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Considerations for hiring executive protection services

VIPs, high-ranking politicians, and senior company executives represent considerable financial value as well as operational importance and are therefore regarded as assets whose protection should be entrusted to skilled professionals. What are the dangers? High-profile individuals of every kind will always be potential victims of serious crime such as kidnapping.  Politicians may also be specifically targeted by activist and terrorist groups.  VIPs and other public figures are frequently subject to the threatening attentions of stalkers. Senior executives could be at risk from commercial rivals.  In addition to people in these specific categories, high net worth individuals of any kind - even those perceived as such because of their visibility on social media -  are increasingly prone to the attentions of thieves, burglars and fraudsters. What is executive protection? Executive protection service  is a highly specialized field within the private security industry. It is focused on high

3 ways of saving your mouldy wooden pallets

  Wooden pallets are a valuable commodity in their own right, and far too many are prematurely scrapped. This is neither environmentally nor economically sensible because most are easy to repair and recondition. Professionally reconditioned wooden pallets   are often as strong and hygienic as new ones and refurbished pallets   also offer significant cost savings. A common problem is the slow (or sometimes sudden) appearance of fungal colonies or mildew stains. This can happen on new as well as older pallets and although it often affects pallets left in the rain or stored without air circulation, it is also common on pallets that have travelled for weeks in containers or cargo holds. It does not usually mean that the pallet was improperly conditioned to begin with, nor that it is no longer fit for use. Understanding the problem will help keep those pallets in use for longer. Pallet construction Some people assume that inferior or even scrap timber is used to construct pallets. This is f