With the dark nights drawing in and Christmas fast approaching, business owners can maximize the security of their premises and people by following these simple security tips.
- Walk round your premises and make sure that perimeter is secure. For example, look at possible hiding places or walls or fences that could be climbed.
- Think how perpetrators would look at your business when it is closed during the day or night. For example, loading bays, cellar, doors and the back/side of your premises.
- Consider walkways and car parks used by staff, ensuring that areas are well lit or covered by CCTV cameras.
- Ensure that staff have their mobile phone fully charged or walk with their colleagues for the times when you are working late or have to leave the office in darkness.
- Install a burglar alarm and make sure it is installed as a visible deterrent.
- Ensure windows and doors are securely locked and blinds closed so thieves are not tempted.
- Insure office equipment such as computers and laptops.
- Access control will make it more difficult for the unauthorised to gain entry. Request that all employees wear their access cards as a method of making strangers stand out and discourage unwanted visitors.
- Plant thorny bushes below ground floor windows as it can put off possible intruders.
- Install CCTV by all entrances.
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