Security Industry

One in five bouncers leave the industry

09-Dec-2021 By Rebecca Weller

One in five bouncers have left the security industry and staff levels were at 80% compared to pre coronavirus levels, a City Hall report into London’s night-time economy has found.

The Big Interview: Bill Butler, Security Industry Authority

06-Nov-2012 By Adam Pescod

It is easy to have respect for somebody who has faced Lord Justice Leveson and come out the other side with their reputation intact. However, it is something else entirely to be called to the Leveson Inquiry with less than a week’s notice, only to find...

Government: doorstaff licensing should be self-regulating

24-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney

The Government believes the time is right to give the private security industry more responsibility for regulating itself, in the wake of the...

Plan to scrap SIA confirmed

14-Oct-2010 By James Wilmore

Plans to abolish the Security Industry Authority (SIA) as a public body have been confirmed by the government today. The Cabinet Office has...

New checks for illegal pub doorstaff

24-Jan-2008 By John Harrington

Application forms will ask about right to work following the illegal immigrant scandal

Thousands sign up for SIA licence in Scotland

05-Feb-2007

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) says thousands of Scottish doorstaff have already signed up for the new SIA licence in Scotland.

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...

Cleaning the door

09-Apr-2003

Michelle Perrett examines the new regulations for pub doorstaff.It's now official - licensees who use doorstaff will have to meet the requirements...

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...