- On 6 April 2007 the Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence application fee is expected to rise from £190 to £245. The new fee would apply to licence applications for all licensable sectors throughout England, Wales and Scotland. The Home Office yesterday published a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) that outlined an intention to raise the licence application fee, demonstrating that an increase is needed to enable the SIA to meet its need to be self-funding, and to continue achieving the objectives of licensing.
The RIA illustrates an increase in the licence application fee is necessary because SIA income from licensing has been less than expected. The shortfall stems from unreliable and unavailable data gathered in 2002/03, before the start of licensing, and from changes taking place across various industry sectors. Working the Doors.
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- A man has been hit with fines and costs totalling £11,000 after supplying pubs and clubs with unlicensed door workers. Bernard Driscoll was described as having a “blatant disregard for the legislation” enforced by the Security Industry Authority, when the case was heard at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates’ Court. He was fined £6,000 and he was ordered to pay £5,000 costs following a year-long operation. The Publican
- SIA accredits contractors: New scheme aims to guarantee quality of security firms. John Saunders, Chief Executive of SIA, writing in the Publican says:
Safeguarding people and premises should be top of the agenda for the pub industry, but sadly the procurement of private security services is too frequently treated as an incidental commodity purchase, based on price rather than quality.
Today, security should be viewed as a business-critical service that is valued as highly as communications and data security. Pubs and bars should seek to forge a more responsible and professional relationship with their security supplier and it is of paramount importance that security requirements and contingency plans are agreed and negotiated in a co-operative rather than competitive relationship.
In the drive for consistently higher standards the Security Industry Authority (SIA) has now introduced the Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS), a voluntary accreditation scheme that aims to become a hallmark of quality for security providers that are able to demonstrate high standards and industry best practice.
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