A post by Skills for Security. World Mental Health Day – Friday 10th October 2025 Today marks World Mental Health Day, a global initiative led by the ‘WHO’ to raise awareness of mental health issues and encourage positive action to support wellbeing. This year’s theme, “Access to Services – Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies”, […]

A post by Skills for Security. Skills for Security (SfS), the UK’s largest provider of fire, emergency and security systems apprenticeships, has today confirmed that the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has sold its remaining 49.9% shares in the business. Full ownership of Skills for Security now sits with The Banks Foundation Ltd (TBFL), led […]

A guest post by AddSecure, a Skills for Security Sponsor. The security and alarm industry The UK faces an ongoing skills shortage and the security and alarm industry is no exception. Reports from the BSIA suggest that over 30,000 more alarm engineers are needed to meet ongoing sector demand. However, in order to meet the […]