Banner photo by Sam Balye on Unsplash 5 tips every Head Teacher should tell their pupils before the Summer With the summer holidays a matter of days away, every Head Teacher will be looking to wish their pupils a safe and happy summer break. Unfortunately we should not take for granted that all Read more…
The horror of senseless attacks Yesterday, the 13th of June 2023, three wholly innocent people were killed, murdered, in Nottingham. While the police and the authorities are still trying to work out exactly what happened and why, it is clear that the victims were in the wrong place at the Read more…
5 Ways to Improve Your Travel Security Last week I sat down with an old friend, now the COO of a technology company. They had recently tried to open a new market in the Middle East and had in his words “bombed it”. Their team had misjudged the meetings culturally, Read more…
Developing Skills to help you Succeed We’re changing the way we do things this year. Every Tuesday we will be publishing a blog post to help you develop your security approach as an individual and someone responsible for others. Some posts will be skills to practice others will be about Read more…
How to keep control of your emotions as the weather boils As the UK issues its first ever red warning for extreme heat, experts have regularly warned of the physical risk to ourselves, our animals and, our properties, all brought about by this unusual burst of heat. But, the affects Read more…
Female Safety on Public Transport Public transport is an essential service that provides individuals with access to work, to an education and to all of life’s opportunities. Many females, sadly however, have a real safety concern about using public transport in the UK. A recent survey by the Police and Read more…
It’s nearly the New Year and driven by positive intent, many of us will be thinking about where we are in our lives and what we want to achieve in the next year. Will we change jobs, study for that extra qualification, finally do that marathon, learn Spanish or lose Read more…
Eight die in concert crowd On 5th November 2021 the crowd at the Astroworld music festival in Houston Texas suddenly surged forward. Within minutes, eleven people suffered cardiac arrests through the crushing of the bodies. Although emergency services were able to recover them from the crowd, eight subsequently died of Read more…
“Stay Alert” is the new formal government advice for our next stage of the Coronavirus outbreak. It’s common sense some say, while others hold their hands up and exclaim they don’t know what that means. Well, in a world where we had to be re-taught how to wash our hands, Read more…
When your community, or country, comes out of the lockdown there are going to be a lot of people who are greatly relieved to have come out of a very stressful time in their lives. They may already have been exhibiting that stress to you, and even trying to unload Read more…
Since the Coronavirus Lockdown started, crime has changed, and not always in the way we may have expected. Some news would have it that crime has dropped, and that is a common perception, but this is only partially correct. You are now vulnerable in different ways and you need to Read more…
The government advice for the coronavirus outbreak is very clear. If you are not needed at work, or if you’re able to work from home, then you should stay at home. For those of us in that category, that means a period of at least three weeks, so far, with Read more…
Across the United Kingdom, everybody is now into self-isolation because of the Coronavirus outbreak. We are all directed to stay at home unless we are key workers, only to leave those homes for essential activities, like shopping, and to exercise once per day. The roads around the country are visibly Read more…
Coronavirus has changed the nature of how the UK operates over a few short weeks and many people are understandably frightened and worried by the huge uncertainty we all face. There has been fighting in the supermarket aisles over toilet rolls. Thousands of businesses have collapsed in 20 days. Tens Read more…
There is a home burglarly every 108 seconds somewhere in the UK. The Average cost of a residential burglary is £3,030 according to the ONS. That doesn’t include the emotional cost. It is estimated that somebody is at home during 58% of burglaries. Keeping your home secure is vital to Read more…
or, Why do so many politicians fail to understand where security capacity comes from? Across the United Kingdom there is a common belief that violent crime is a serious growing national problem. While statistics do not always support this belief, perceptions do guide action from those in power. The current Read more…
Did you know that there are at least: That is a lot of vehicles, so with all of that choice out there, why should anybody target yours? There are two parts to the answer. Thieves may be stealing to order and want a top of the range super car, or Read more…
Oh yes, it’s the time of year when we not only pause to celebrate, but also to think about who we are and what we want to be going forward. It’s 2020 New Year Resolution time. Well here’s 5 commitments you can make, from today, which will help you and Read more…
Preparing for the adventure of your life. Taking a gap year and travelling abroad is now more popular than ever. Every year approximately 250,000 18-25 year olds from the UK take some form of gap year. It is seen increasingly as a good thing to do. In fact, did you Read more…
We are community people, stronger and far more capable together than apart. The pack uses the strengths of its individuals to its best interests and shelters less capable more vulnerable members. Within this context we often sub consciously subscribe to the pack’s ability to make the best safety decisions on Read more…
Earlier today the UK government lifted its travel advice against visiting Sharm el Sheikh including the airport and the areas of Sharm el Maya, Hadaba, Naama Bay, Sharks Bay and Nabq. That’s good news both for tourists and the tourist industry in that area, but it does raise the general Read more…
Good question. The world has never before presented so much opportunity to so many of us. We can literally reach across the world to start new businesses, ask for support and build relationships. Borders and distances which once would have stopped us seem relatively inconsequential, by-passable with a little bit Read more…