A recent article in one of the FM magazines highlights the potential shortfall of 62,000 officers in the next 12 months as the industry battles to keep up with growing demand. There are a number of pressures which have created this current lack of recruits and the great resignation is having a major impact on … Continued
The changes to the SIA licence began in April 2021 with First Aid training becoming essential for door supervisors and security guard licences along with further changes made in 2022 with an updated close protection qualification. All new applications for an SIA licence must now be able to demonstrate they have full First Aid training … Continued
The most recent statistics held by the UK government on the trends over the last 5 years have only shown minimal growth in the numbers of women who have be awarded an SIA Licence, but at least its moving in the right direction. In 2015-16 there were 11,501 licences granted to women, which represented 9.2% … Continued