10 Oct 2025

Following its inaugural meeting with the Security Minister, the Security Industry Authority (SIA), and the Home Office, the newly established S12 Security Guarding Leadership Group has opened an industry-wide consultation to identify the key priorities that will shape its agenda and future workstreams.

The S12 is inviting security professionals, businesses, clients, and stakeholders from across the guarding sector to share their views on the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing the industry.

Collective input

This collective input will play a crucial role in determining which workstreams should be prioritised, ensuring that the group’s efforts are focused on delivering meaningful impact for the sector and wider public.

The consultation survey will remain open until 3 pm on Wednesday 15th October. Once closed, the S12 will meet on 17th October to analyse the results, confirm the final workstreams, and appoint an S12 member to lead each one. These workstreams and their objectives will then be presented by the S12 Chair to the Security Minister on 21st October.

Following this, the appointed leads will begin direct engagement with the industry to establish working groups that will support progress on each workstream’s objectives. The confirmed workstreams will be formally announced to the industry and stakeholders by 24th October.