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Guidance for people who have completed their SIA licence-linked training and who want to know what they need to do to get an SIA licence.
Guidance for training providers: what you need to know to meet the SIA's rules on first aid training.
A description of some of the benefits of the SIA's Approved Contractor Scheme.
Understand how you can meet the ACS standard on using overseas suppliers.
Sub-contracting and use of labour are common practices in private security. Know the difference and understand who is responsible for checking SIA licences.
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has introduced an updated close protection qualification.
You can buy the British standards at a 30% discount.
On 26 January 2024, the Security Industry Authority (SIA) prosecuted former door supervisor Steven Richardson for breaching the Private Security Industry Act.
The Security Industry Authority has announced the opening of its grant for good causes fund for 2023 to 2024.
All Door Supervision and Security Guard licence holders will need a first aid qualification and the new top-up training before they renew their licence.
An introduction to the SIA board
SIA response to a freedom of information (FOI) request about whether a specific person is on our register of licence holders and whether we offer insurance.
Guidance produced by the SIA on good practice that can help door supervisors protect the public and keep themselves safe.
How to know whether the operatives you deploy are employed or self-employed, and what this means for tax and national insurance.
The Security Industry Authority annual report and accounts for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
Guidance for training providers: what you need to know if you will be delivering SIA licence-linked training after 1 April 2021.
A Manchester man has been sentenced after using a fake passport in an attempt to obtain a Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence and get work as a security operative.
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request about the use of CCTV cameras in toilets.
Find out what you can do to stop child sexual exploitation and how you should restrain someone.
Guidance for companies approved under the Security Industry Authority's Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS).
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