Cyprus Protection has been established by Andrew Jones, who moved permanently to Cyprus - with his wife and  daughter - in August 2007.

With the help of friends and colleagues, Cyprus Protection has moved from strength to strength and will establish itself over the coming years as a leading security company on the island - within its specialised fields. Over the coming period, we are planning to become affiliated with one of the largest security companies in the United Kingdom - allowing Cyprus Protection to offer services for large commercial security installations as well as our current domestic service.

Hi. My name is Andrew Jones. Since leaving school, my career over the previous 24 years has been associated with electronics, engineering, business and finance and includes:

• Engineering Mechanic, Royal Navy                                                           

        1st Class engineering Mechanic record of qualifications

        Exemplary character assessment

        Received medal whilst serving in the first Gulf War

• Security installation engineer                                  

                                                    City & Guilds in Electronic Systems

                                                    City & Guilds in Electronic assignments

                                                    International Correspondence School, Computer Programming       

                                                    Hamilton & Palmer Anti-Theft systems training course                      

                                                    City & Guilds, Institution of Electrical Engineers wiring regulations for installations

• Managing director, Digital Direct                             

                                                    Higher National Certificate in Business & Finance

As MD of Digital Direct, I focused the companies attention away from the local retail sector and concentrated on international import and export. Within a period of four years, turnover had increased from tens of thousands to fourteen million (USD). Accelerating growth led us to acquire land to develop our own warehouse and storage facilities. A major project for our company  - in which I actively participated - was the design and implementation of the computer systems (LAN). Shortly afterward, our customer base expanded and included household names such as British Telecom and Carphone Warehouse. As the company personnel increased my role became more involved with international sourcing of products & hedging against currency fluctuations. Following the fallout of the dotcom boom, I resigned to spend my time working on future developments.         

• Software R&D - Digital Developments & Digital Dealer  

Over the past six years I have been involved with research and development of financial (currency) software. Trading in conjunction with  with HSBC and Interactive Brokers platforms, software has been developed with particular emphasis on Technical analysis. I am an associate member of the Society of Technical Analysts. During this period information and help has also been sought and provided by the Centre for Advanced Software and Intelligent Systems (CASIS), in conjunction with Cardiff and Aberystwyth Universities. This project has now been concluded and the results will be published shortly.   

• Development of CyprusProtection.Com                

Since joining Europe in May 2004, Cyprus has become an attractive destination for the establishment of a business. Despite the current turbulence in the global economy, I am looking forward to the challenges that lay ahead and will push forward in offering our customers a high quality service, whilst maintaining high standards of engineering and business practices, that have become second nature during my varied career.