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Today (08 April 2022) the Security Industry Authority (SIA) announced the beneficiaries of its 2021 to 2022 grants for good causes.
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has introduced an updated close protection qualification.
Michelle Russell reflects on the SIA's #CelebratingHerStory campaign, which started on International Women's Day.
A message to the UK's private security industry on International Women's Day, 2022.
A Bolton man who used his father’s licence to work as a hospital security guard was exposed when a reference from a friend revealed his dishonesty.
On Friday 11 February, Mohammed Abdurahman of Queensway pleaded guilty to fraud at Wrexham Magistrates' Court.
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A jailed security boss has been ordered to pay tens of thousands of pounds in compensation to the vulnerable security operatives that he threatened and defrauded.
Learn how our grant for good causes has helped people in the private security industry.
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is calling on UK charities and community groups to register their interest for funds to support good causes.
On Monday 22 November 2021, Christopher Ogochukwu Ejime of Manchester pleaded guilty at Chester Crown Court to two counts of fraud.
A message from Michelle Russell, our Chief Executive.
Zoë Billingham has been appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Security Industry Authority (SIA).
On Monday 29 November, Muhammad Usman Sardar pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court.
Last Saturday evening (27 November), investigators from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) conducted enforcement operations in Telford and Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton.
Grimsby Crown Court has ordered a Lincolnshire security boss to pay more than £30,000 as the proceeds of crime after he was convicted for a second time of offences against the Private Security Industry Act (PSIA).
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) and HMRC carried out joint operations in London, Bradford and Glasgow last week to ensure that security staff were employed legitimately and treated fairly.
Heather Baily QPM, chair of the Security Industry Authority (SIA,) today announced the appointment of Michelle Russell as the Regulator’s chief executive.
Last Friday, Khaled Hamed recieved a six- month prison sentence and was suspended for 12 months, at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for committing fraud.
A recent independent survey has found high levels of customer satisfaction with the Security Industry Authority’s licence application service.
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