Following an announcement by Vanquish® Training Academy on International Women's Day, I am pleased to announce the formal launch of VÉQURE. The UK's first and only all female security training provider. The announcement also came about exactly one month after the birth of my daughter which makes it that little but more fitting to be the founder. From the website Vequre.com Pronounced 'vey cure", we are the UK's first female only security training academy. ​ The first ever, al

On Saturday 2nd February 2019, I will be making a presentation at the joint open day hosted by Vanquish® Training Academy and The Security Academy. OPEN DAY TICKETS CAN BE BOOKED HERE This is a free event and will encompass a wealth of information relating to close protection, door supervisor, surveillance and private investigator training courses. My aim is to address some of the more frequently asked questions to attendees which will be followed by a question and answer ses

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The new qualification, fully entitled IQ Level 3 Award for Professional Investigators, is recognised by the SIA and will be the relevant qua

The changes to the Close Protection Training Course written by security industry expert and international advisor Michael Chandler

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In a nutshell, yes. Unfortunately in the security industry, as with most industries, my honest opinion based on my experience is that you are able to and will succeed if you know the right people. I've seen people who do very well in the close protection/ bodyguard sector purely based on their contacts and nothing to do with their personality, performance or professional background. So should personality play a big part on whether or not you ascertain contracts as a freelance

I am often asked why the close protection training course that I wrote does not include firearms training. The answer is simple but relatively long and that is, the course I wrote was to be used by Vanquish Training Academy from which Vanquish Security would recruit candidates from. The type of close protection tasks that Vanquish® deploy operatives onto are usually for two main principal types; celebrities and high-net-worth individuals and are more often then not, low threa

When I started my close protection course, I was overwhelmed by the other candidates/ course attendees because of their age, military/ policing backgrounds and general confidence. I was bar far the youngest on the course. In fact, if I remember correctly, the next youngest person was 9 years older than me which at 22, is a big difference. If you would have asked me before the course started the type of people I hope will be on the course, I would probably have chosen people t