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The Security Industry Authority (SIA) public consultation on proposed changes to licensing criteria receives over 3,300 responses.
91% of surveyed Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence applicants were satisfied with the application process.
A man found in possession of 2 forged SIA licences has pleaded guilty to fraud and been ordered to pay £2,600 in fines and costs.
Ahroon Alam was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £612 after pleading guilty to knowingly making false statements to the SIA.
A message of remembrance from the Security Industry Authority, 8 years on from the Manchester Arena attack.
An update from Pete Easterbrook, interim SIA Director of Inspections and Enforcement. Pete leads the SIA's drive against training malpractice.
A man has been convicted for working at a Cambridgeshire venue with a suspended Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence.
A man who both acted as director of a security company and worked as a front line security guard without a licence has been prosecuted.
A door supervisor who continued to work after his licence was revoked has been ordered to pay over £1,000 in fines and prosecution costs.
The SIA has awarded its grant for good causes to 3 organisations preventing violence against women and girls.
A recent SIA-led joint operation investigating unlicensed door staff in Brighton led to three arrests.
The SIA welcomes the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 – Martyn’s Law – receiving Royal Assent.
What the changes are, when they will happen, and how they affect SIA licence applicants and licence holders.
The SIA invited senior representatives from the private security industry to discuss ways that they and the regulator could combat labour exploitation together.
The Minister for Safeguarding and the Minister for Security have both agreed to the appointment of two new non-executive directors to the Board of the SIA.
Lords Minister announces that the Security Industry Authority will be brought under the security minister’s portfolio.
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) today (17 March 2025) welcomed the publication of the Home Office public body review of the regulator.
The SIA today (13 March 2025) welcomed the news that the SIA is to come under the portfolio of the Minister of State for Security Dan Jarvis in the Home Office.
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has today (11 March 2025) launched a consultation on changes it is proposing to make to its licensing criteria.
The director of a Manchester-based security company has been prosecuted after failing to comply with an investigation.
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