ESL

Excellent visit from the SIA last week on our Security Suite – we’re pleased to say there were no actions required on training at all. This is a great reflection on the quality of our delivery, documentation, and compliance.

We also had a DCS review on our:

Level 3 Award in Education and Training (AET)
Level 3 Deliverers of Conflict Management (DCM)
Both received excellent feedback, with our Direct Claims Status (DCS) maintained once again. The reviewers highlighted the standard of our teaching, learner support, assessment practice, and quality assurance processes.

Huge thanks to all trainers, admin staff, IQAs and support teams for their continued hard work and dedication to maintaining such high standards. These results show that our learners are in very safe hands and that our training remains robust, compliant, and industry-leading.

August we are back!! You only realise when your gone what service you offer and how many people use ESL 🙄 🤔 😳 😴 keep an eye on the page.

And like that is was done..

Its was a pleasure 🙏 to come back and send of the last Level 3 Close Protection course within the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 well done to the 6 that passed some excellent scores 👏

Also competed this month
Level 3 DCM certificated
Level 3 DSPI certificated
Level 2 CP refresher certificated
Level 2 DS refresher certificated

As the doors close for the final time at 123 Victoria Road in Darlington I would like to say thank you very much.

Over and out..

A massive well done to the training team in south Africa, all 9 students passed and certs sent today, next course has already started big up Ryan Brotherton Ipeleng Risk Management Services and team on outstanding work..

Meanwhile in the uk..

Our very last Level 3 emergency care for first responders has just been completed all 8 learners passed.. Onto our last Level 3 Close Protection course in the UK... Good 👍 luck.

What else is left this month in the uk for ESL
Level 3 DCM (full)
Level 3 DSPI INSTRUCTOR (FULL)
Level 2 DS refresher (full)
Level 2 Close Protection refresher (full)

WHAT A WAY TO END OUR TRAINING IN THE UK BIG LOVE TO ALL OUR PRESENT AND PAST STUDENTS.

HAVE A LOVELY 😍 WEEKEND TROOPS

From 1 April 2026 the cost for applying for an SIA licence for any sector will be £204, as the temporary £20 rebate scheme comes to an end.

Over the last six years, we have been able to use historical reserves, accrued before April 2020, to provide a £20 per licence rebate towards the application fee cost. In practice, this is currently reducing the amount paid by an applicant from £204 to £184 a licence. Those historical reserves are now fully exhausted and so the cost to apply for a licence will revert to the statutory fee of £204.

The statutory licence fee itself is not increasing. It has remained at £204 since it was reduced from £210 in April 2023. The change means applicants will no longer benefit from the £20 rebate.

Both first-time applications and renewals will cost £204 from 1 April 2026.

Our Chief Executive, Michelle Russell, said: "Since 2020, we were allowed to subsidise the cost of an SIA licence from previous historical reserves which had been built up. Those reserves are now gone, and we have a responsibility as a self-funding regulator to charge the full cost of the services we deliver.

"We have worked to keep the licence fee as low as possible and have absorbed rising third-party costs along the way. At £204, the fee remains considerably lower in real terms than when we introduced licensing more than two decades ago. We will continue to drive efficiency and productivity so we can keep costs down for the people we regulate.”

We are largely self-funding and committed to keeping people safe and secure. The application fee covers all operating costs including licensing, identity and criminality checks, customer service, and compliance and enforcement.

Read the full announcement here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sia-licence-fee-rebate-ends-in-april-2026

For further information on this change, please view our question-and-answer page here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/change-to-the-sia-licence-fee-your-questions-answered/april-2026-change-to-the-sia-licence-fee

SIA licence fee rebate ends in April 2026 From 1 April 2026 the cost for applying for an SIA licence for any sector will be £204, as the temporary £20 rebate scheme comes to an end.

SORRY 😞, THATS US COMLETELY FULL FOR THE REST OF THE COURSES WE WILL BE RUNNING IN THE UK..

WE ARE NOT OPEN OR TAKING ANYMORE BOOKINGS FOR COURSES IN THE UK...

WE WILL SIGN POST YOU TO PROVIDER IF NEEDED..

BD

EXCELLENT NEWS TODAY, Thats the certs for the last Level 3 international Close Protection course issued. Onto the next one already good 👍 luck to the next batch of students.

High standards remain no matter where we train, massive well done to the training team 👏

Ipeleng Risk Management Services Ryan Brotherton fans

New course filling up fast... Get in contact if you require a place... Starting 9th Feb...

And lets get cracking... Ipeleng Risk Management Services its time ⏲️ full level 3 Close Protection and emergency care for responders SAY WHAT...