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A monthly report on the SIA's enforcement activity.
Details of all Home Office spending over £25,000 for 2023.
Find out how SIA licensing applies to someone using a bodycam or headcam.
Today (11 April 2023) the Security Industry Authority (SIA) announced the award of its 2022 to 2023 grant for good causes.
Find out how SIA licensing applies to event staff.
A list of the people and companies the SIA is currently prosecuting.
Fill in these forms if the SIA has granted your overseas criminality exception request.
Reporting training malpractice: who to tell and what they need to know.
The Security Industry Authority has announced the opening of its grant for good causes fund for 2023 to 2024.
On 18 January 2024 David Martyn Hill, the sole director of ACE Security Specialist Ltd. was prosecuted at Doncaster Magistrates' Court.
Data on SIA approved contractors. Includes the total number of approved contractors and a breakdown by licensing sector and UK region.
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.
When planning an event, make sure that your security operatives are complying with the law.
From tomorrow (1 October 2022) all close protection licence holders will need a first aid qualification and the new top-up training before they renew.
A description of some of the benefits of the SIA's Approved Contractor Scheme.
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for a list of companies that can sponsor foreign nationals for a UK visa.
Vigilantism is illegal, and the SIA does not support or agree with licence holders who take the law into their own hands.
SIA response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request for confirmation of a letter from TFL about security operatives not wearing their SIA licence.
The SIA is changing the qualifications needed for an SIA licence. This follows a review of the licence-linked qualifications.
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