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Networking whilst on a course?

Anyone who takes their continual professional development [CPD] seriously [that should mean EVERYBODY] will tell you that you must continue to attend courses, study for academic qualifications, be well read and much more besides throughout your professional life. What you must not forget is the excellent networking opportunities that all of the afore mentioned can [...]

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MP’s Bodyguard in the headlines!

Once again we have a bodyguard making headlines for all of the wrong reasons with Scotland Yard launching disciplinary proceedings against one of Labour MP Alan Johnson’s bodyguards. This story becoming public will do little to add to the reputation of those who operate as BG’s and will no doubt make those who use personal [...]

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Congresswoman Giffords shot in Arizona

Another shooting of a Political figure, this time in the USA, is drawing attention to the security arrangements of those involved with politics across the world. Are personal security arrangements being taken seriously across the board? Will this incident make those who live a public life take their day to day security as an important [...]

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BG Assassinates Principal in Pakistan

A Bodyguard assassinates his principal in Pakistan…….how do you mitigate that? More comprehensive vetting maybe? Well that would help but carrying out extensive vetting on a UK citizen living in London is a great deal easier than it is in many other areas of the globe. How about using a team from outside the ‘host’ [...]

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What else do i do to get on “The Circuit”?

This is a question that we often get asked and an area that we pay a fair amount of attention on during our courses. There is no “DS” answer to this but there are certain things that we can all do to make ourselves stand out in what is a very competitive market place, here [...]

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Free Philip Young – Afghan Prisoner

I thought that i would place up this video of Philip Young after the last blog posting just to add some extra support to his cause. Visit the FaceBook page, sign the petition and repost this video on your own blogs/websites/FB page.

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