Briefing that survives staff turnover
Every venue gets its own QR notice. A new starter scans it, reads that building's procedures in plain English, confirms, and the briefing is logged with a name and a date.
Martyn's Law across every site, kept current.
Start with the SIA template. VenuePal keeps it true: new staff briefed by a QR code on the staff room wall, drills logged, and every site's evidence on one screen.
Staff briefing
The Crown, Bold Street
Before your first shift, scan this code and read how we evacuate, invacuate, lock down and raise the alarm here.
It takes about three minutes.
Procedures last reviewed in September. Ask the duty manager if anything is unclear.
Logged. Sam Taylor, bar staff, briefed today at 14:02
200 to 799 peopleStandard Tier. Counted at your busiest realistic occasion, staff included.
Spring 2027Enforcement by the SIA is expected to begin.
No hardware requiredStandard Tier duties are procedures, briefed staff and practice.
A template gets you written procedures. Keeping them true is the hard part.
Staff change every month. Layouts change. Managers move between sites. The duty is to have procedures your workers actually know, and to be able to show it.
Every site on one screen
Procedures current, staff briefed, drills done. Each site rated so you can see which ones need attention before an inspector, an insurer or your board asks.
Built from the SIA template
Procedures follow the structure the regulator uses, drafted from your venue's details. Nothing to redo if you are asked for them, and nothing claimed that we cannot back up.
Which sites are ready, and which are not?
If you run a pub group, a diocese, an academy trust or a council's leisure venues, Martyn's Law is not forty sets of paperwork. It is one question, answered on one screen.
Site managers keep their own venue current. You see the whole estate, and the evidence pack for any site is one click away.
| Site | Procedures | Staff briefed | Last drill |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crown, Bold Street | Current | 14 of 14 | August |
| The Ship, Waterloo | Current | 9 of 12 | June |
| Red Lion, Ormskirk | Review due | 8 of 8 | March |
| The Albion, Southport | Current | 11 of 11 | September |
| Kings Arms, Wigan | Missing | 0 of 10 | None |
From nothing to evidence in an afternoon
Describe the building
Capacity, exits, floors, where people gather outside. Plain questions, no security knowledge needed.
Get four procedures
Evacuation, invacuation, lockdown and communication, drafted for that building in the SIA template's structure. You review and edit.
Put the notice up
Print the QR notice for the staff room. Existing staff and every new starter brief themselves in about three minutes.
Keep it current
Reminders when drills or reviews fall due, and an evidence pack that is always up to date.
Does Martyn's Law apply to your venue?
Four questions based on the Act and the Home Office statutory guidance published in April 2026. It takes about a minute.
Question 1 of 4
Is your premises a building, or does it include one?
A pub with a beer garden or a hall with grounds counts as one premises.
What is it mainly used for?
Pick the closest match to its main use.
Do either of these describe it?
Some premises are excluded even when the other tests are met.
At your busiest, how many people could reasonably be there at once?
Include staff and volunteers. Use your fire occupancy figure, licence or ticket limit. One large event a year counts.
Standard Tier
Martyn's Law applies to your venue.
Before enforcement begins, the responsible person needs, so far as reasonably practicable:
- To notify the SIA that they are responsible for the premises
- Evacuation, invacuation, lockdown and communication procedures
- Staff who know those procedures well enough to carry them out
No physical security spend is required at this tier.
Enhanced Tier
Martyn's Law applies, at the Enhanced Tier.
On top of the Standard Tier duties, Enhanced Tier venues need public protection measures, a documented assessment for the SIA and, where the responsible person is an organisation, a designated senior individual. We recommend professional security advice at this tier. VenuePal is built for Standard Tier venues.
Not in scope
Martyn's Law is unlikely to apply, for now.
Venues expecting fewer than 200 people are outside the Act. The government can lower that threshold to 100, and one larger event a year can bring you into scope, so it is worth checking again if either changes.
Premises not in scope
Open land alone is unlikely to qualify as premises.
Events can still qualify. An event on land with a secured boundary where 800 or more people are expected may have Enhanced Tier duties. Check the events section of the statutory guidance on gov.uk.
Not in scope
That use is not on the list the Act covers.
Premises used only by staff, such as private offices, are generally out of scope. If part of the building is open to the public, the test of what it is wholly or mainly used for can get nuanced, so check the guidance or take advice.
Excluded premises
Your premises appears to be excluded.
A building inside an excluded site, such as a café in a park, can still qualify in its own right if it meets the other tests.
Priced per site, shown on the page
No demo, no sales call. Paid plans open in January 2027.
Free
£0
One venue
- Scope checker
- Four procedures for your building
- Printable copy
Venue
£49
a year, one venue
- QR staff briefing notice
- Briefing and drill log
- Review and drill reminders
- Evidence pack
Portfolio
£45
per site a year, from five sites
- Everything in Venue, per site
- Estate view of every site
- Site managers and head office roles
- Evidence for any site in one click
Estate
£30
per site a year, from 50 sites
- Everything in Portfolio
- Annual invoice
- All sites set up for you
Founding Members: the first 20 organisations get 40 per cent off their first year, locked for two years.
Reserve a place
Prices exclude VAT.
Reserve a Founding Member place
No card needed. We will email you one link when paid plans open in January, with your discount already applied.
Running a single venue? You can reserve too, and the Free plan opens at the same time.
Questions
If the SIA publishes a free template, why would I pay?
Use the template. It is the right starting point, and VenuePal follows its structure. What a template cannot do is keep itself true: brief every new starter, log who knows what, remind you when drills and reviews fall due, and show the state of forty sites at once. That ongoing part is what VenuePal does.
Does using VenuePal make my venue compliant?
No tool can promise that, and anyone who does is overstating it. The duty sits with the responsible person for the premises. VenuePal helps you meet it and keeps the evidence that you have. Only the SIA decides whether a venue is compliant.
What happens if a Standard Tier venue does nothing?
The SIA has said it will take a supportive, risk based approach. For Standard Tier venues, financial penalties follow a compliance notice that has not been acted on. That makes this easy to get right, and the sensible time to do it is before a notice arrives.
Do we need to buy CCTV, bag searches or security staff?
Not at Standard Tier. Those measures belong to the Enhanced Tier, for venues expecting 800 or more people. Standard Tier duties are procedures, briefed staff and practice.
How does the QR briefing work for staff without email?
They do not need an account. Scanning the notice opens that venue's procedures on their phone. They enter their name and confirm they have read them. The briefing is logged against the venue with the date.
Who is behind VenuePal?
VenuePal is a service of Manage My IT Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 17449026. Your details are stored on servers in London and handled under UK GDPR.