Vetting news and insights

Security Minister Dan Jarvis’ speech at ISE 2025 confirmed major national security reforms, including Martyn’s Law and stricter SIA regulations. These changes will impact compliance, security hiring and pre-employment screening standards across the industry. Here’s what employers and security providers need to know.

Find out about how continuous background checks help mitigate risk and maintain compliance.

We’ll help you to understand some of the different types of background checks and navigate the complexities of pre employment screening.

In this blog, we will cover the most common challenges that businesses face when conducting background checks on potential new employees.

Find out how technology is positively transforming employee background checks, and how you can take to ensure you are completing efficiently

We’ve explored illegal referencing farms, what they are, how they operate, the risks and implications they pose, and our top tips.

We have explored the key areas of background checks and the role they play in DEI.

In this blog, we’ve debunked 5 common myths when it comes to background checks to help simplify and enhance your hiring process!

We have outlined the steps to handle a failed background check, and provided guidelines to support informed hiring decisions.

C-level executives, or ‘Chief’ executives, make vital business decisions, execute important actions, and oversee the business strategy...

Here’s our round up of how you can make your background checking process as candidate-friendly as possible. 

BS7858 is a British Standard which outlines the requirements for conducting pre-employment checks on individuals working in security roles.

Pre-employment background checks are a vital element of the hiring process, with the need for both speed and accuracy of equal importance.

So, your company has introduced technology, apps and SaaS platforms across key areas and functions within the business. But…you’re still man

Is background checking your new hires a headache? Are you ready for an automated solution to reduce your time and admin? Do you need to buil

Conditional job offers add a layer of complexity to the recruitment process which can be solved through purpose-built automation.

The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is the standard pre-employment screening for government employees. BPSS checks were...

Do you truly understand who you're hiring? Checking that candidates are who they claim they are isn't enough. To secure your company,...

In 2012, the BS7858 screening standard was introduced to background personnel who work in security environments. Then in September 2019...

What is a BPSS background check and how do I use it?