2017 Corruption Index
Last week Transparency International published their Corruption Perception Index for 2017. New Zealand and Denmark ranked highest, with the UK ranked as joint 8th, along with Canada, Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Western Europe was the best performing region, with the worst being Sub-Saharan Africa, followed by Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The full list with accompanying […]
Russian fraudster jailed for five years
A UK-based international fraudster has been brought to justice for a million-pound scam in a private criminal prosecution. Andrey Kulich was sentenced to five years at Birmingham Crown Court on Wednesday after being convicted of conspiracy to defraud. The 51-year-old Russian was part of an organised criminal network based in the West Midlands, who carried […]
Crisis Management Training
We have recently conducted a further crisis management table top exercise for the senior UK management and crisis management team of the Marsh and McLennan Companies in London. The training utilised our immersive training platform LIMIT and led the participants through a series of interactive situations, focussing on their response to a corporate manslaughter incident. This exercise […]
Sailing sponsorship
BGP are proud to be sponsors of the 4.2 UK National sailing team, who recently sailed at Loctudy in France. Sean Woodard won the 4.2 World trophy with all UK sailors achieving top 30 world rankings. Teams came from around the globe, including China, France, Italy, South Africa, Macau, Ireland as well as the UK, […]
What happened to Madeleine McCann?
Some time ago, I travelled to Portugal to look at the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, and the circumstances surrounding it. My analysis, reasoning and conclusions are shown here. I am one of very few who continue to believe that Madeleine may still be alive. This document has been updated to reflect what […]