Latest News & Mixed Feelings

For someone who teaches people to be aware and how to stay safe tragedies like this leave me saddened but also with mixed feelings. Of course, I believe everyone should have not just the right but the ability to walk alone anywhere at any time. However time and again it has been shown that this…

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Tony Featured in Business Travel iQ

Tony Featured in Business Travel iQ

Tony was recently interviewed by the editor of Business Travel iQ Amanda Greenwood about how to engage staff in risk analysis and not just leave risk assessments as a dead file somewhere on a server. Story Telling in risk assessments Full Article Here  

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No One Reads Country Risk Assessments

No One Reads Country Risk Assessments

That is not of course strictly true, the lawyers may read them after someone makes a claim and your risk, audit or HR dept. may check they exist probably once every year when they do their tick box exercise, they may even check their required headings are there but I bet they do not read…

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ATM – Cashpoint Risk

ATM – Cashpoint Risk

If you need cash, then the local bank cashpoints are often used. One of the great advantages of cashpoints of course is that you can travel the world cashless these days and just get local currency at any cashpoint. Long gone in the distant past is the idea of traveller’s cheques, in fact when I…

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Assault, Unlicensed Taxicabs and How To Stay Safe

Assault, Unlicensed Taxicabs and How To Stay Safe

With the cold nights rapidly approaching, more and more of us will be looking to catch a Taxi. Normally as long as we are fairly alert then a registered taxi is often the safest way of travelling late at night. However as with everything the bad guys in society also know we think this and…

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Who sends their female employees to UAE, Dubai or Qatar

Who sends their female employees to UAE, Dubai or Qatar

We in the west can become flippant with the realities of our freedoms that we take for granted. It can sometimes be a huge wake up call as we travel, work or holiday abroad only to find that the norms we take for granted do not apply. Remember what we believe is our reality it might not be someone elses be…

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