Security service

Close Protection

Close protection should preserve freedom of movement and professional confidence—not dominate the principal’s day. Every assignment is shaped by threat, exposure, itinerary and environment.

Discuss your requirement Our operating standard

Protection built around the actual risk

We begin by understanding who or what may create risk, where exposure is highest, which movements are predictable and what the principal needs to accomplish. The resulting plan can cover arrival, routes, venues, residences, meetings, public appearances and liaison with the client’s wider team.

Close protection supplied as licensable activity is undertaken by appropriately licensed personnel. Team structure and deployment are determined by assessment rather than a standard package.

Threat, vulnerability and itinerary review

Advance work and venue liaison

Journey and arrival planning

Executive and principal protection

Residential and event support

Clear communications and contingency planning

Discreet, composed and adaptable

A close protection professional must read the environment without creating avoidable attention. Good manners, confidentiality and calm communication sit alongside decisive action where circumstances require it.

Assignments may be short-term, event-specific or part of a wider protective arrangement. We discuss the objective and constraints before recommending the appropriate level of support.

Executives and senior leaders

High-profile individuals and families

Visiting delegations

Public-facing engagements

Sensitive corporate movements

UK travel and Scottish itineraries

Questions clients ask

Clear answers before commitment.

Is close protection the same as a bodyguard?

Bodyguard is a familiar term, but close protection describes a wider professional discipline involving assessment, planning, advance work, movement and coordinated protective measures.

Are close protection officers licensed?

Close protection work that is licensable in the UK is assigned to personnel holding the appropriate current SIA Close Protection licence.

Can you support a short visit to Scotland?

Yes. A focused brief can cover arrival, transport, meetings, accommodation, venues and departure, subject to assessment and availability.

Can you quote a standard day rate?

Requirements differ materially by risk, itinerary, location, duration and team structure. We provide a proportionate proposal after reviewing the assignment.

A considered security response

Tell us what must be protected and what effective delivery needs to look like.

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