Longworth Hall
Lugwardine
Hereford
UK
HR1 4DF

Phoenix CP Limited is the most highly regarded Close Protection (CP) training establishment in the UK. Phoenix CP’s mission is to provide the best quality training possible for service leavers and for those already operating within the private security industry. Its credentials include:

• Has trained over 1,000 CP operators, around half of all those licensed by the UK’s Security Industry Authority (SIA);
• Preferred supplier status with the Ministry of Defence for Armed Forces’ resettlement training;
• Accredited to teach the Security Industry Authority (SIA) approved Close Protection course;
• Registered and approved City & Guilds Centre;
• Registered with the Department of Education & Skills and can therefore accept students taking advantage of Career Development Loans or other UK Government-led initiatives;
• Phoenix-trained personnel are highly sought after and are deployed on a wide variety of CP assignments worldwide.

Phoenix CP is predominantly staffed by former UK Special Forces soldiers, all of whom have been carefully selected to ensure they have the appropriate operational backgrounds and educational qualifications to effectively teach Close Protection, surveillance and firearms skills.

With bespoke training establishments in Hereford and Switzerland, comprehensive and highly regarded courses and a market leading teaching instructor to student ratio, Phoenix CP is able to provide students with the high level of professional expertise and continuity of training which will be invaluable in their future roles.

Phoenix CP was formed in August 2000 to provide commercial CP training appropriate to the realities of the operational environment as well as training which offers depth, quality and consistency to students and their future employers. Phoenix CP has been a subsidiary of ArmorGroup International, one of the world’s leading providers of defensive protective security services, since late 2005.

ArmorGroup Internationalplc is recognised as one of the world’s leading providers of defensive, protective security services to national governments, multinational corporations and international peace and security agencies operating in hostile environments. ArmorGroup provides protective security services, security consultancy, security training and mine action services. It has 9,000 highly trained and experienced employees and long term operations in 38 countries across the Middle East, Africa, North and South America, the CIS and central Asia. For more information please visit www.armorgroup.com or email info@armorgroup.com.