Our Heritage
Provenance
Regan (The proprietor of Burton Regan limited, Private Investigator Training UK and the Managing Editor of the Varsity Directory of Investigators and Process Servers) has been a full time, front line, Private Investigator since 1988.
Origins
After his BA (Hons) Degree in 1984 Kevin gained valuable experience as a youth worker and as an aspiring probation officer he managed two hostels housing ex-prisoners.
After working for the Probation service he gained his formative investigations experience in the late 1980’s, joining a Civil Service Benefit Fraud team.
Shaking down benefit swindlers put Kevin at the spear of investigations excellence – it was a tough baptism.
The confines of a regimented job meant that Kevin was eager to get acquainted with the private investigations sector and Regan became one of the most sought out UK private investigators in the late 1980’s when he was headhunted by Nationwide Investigation Group and Associated Detectives (Manchester and London).
In the 1980’s – even moving into the 1990’s – detective agencies were not computerised and consisted of shelves of telephone directories covering the UK’s business and domestic sectors. Most work was conducted using the telephone and doorstep enquiries. Agencies contacted each other and were sourced from the Varsity Directory of Investigators and Process Servers.
Perhaps Kevin’s most useful and consistent attribute is his people skills. You must never stop learning, adapting and developing.
Burton Regan Detective Bureau / Burton Regan Limited formed in Leeds in 1998 – to meet the needs of a fast-evolving legal sector that boomed in Yorkshire around that time.
After 12 years of business success with Burton Regan Limited we built up a training division and Regan has been the main tutor and Centre Manager of Private Investigator Training UK since 2010.
PITUK offers OFQUAL-approved qualifications for Professional Investigators.
Kevin completed his tests and assessment with Pearson PLC and was selected as the Lead Examiner for the Private Investigator Sector in October 2013 developing their suite of qualifications.
Kevin retains the “Honorary” title as the Pearson PLC Lead Examiner for the PI Sector.
Kevin’s arduous work setting up the Training Academy for the Association of British Investigators and chairing the Northern Branch resulted in the Frank Martin Award in 2019.
The publishers of the Varsity Directory of Private Investigators and Process Servers sought Kevin out in 2024 to take on the directory upon their retirement – perhaps the most important and singular endorsement by his peers that could be given to a career private investigator, trainer, academic and now editor.