How to keep safe on your business travels
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s part of our role, many of us are required to travel, sometimes to dangerous locations. Even the most seasoned of business travellers can become complacent and forget basic travel safety advice.
Here we provide some reminders on simple precautions to take to keep safe on business travel, especially to hostile environments.
Be prepared
The first rule is to know your destination. Prepare as much as possible by researching the location to which you are going.
Occasionally, companies or organisations will require staff to travel on their behalf, potentially to a hostile environment. This could be a politically unstable country on the brink of revolution or civil war or a part of a country prone to lawlessness. Add radicalisation and terrorism to the mix and the dangers become all too clear. In recent years, close European countries, like France and Spain, which have
always been considered safe, have been the subject of terrorist attacks and demonstration. And, of course, parts of any western city can be as unfriendly an environment as any so- called danger zone. Limiting the risks while travelling for business, or indeed any reason, is plain common sense.
Talk to colleagues who have first-hand experience to share. Check the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) website for the latest travel advice, especially if the country to be visited is politically volatile or if there is a known risk of terrorist activity.
The FCO encourages British travellers to access current, country-specific travel advice by subscribing to its free email alert service or by following the FCO on social media via Twitter or Facebook. British Embassies and High Commissions also have their own websites and may have individual social media feeds or consular networks.
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