and patrol services, picking up and delivering money,
receipts, or other valuable items with personnel and equipment to protect such properties while in transit.
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armoured car services
bodyguard services
polygraph services
fingerprinting services
security guard services
security shredding of information on any media
This class excludes:
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public order and safety activities, see 84.24
80.2 Security systems service activities
80.20 Security systems service activities
This class includes:
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monitoring or remote monitoring of electronic security alarm systems, such as burglar and fire alarms, including their
installation and maintenance
installing, repairing, rebuilding, and adjusting mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes and security vaults in
connection with later monitoring and remote monitoring
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The units carrying out these activities may also engage in selling such security systems, mechanical or electronic locking devices,
safes and security vaults.
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installation of security systems, such as burglar and fire alarms, without later monitoring, see 43.21
retail sale of electrical security alarm systems, mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes and security vaults in specialised
stores, without monitoring, installation or maintenance services, see 47.59
security consultants, see 74.90
public order and safety activities, see 84.24
providing key duplication services, see 95.29
80.3 Investigation activities
80.30 Investigation activities
This class includes:
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investigation and detective service activities
activities of all private investigators, independent of the type of client or purpose of investigation
81 Services to buildings and landscape activities
This division includes the provision of a number of general support services, such as the provision of a combination of support
services within a client’s facilities, the interior and exterior cleaning of buildings of all types, cleaning of industrial machinery,
cleaning of trains, buses, planes, etc., cleaning of the inside of road and sea tankers, disinfecting and exterminating activities for
buildings, ships, trains, etc., bottle cleaning, street sweeping, snow and ice removal, provision of landscape care and
maintenance services and provision of these services along with the design of landscape plans and/or the construction (i.e.
installation) of walkways, retaining walls, decks, fences, ponds, and similar structures.
81.1 Combined facilities support activities
81.10 Combined facilities support activities
This class includes the provision of a combination of support services within a client’s facilities. These services include general
interior cleaning, maintenance, trash disposal, guard and security, mail routing, reception, laundry and related services to
support operations within facilities. These support activities are performed by operating staff who are not involved with or
responsible for the core business or activities of the client.
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