11 January 2007: The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has asked Cragg Ross Dawson (CRD), an independent research agency, to carry out research into the industry's views of the SIA's policies regarding licensing.

The research will involve confidential interviews with door supervisors, security guards and managers of security companies, to gain a broad understanding of what people think of the SIA.

Potential respondents will be sent a letter informing them about the research and asking them for their contribution. Later, Cragg Ross Dawson recruiters will contact some of the potential respondents by telephone to ask if they would like to take part, and if so fieldwork interviews will be held in January and early February.

The information gathered in the interviews will be collated and analysed to produce a report, which will be published in the spring.

The outcome of the research could influence the way in which the SIA operates in the future.

Notes to Editors:

• All respondents will be guaranteed complete anonymity and nothing said in the interviews will be divulged to the SIA or any other organisation in a form that is attributable to individuals or companies.
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