9 July 2026
Planning event security without the scramble
Event security goes wrong in the week before the doors, when the team is still a number on a spreadsheet. If you are organising something in Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull or elsewhere in the West Midlands, the security company needs the event, not a headcount and a hope.
Send the venue, the date, the load-in time and the time you want the last officer to leave. Send the type of event. A private corporate dinner, a ticketed night and a public outdoor gathering do not share a plan. Say whether alcohol is sold, whether there is a search, and who is allowed to make a refusal. If you have not decided the search policy, decide it before you ask an officer to improvise one in front of a queue.
Be precise about licences. Door supervision is not the same post as a stewarding or guarding role, and the officer needs the licence that matches the work. Professional Security Services Ltd will only put someone on a licensable post if they hold the appropriate SIA licence. We do not describe ourselves as an SIA Approved Contractor. If a supplier is vague about which licence they will deploy, keep asking.
Numbers come after the layout. One door, one floor and a quiet guest list is not the same as three entrances, a stage and a public road. We would rather tell you we cannot staff it than agree a team that looks cheap and fails at 9pm. Read the event security page for how we scope this, and the hotel security page if the event is inside a hotel that also has residents.
Book earlier than feels necessary for Fridays, Saturdays and anything that needs several licensed door staff. Those diaries fill. A call on the day is sometimes possible and often a bad plan. Our office hours are on the contact page. Include the venue manager’s name if someone else will brief the team on the night. The officer should not be hunting for a responsible person while the queue is already there.