As many are left unattended overnight, businesses are a prime target for thieves. Keep yours safe with our safety tips, including the benefits of roller shutters and steel doors.
Installing CCTV along with warning signs at relevant locations around your business premises will help potential marauders think twice before entering your premises. If they do decide to break in anyway, CCTV will be able to help police identify the thieves. Installing a burglar alarm is another important step in helping to prevent break ins. What’s more, these systems should reduce your insurance premiums.
A roller shutter is a metal grille that completely blocks the entrance of your premises when you want to close shop or prevent people from entering. They are often your first line of defence against break-ins so it’s important a professional roller shutter installer fits it to ensure it works effectively and is in line with regulations.
Having the right kinds of locks on doors is crucial to keeping your business safe from potential break ins, after all, think how easy pad locks are to cut open. While locking front and back doors is second nature, looking interior doors is often over-looked though it provides an added barrier for thieves to negotiate, slowing them down or stopping them altogether. For extra security, lock all your valuable tools and products in a safe overnight.
As well as the right kinds of locks, installing the right doors is an effective measure for ensuring the security of your valuables. Steel doors and aluminium doors can not only help stop thieves in their tracks, but they also offer extra protection in the event of a fire.
As the name suggests, motion sensor lights are turned on when they detect movement within a certain area. When installed at strategic or dark areas of your business premises, motion sensor lights are an effective burglar deterrent as a bright light will be triggered as they get closer to the property
Quay Facilities are specialists in the installation, repair and maintenance of security roller shutters and doors in London, Kent and the surrounding areas. For more information about how our roller shutters help protect your business, contact us today on 0208 2266 247.