Warehouse security is an incredibly important part of running any business that holds an inventory, and the principles are broadly the same whether you have a 50,000 square foot storage facility or a stock storage area within the wider business premises. In some cases businesses with a workshop and warehouse/storage area may need to be… Read more »
Is Your Premises Secure During Fire Alarms?
When the fire alarm goes off it flips a switch in our brains activating the evacuation protocol – as something we have all done since school and at every place of employment, it is totally natural for us to evacuate the building in a safe and calm manner when we hear that noise. What is… Read more »
Keeping Second Homes Safe
Those of us lucky enough to have a second home know it also comes with a secondary headache – the security of a property that is routinely left unoccupied. A second home offers many benefits – a ready-made holiday where you don’t have to book or pay for accommodation, the option of providing friends or… Read more »
Reducing The Visitor Risk
If you’ve ever visited the Ministry of Defence (MoD) building in Whitehall you’ll know it’s not somewhere just anyone can stroll into. You’re never left alone, not even in an empty meeting room, and you’re required to have your bag searched and to pass through a physical scanner. The average office or business premises doesn’t… Read more »
The Outlaws – What You Can Learn
The excellent BBC series The Outlaws reached a nail-biting conclusion with an audacious raid on a large London home. The planning and execution of the raid was incredible and had us second guessing all the way through. As security experts we shouldn’t really be rooting for the burglars, but in this case they were actually… Read more »
Protect Your Business From Raids
Retail stores are a business premises at risk from raids, whether that’s during operational hours, or once the doors are closed and the shop is empty. Working with a security provider like P&R Alarms is a sure fire way to ensure your business is protected from raids, and equipped to prosecute should that be necessary…. Read more »
The Security Impacts Of Redundancy And Sackings
The decision to let someone go is never taken lightly, whether it’s a redundancy or a sacking. In the context of security impacts, even retirements are relevant to our concerns. There’s so much to think about in terms of paperwork, HR requirements and hiring a replacement, that some security matters get overlooked. We’ll lay out… Read more »
How To Spot (And Prevent) Employee Theft – Part 2
Welcome back to the second part of our exploration of employee theft. In the first part we looked at some of the noticeable signs that something is amiss, and in this second instalment we’ll explore the others and explain how to prevent this happening in your business. Frequent Visits From Friends Or Family Your employee… Read more »
How To Spot (And Prevent) Employee Theft – Part 1
Following on from our recent look at the British Retail Consortium’s retail crime report we are delving into the matter of employee theft. The report focused on violence and abuse, often from shoplifters, as the main concern for retailers, indeed catching prolific shoplifters is one of the main priorities of West Midlands Police. The matter… Read more »
Security In Industrial Facilities – Risk Mitigation
Industrial facilities come in all shapes and sizes, from oil refineries to toy manufacturing and everything in between. The amount of security risk faced by these facilities depends largely on the nature of the industry and the equipment or infrastructure housed on-site. A light industrial complex assembling toys, for example, is not a controversial site,… Read more »