Government Sites

Home Office
Website for the Government body responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales.

Department of Trade and Industry
Website for the Government body responsible for business, employees and consumers and UK productivity and competitiveness.

Department for Work and Pensions
Website for the Government body responsible for welfare reform.

Department for Education and Skills
Website for government body responsible for learning and training opportunities.

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)
The qualifications regulatory authority for England.

Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)
The qualifications regulatory authority for Scotland.

Department for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DELLS)
The qualifications regulatory authority for Wales.

Crime Reduction
A website aimed at practitioners to help them achieve and sustain reductions in crime and disorder.

Job Centre Plus
The website for searching for job vacancies through the Department for Work and Pensions.

Other Sites

There are also many other sites that you may find useful and informative relating to all different aspects of the Private Security Industry Act 2001, training and qualifications, the new licensing system and the industry generally.

Please note that listing a site here does not mean that the SIA in any way endorses or approves of its content.

Skills for Security
The new skills and standards setting body for the private security industry.

British Security Industry Association
The site of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA).

The Joint Security Industry Council
An umbrella organisation for a broad group of security associations, inspectorates and organisations.

The Security Institute
The Security Institute provides a programme that addresses the issue of professional validation for security professionals.

The Investigators Sector 2001
The Investigators' Sector was formed in December 2001 as a forum for the discussion of matters of concern to the investigation industry, and to provide a means whereby those concerns might be represented.

Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)
Association set up to develop police policies.

Crimestoppers
An independent registered charity that enables anyone with details of criminal activity to pass them on anonymously, without fear of exposure or retribution.

ASET
A national awarding body specialising in providing, quality-assuring and certificating vocational learning programmes.

British Institute of Innkeeping Awarding Body (BIIAB)
A professional training body for the licensed retail sector.

Buckinghamshire New University
University offering a Close Protection qualification approved for licensing.

City and Guilds
The leading provider of vocational qualifications in the United Kingdom.

EDEXCEL
The UK's largest awarding body to offer a range of both general and specialist qualifications.

NOCN
The National Open College Network (NOCN) is the UK's foremost provider of accreditation services for adult learning.

Association of British Investigators
The leading professional body, working with investigators, to promote members and the profession.

Infologue
Infologue.com is a free information service and has been supplying news and views on the UK manned security sector since 1997.

Security Helpdesk
Exclusively for front line security staff, Security Helpdesk is a dedicated hands-on website covering practical day-to-day security topics.

National Association of Security Professionals (N.A.S.P.)
N.A.S.P. was formed to advise and assist security professionals at all levels.

Security Oracle
Security Oracle is used by security professionals to keep abreast of news, developments and job vacancies throughout the security industry.

Working the Doors
Website for Door Supervisors and other front-line security staff in the UK. The site includes all the latest news, job vacancies in the industry, and the largest forum on the internet for Door Supervisors.