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The qualifications, experience and approval you must have to offer SIA licence-linked training courses.
A Somerset man has been handed a suspended jail sentence after he provided unlicensed security to a party attended by 400 under 18-year-olds.
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for the SIA's policies on pay grades for new members of staff or staff moving to new roles.
Violence against security staff is unacceptable. Find out what you can do to prevent it.
We are the regulator of the UK’s private security industry. SIA is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Home Office .
Documents showing how the SIA is contributing to the government's business impact target (BIT).
Information about the SIA's Approved Contractor Scheme: what it is and who can be approved.
How to appeal against our decision to refuse your application.
Alerts issued by the Security Industry Authority on topics that the UK's private security industry need to be aware of.
Our specification documents form the basis of the qualifications linked to SIA licensing.
How to choose an SIA approved contractor and why you should.
What you must do if you wish to use our Licence Management service.
What an SIA approved contractor must do to remain approved.
How to know whether the operatives you deploy are employed or self-employed, and what this means for tax and national insurance.
Check SIA licences for security staff such as door supervisors, security guards, CCTV operators and close protection operatives.
Learn about the services we offer to businesses that enable you to check SIA licences, submit licence applications and pay the licence application fee.
How you can appeal against our decision to refuse your ACS application.
Collects all of the SIA's published information regarding the Manchester Arena Inquiry.
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