NEW PREMISES FOR FAST-
GROWING SECURITY FIRM
Up close
and
personal
Close Protection
Security (CPS)
continues to
expand despite
the setbacks of
Covid-19
WORDS: JULIE BURNISTON.
PICS: TOM BANKS
C
PS has quickly become one of the
region’s go-to security firms, with
a number of high-profile clients, a
staff of 60 and exciting plans for
expansion.
Managing director Glenn Bartlett learned
his trade from the age of just 18 at Yarm’s
Tall Trees nightclub and is now reaping the
rewards of his hard work and determination.
However, he’s also aware that success
can be lost as easily as it is gained without a
loyal workforce.
“Our team strive to be the best and I lead
by example,” says Glenn. “I’m very handson.
I think nothing of getting out of bed at
3am if there’s an issue at one of our sites.
It’s not a ‘them and us’ situation, we’re a
family.”
With newly opened premises on
Middlesbrough’s Riverside Park, which
Glenn has had fitted out with a state-ofthe-art
gym for his team, CPS are now in
the ideal location to respond to their local
Managing director Glenn Bartlett,
operations director James Willcock
operations manager Ben Appleby and
head dog handler Trevor Mills
clients such as AV Dawson, Scott Bros and
Middlesbrough FC.
“We’ll be there in one-to-three minutes,
less time than it would take the police,” he
says with pride. “In an ideal world we will
eventually look after the security of all local
firms.”
Certainly their current clients are full of
praise for the team.
AV Dawson MD Gary Dawson says
Close Protection have transformed the
security function at the firm’s 100-acre
Middlesbrough Port facilities at Riverside
Park, commenting: “They offer an unrivalled
combination of professionalism and a
personal ‘hands-on’ approach.
“Glenn and the team have adapted
readily to our changing needs and have
assisted greatly with additional measures
during the Covid-19 crisis. The relocation
to TeesAMP, which is only a few hundred
metres from our terminal, is also very
reassuring.”
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