About us

Our team has been involved in sourcing, supplying and selling great new products through the internet since 2001. Based in sunny, traffic ridden Bristol, Spy Camera CCTV has been supplying DIY and professional wired and wireless security camera systems to the Trade, security professionals as well as the general public ALL at direct from factory prices.

For some people, spy and security cameras are about as interesting as a health and safety lecture, but our team are different. Whilst we try not to send our friends to sleep in the pub talking endlessly about video footage and infrared cameras at the weekend, we do get quite excited when talking amongst ourselves and helping our clients catch a crook, flirtatious partner or protect their valuables. There is nothing more satisfying that catching somebody 'in the act' as it were!

We hope you find the rest of the site interesting but if you want to know more about the team behind Spy Camera, there are some brief profiles below:
 
Lee Adams - Chief and Big boss man
Lee is the mastermind behind Open 24 Seven Ltd... that was until he discovered that he could not physically stay up that long! The problem is, the name has stuck so Lee is often found late into the night staring at his computer screen. Having built a trusty team in the UK, Lee is now looking for a reliable night shift employee to take the times that Open24/7 is not Open24/7! SpyCameraCCTV is the third successful and operational Open 24 Seven Company that Lee has established and in that time he has developed a deep and worrying knowledge of CCTV Cameras. He can often be found debating the merits of 0 and 0.5 Lux ratings with himself. BUT, don't panic - he does not bite and has a canny way of helping people understand the mysteries of CCTV security systems. If you call the office, you'll most likely speak to Lee (he likes to know what's going on!).

Andy – Solving Life’s Technical Issues
Andy speaks a number of computer languages, and grows laptops in his techno garden whispering and singing to them at night (which is why he is often tired). He often brings them into work and everyone says awww. He really does care about technology and has a way that only the most caring of parents would have for their child, whilst the rest of us would simply be working out how we could dispatch the brat/PC through the nearest window. As you would imagine, Andy looks after the technical things in the office like PC’s, customer support and fixing things by simply looking at them…. How does he do that?
 
Ben - The Installer
When Ben was 4 he licked his fingers and stuck them straight into a 240v plug socket. His hair fell out and he started doing complicated electrical algorithms in his sleep. He’s not completely calmed down yet, but is definitely now everyone’s electrical best friend. If you have an electrical problem and nobody else can help, then you need to call Ben from www.handyelectrical.co.uk. Whilst SpyCameraCCTV do not install CCTV cameras, if anyone locally wants an installer, then we always point them towards Ben. Not least as he occasionally brings us Donuts.

Chris - Right Wing Sergeant (not political stance!)
Chris likes to think that he offers the wise and balanced view in the office, but is sadly misguided. So recently we locked him in a cupboard for 2 days and he seems better now. We're still trying to understand Chris. Apart from new products, keeping the shelves stocked and the regular making of strong coffee; he turns up having cycled around Bristol, thrashes away on the computer for the day, speaks to a few clients when they call and draws rude pictures on the whiteboard. So, if anyone has worked with a 'Chris' before, perhaps they could e-mail us and let us know how to use one.

Hajni - She Who Must be Obeyed
Hajni is our hard working and trusted Hungarian. We call her Granville from Open All Hours even though she is not related to Lee. Here from the crack of dawn each day she whips everyone into shape, especially if people are a little lethargic from a late night at Open247. Without her, there is no doubt that your products would arrive late, payments would be incorrect and whilst Lee might be the mastermind, Hajni keeps everyone in check, on time and efficient.... but is easily bribed with coffee and cake!

James – Stolen
After a tip off from Andy, we bundled James into a van late one night after we heard he’d been taken in by a multinational for over 10 years. In our quest to combat globalisation we took James from the clutches of standardisation. Phew!
Our initial tests are positive and James is now part of the sales team and provides support to the technical team from time to time. He also loads most of the new products to the website and overseas many of our sales channels. He’s pretty useful really and it seems we may just have rescued him in the nick of time. In the next few months we may even start him on solids!

James is currently absent with a rather serious health problem, and we're all thinking about him. Fortunately we were able to pop a spy camera in the going away present so we can keep ourselves in the know about how he's doing without him even having to tell us... that's totally ok, right...?

Karen - Don't talk to me about Spy Cameras
It’s true that Karen comes out in a nasty rash every time she comes in contact with our spy camera equipment, so she is now in charge of the www.alexander-francis.co.uk business. Always happy to help, Karen is another one of those people that is an amazing organiser and keeps the boys in check…. especially Lee and Chris. Rumour has it she makes the best lasagne in Bristol and is thinking of setting up a world lasagne 'cookathon' competition, so Lee piles her up with work to make sure she keeps focused.

Mike - aka Music Mike
I think it’s safe to say that Mike loves music. From beautiful gentle Mozart to the nose bleeding crash of Napalm Death, Mike truly loves an eclectic array of bands. Mike still believes in the notion that he can listen to every soundtrack ever created in 1 lifetime and we’re taking bets on it if anyone is interested. In the same way Mike is a bit of an all-rounder in the office and happily helps customers, tucks into customer service and sales. But he is clearly happiest with his headphones on creating banners, pictures and video’s for our website. Working closely with monsieur marketing, Mike makes easy work of the garbled design briefs to design mini masterpieces aimed at getting you to spend more of your hard earned pennies. Keep up the good work Mike!

Rachel - Office Stuff
Rachel used to be an astronaut until she developed vertigo. She is now one of those amazing people that runs a house with 3 children (4 if you include her partner) and then comes to work and juggles the calls from customers and the bits of paper that move around our office, as well as dispatching your goods. She is also in charge of the general and persistent verbal abuse of our trusty personnel to ensure there is no staff uprising. Thank Goodness for retired astronauts like Rachel, otherwise chaos would surely persist!

Renny - DJ Talent
A man of many talents, Renny has joined our technical team to provide wonderful support to our customers and you’ll often get through to him if you’re having problems. Part of the 70’s Baby Boom crew, Renny is still living the dream we once had and at weekends organises a couple of big nights in the party capitol of the UK, Bristol. Lee and Chris are mildly jealous but secretly hope the Christmas doo’s might role into something more this year! Renny is also in charge of designing and delivering our ‘Special High Intensity Training’ program (S*H*I*T) to staff members. He makes sure that all our staff have enough S*H*I*T to last them a lifetime.

Rhys - Monsier de Marketing
We took on Rhys to manage the bird box camera business when he insisted during his interview that he was excellent at Tweeting. Little did we know that what he really meant was he would spend most of his time sending messages to the world via Twitter.com/spycameracctv. With an impressive cardigan wardrobe, Rhys has enlightened us with colourful jumpers, language and his marketing mind. If you've enjoyed your experience on our website, Rhys and his team has probably been part of it.

Roza - Little Miss Efficient
Roza is another of those strange people who just loves numbers and accounts. She shares an office with Hajni (she who must be obeyed) and they happily discuss perfect numbers and VAT all morning. Unfortunately there is still work to do and Roza makes sure the dispatch of goods takes place for SpyCamera each day.

Zac – College Boy
Everyone needs one, and we have one. Zac loves to play with the gismo’s and gadgets, especially the helicopter spycam and will one day evolve into a fully-fledged technical butterfly. Supporting our technical team, Zac looks after the cameras that are involved in little accidents and need repairing, nursing them back to life to be set free once again into the open world. Zac is training to be a web designer and spends time working with our website, loading products and learning about eCommerce. He’s also running our in house training program on char grilled pizza’s having proved his skills in baking.

There are others that we find lurking in the office, but they are quite shy and there is surely enough drivel written about us here!