Career Investment

Undoubtedly the recession is forcing people to think twice about their spending habits and financial investment for the future is a growing concern for many families and individuals in the UK. As the credit crunch continues to munch its way … Continue reading →

Train to Gain

A recent poll, commissioned by the Young Enterprise charity of big employers including HSBC, Santander, KPMG and Procter & Gamble highlights concerns that potential recruits are failing to impress at even the most basic levels especially a ‘can do attitude’. … Continue reading →

Police officers are being privately funded to patrol shopping centres

Is this a good use of public funds? Not is surely the answer. In a recent report by the Daily Telegraph our already overworked police forces are allegedly being paid by private bodies, councils and the NHS as an increased … Continue reading →

A Security Badge of Meaning

Identification badges are a familiar sight these days, the utility meter reader, doctors, nurses, bar staff, even the guy selling chamois leathers door-to-door for charity has one; everywhere you look someone has an ID card dangling around their neck like … Continue reading →

Who needs an SIA Licence?

There is no area of doubt in the answer to that question; it is anyone who works in the security industry. Not so long ago just about anyone could work in the industry, but in order to regulate the standards … Continue reading →

Security Guard Training

Changes in technology have made a huge difference to the role that Security Guards play in the protection of assets, and the people who work in large organisations against attack and unwanted intruders. Expert Security Guard Training therefore plays a … Continue reading →

Security Career Options.

There are a lot of career options in the security industry in the market today. There is quite a range of diversified jobs in the umbrella of the private security industry. It ranges from door supervisors to CCTV operators, or … Continue reading →

CCTV Training

No one could blame you for being in hibernation given the cold weather we’ve had recently, but you are bound to be aware of recent news events. Without going into detail in reference to these tragic affairs they do emphasise … Continue reading →

Train The Trainer – PTLLS Training

The British Government formulated new rules in the year 2007, to streamline and restructure the qualifications for the individuals seeking career as teachers, trainers and instructors. These reforms and recent PTLLS concept concentrate on the modifications for the initial teacher … Continue reading →

SIA Licence training review

SIA Training –“…the best thing I ever did”  M. Williams, Birmingham. Like lots of people I was made redundant recently, it was a real shock, especially because it was so unexpected. I thought I was in a secure job for … Continue reading →

Is SIA Physical intervention training enough to do the job?

Security Industry authority(SIA) is the main security regulating body in UK. It regulates all security rules and thrive hard to maintain the standards of security officials in UK and neighboring states like Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The main motive … Continue reading →

SIA LICENCE TRAINING – your key to the 2012 Olympics

Do you want to participate in the most exciting sporting event of the decade? Do you want to be part of the team rather than a spectator? Your SIA Licence could be your pass to do just that and a … Continue reading →

Security Jobs

Today each and every individual is getting conscious with the career he is choosing. If one give a closer look at the trend of the professions in current scenario, one can clearly understand the increase of the individuals in the … Continue reading →

2012 Olympics and the importance of SIA Licence

With only 22 months left for the London to face the biggest event of the century, London Olympics 2012, the main issue of concern is the Security. The UK government is not in the mood to let any stone overturned … Continue reading →

The Future of SIA Regulation

The whole story has been started, after the release of the article on the BBC news regarding the Home Office considering to axe The SIA. The decision is made to save the security companies’ money as well as to decrease … Continue reading →

Close Protection course outline and job market

Close protection officer(CPO) is a person who is responsible for the safety of their clients, be it from physical attack or the unwanted attention. Close protection officer, or generally called bodyguards provide highest standard of security to their clients. They … Continue reading →

Security Job Training

With the increase in the crime rate all over the world, the need of the security officials is at a boom. The security industry is the only industry which has recorded growth even when the economic crisis are surfacing the … Continue reading →

Difference between a door supervisor and the Security guard.

Security guards and the door supervisors are the two sides of the same coin, later having much more authorities and the responsibilities. A licenced door supervisor can act as a security guard but a security guard even with the proper … Continue reading →

Working in the Security Industry

Gone are the days when the security industry was considered as the profession for the unskilled people. Today the individuals seeking their career in the security industry have higher degrees. The security industry is going through the continuous change because … Continue reading →

Life of a door supervisor

Says Nathan James, the door supervisor at Jongleurs, Bow Wharf, “It was weird to start off with”. Six years ago, he suddenly became jobless at the age of 19. then someone suggested him that he should try breaking up fights … Continue reading →