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Door staff: Quality is key to success

24-Jun-2016 By Poppleston Allen

Door staff are often the first line of defence - but also need to reassure customers and make them feel safe and secure. 

New independent body to takeover from SIA

31-Mar-2011 By Gurjit Degun

A new independent body for door staff regulation will replace the Security Industry Authority (SIA) by 2013.

Live-in pub guardians: situations vacant

15-Oct-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire

When Adrian Biszczamik gets home from his night shift working as a security guard, he makes himself a cup of coffee and pulls up a stool at the bar...

Pub owners urged to consider closure security risks

27-Jul-2009

Pub owners who are thinking of shutting down and selling up are being urged to think about the security risks of an empty venue. Alan Smith of...

Butler joins SIA

21-May-2009 By Tony Halstead

Doorstaff regulator the Security Industry Authority (SIA) has appointed Bill Butler as its new chief executive.

Community order for security firm boss

18-May-2009 By Ewan Turney

The ex-director of a Peterborough security firm has been given an 18-month community punishment order for supplying unlicensed security staff.

SIA given £17.4m Government bail-out

20-Oct-2008 By John Harrington

Doorstaff regulator the Security Industry Authority (SIA) has received £17.4m in extra public funding due to administration problems and "poor forecasting" of licensing demands.

SIA given £17.4m to plug financial hole

20-Oct-2008 By Matt Eley Matt

Doorstaff licensing body the Security Industry Authority (SIA) has been given an extra £17.4million of public money so it carry out its work. The...

SIA slams 'hardest doorman' contest

26-Jun-2008

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has criticised a contest to find "Britain's hardest doorman". SIA chief executive Mike Wilson said the contest...

Two out of three Scottish doorworkers found without licences

10-Dec-2007

One of the first operation's carried out under the Security Industry Authority's (SIA) pre-Christmas crackdown has seen two out of three doorstaff...

Security Focus: The professional face of door security

09-Nov-2007

Goodbye bouncer. Hello door supervisor. November 1 was a momentous day for the trade's 'greeters'. With Scotland coming on board that day, every pub,...

M&B blames SIA for fewer doorstaff

10-May-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) security chief Andrew Nicholls has said that the new doorstaff licensing scheme has led to a shortage of...

Careers: physical intervention training

28-Mar-2007

There are careers in managed houses - and now there are careers just outside the door. Yes, the bouncer has become the door supervisor, a profession...

SIA confirms November start-date for Scotland

16-Mar-2007

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has confirmed that all door workers in Scotland will need a licence from November 1 this yearAnyone working in...

Door staff want better working condtions

02-Mar-2007

The Transport and General Workers Union has called on Home Office minister Tony McNulty to explain why SIA security staff are excluded from the EU...

Security: surveillance cameras

10-Nov-2006

Security cameras were always at the heart of entrepreneur Nick Desai's plans for his innovative brewery-bar-restaurant concept. He wanted to cut out...

Doorman loses licence because of CCTV evidence

20-Sep-2006

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has, for the first time, revoked a doorman's SIA licence despite the absence of a criminal conviction.

Opening doors

23-Aug-2006

All too often door supervisors are labelled as stereotypical burly bouncers dominating a male-oriented profession. Yet the days when the industry was...

Trade warned of SIA licensing shortfall

08-Sep-2005

Concern is mounting that an impending increase in the number and types of venues that will be forced to employ door supervisors could put a severe...

Pubs warned as unlicensed doorstaff appear in court

07-Sep-2005

Prosecutions against unlicensed doorstaff and security firms are being stepped up, five months after the door workers registration scheme became...

Legal advice: Secure your door position

27-Aug-2003

By April 2005 all doorstaff must be licensed with the SIA.by Richard Williams of thePublican.com's legal team of experts from London solicitors...

Standardising doorstaff

11-Jun-2002

With the demand for qualified doorstaff on the rise, the industry is working towards setting a recognised standard. By Phil Mellows.Licensees are...

Pub security company boosted by trade movement

05-Dec-2001

Recent movement in the pub trade, with mergers, acquisitions and disposals, has led to an increased trade for security companies that patrol empty...

Doorstaff - moves towards regulation

06-Nov-2001

Training initiatives developed by the pub trade to improve the standard of doorstaff are now working alongside government legislation to regulate the...

Plans to regulate Scottish doorstaff proposed

19-Sep-2001

Plans for a scheme to help regulate doorstaff in Scotland have been presented to the Scottish Executive.The proposals will help regulate Scottish...