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Andy Thompson talks with Chris Lawton, Founder of Silk Road Training, who provide online, 360 degree and physically immersive courses that make life-saving hostile environment skills accessible to all. Training through Virtual Reality Technology What was the genesis of Silk Road Training? Grant Wootton, my co-founder, and I have been delivering training, amongst other functions, for several years. One of the things that had always bothered me personally was that Read more…

The Safety, Security & Risk Management sector is largely characterised by a “contingent workforce”: diverse, niche expertise, often sourced and mobilised quickly for short term projects and contracts. Risk Analysts – Close Protection Officers – Paramedics – Crisis & Disaster Management Consultants – EOD/C-IED Search – Cyber Security Experts – Hostile Environment Training Instructors – Security Directors – Health & Safety Consultants – Canine Handlers – Protective Security Specialists – Read more…

Andy Thompson talks with Simon Mallin, a freelance Consultant Canine Trainer, highly experienced in patrol, explosive search, narcotic detection, anti-poaching, and medical alert training courses for dogs and their handlers, working with public and private clients, nationally and internationally. What is the background to your career in Search Dog Training? I’ve been working within the canine industry since I was 18. I kicked off initially with the British Army, the Read more…

Andy Thompson talks with Carolyn Pearson, Founder & CEO of Maiden Voyage, a Travel Community and Risk Awareness Training provider that focuses on “Making Business Travel Safe in a Diverse World”, through gender-specific and minority groups solutions. What is the origin of Maiden Voyage? I was happily working in technology for ITV and I had the fortune of going on a business trip to Hollywood. My number one passion in Read more…

Andy Thompson talks with Mark Scoular, founding Director at Protect and Prepare Ltd, a multi-agency protective security and preparedness consultancy, providing high level strategic, tactical & operational interoperability from the development of policy and doctrine to hands-on delivery, training, testing and exercising and gap-analysis in any given high threat/risk environment both domestically and internationally. What brought you to establishing Protect & Prepare? The ten to twelve years prior to launching Read more…

In 2021, Marshal will be launching a Safety, Security and Risk Management “Training Services Marketplace“. We re-launched in 2024! The new Business Development platform is an initiative for companies and freelancers operating in this broad sector, around the world, who have a common purpose – helping to keep people and property safe. The Marketplace will enable you to promote and sell your niche courses by creating free adverts*, and managing Read more…

Andy Thompson ‘visits’ Nairobi, Kenya, to speak with Stephen Smith, Managing Director of SEPAR International, a Security, Risk Management, Training and Logistical Support company specializing in hostile locations worldwide, about their low profile and holistic approach to training for potentially traumatic scenarios, including hybrid digital and physical training solutions. SEPAR provides Safety & Risk Management Training services for operating in Hostile Environments. What is the origin of the company? I Read more…

Watch the Opening Address from the ICoCA AGA 2020 marking ten years of the International Code of Conduct and ‘rising awareness among private security companies of need to comply with human rights standards’. A rise in the standards of Safety, Security and Risk Management Training will go a long way to achieving the objectives and values espoused in the speech by Krystyna Marty, State Secretary, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Government of Switzerland,. Read more…