Many of us as employees are expected as part of our jobs to travel on behalf of our companies throughout the UK and abroad. Generally these trips are uneventful and on the whole enjoyable , yet how often do we plan for our own personal security whilst we are away?

What are the risks in unfamiliar cities, hotels , bars , restaurants and public transport systems? What do we have to look out for?

What do we do in the event of strikes, civil disruption and adverse weather conditions? What are the latest scams and confidence tricks we can encounter in unfamiliar destinations?

The course is about preparation, some prior reseach and assessment of the potential risks that may be faced.

For most companies it is ensuring that their employees have at least thought through potential problems before they depart on their next business trip. It is part of an employers "duty of care " .

The One Day Course

The one day course may be taylored for individual delegates or companies own concerns. In general the topics which are covered are :

• Pre-trip preparation, including personal risk assessment and destination risk assessment.
• Assessing potentially insecure situations, mainly on transport systems, hotels , bars and restaurants.
• Return route contingencies, including strikes , delays, weather, civil disruption.
• Assistance from various organisations including British and foreign agencies.
• Theft , scams and confidence tricks.

Comments from Previous Courses

• "I travel regularly abroad but never realised how vulnerable I was for theft within 30 minutes of landing."
• " I totally rely on my GPS Sat Nav. system, but I never considered what I would do in a gridlocked motorway system in detriorating winter weather conditions "
• " I didn't realise how much information may be gathered about me by other guests whilst waiting in a queue to check in at a hotel "
• " When away on business I love to explore my surroundings, but never really thought first about any potential problems I may encounter".
• " I had always relied on my mobile phone to get me out of any difficulty until I understood and appreciated how networks can go down through over use or even being switched off "