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Learn how being in a Company Voluntary Arrangement might affect your ACS approval.
How you can appeal against our decision to refuse your ACS application.
The sanctions we apply if an SIA approved contractor is in breach of ACS conditions.
When you can make deductions from staff pay and how to stay compliant with the law.
What you must do if you use overseas suppliers to deliver services in the UK.
The passport route to ACS approval: passport schemes and how the passport route differs from the standard route.
Security staff can be the first to respond to acid attacks or incidents where someone has been exposed to a hazardous substance. Make sure you know what to do.
Find out how SIA licensing applies to shopping centres and retail outlets.
Improvement needs for SIA approved contractors: what they are, what causes them, and how to address them.
How to remain compliant as an SIA approved contractor while using trademarks and making claims about your accreditation.
Learn about how we can apply additional conditions to your ACS approval and what this means for you.
Guidance for training providers: what you need to know if you will be delivering SIA licence-linked training after 1 April 2021.
This guide explains whether someone who does Fire Watch / Waking Watch roles needs a Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence.
This guide explains how SIA licensing may affect the way you manage queues and control access to your premises.
Find out what you can do to stop child sexual exploitation.
Violence against security staff is unacceptable. Find out what you can do to prevent it.
Answers to the questions asked by approved contractors about the changes we will be making in February 2025.
The SIA's stakeholder forum: what it is and who is in it.
On this page we answer some questions and set the record straight on some of the more common misconceptions about us and our work.
In October 2021 we sent an email to all SIA front line licence holders, reminding them of the vital role they play in protecting members of the public.
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