More than 400 door supervisors were checked for SIA licences at 158 pubs and clubs in 12 areas during national inspections over Christmas and New Year.

Central Leicester, Hartlepool town centre and Blackburn all had a 100% pass rate and the two areas with the most failures were in Scotland.

Reasons for failures included working without a licence, not displaying a licence and deploying unlicensed doorstaff.

SIA head of investigation who led Operation Cinnamon, Jackie Munn said: ‘It is encouraging that there were several areas where compliance was 100%.’

‘Unfortunately, there are still those who think it is acceptable to deploy staff or work without SIA licences, or break licence conditions – this has put them at serious risk of prosecution.’

‘Operation Cinnamon focused on working closely with our partners during the busy festive period and I should like to thank them for their commitment and support.’

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