Secure your Business

Here are Squire's top security tips:

• Lock your premises properly
  Lock doors, windows, perimeter gates, cabinets, storage areas and make sure everyone knows who is responsible for locking up and setting alarms if you have them. Put yourself in a criminal's shoes, look for vulnerable access points and secure them accordingly.
  
  
• Lock up well, out of work hours
  Secure all entrances and exits outside working hours or when they are not being used.
  
  
• Provide a safe for cash and valuables
  Be particularly careful if your business handles large amounts of cash. Use safes and specialist security firms where possible. Criminals are more likely to target businesses if they know large amounts of cash are involved in the day-to-day running of the business. This makes your staff more vulnerable to crime, and you need to take extra precautions to compensate.
  
  
• Don't forget outbuildings and boundaries
  Don't forget to secure outbuildings,remote storage locations and cabinets. Locking windows and doors alone may not be enough to prevent crime. Keep boundaries and perimeter access secure.
  
  
• Use good quality locks that are purpose designed, and that can't be easily broken or picked. Use anti-bump and anti-snap products to prevent these more common types of break-in. Take advice from your locksmith and don't be tempted to buy cheap and flimsy locks.
  
  
• Install an alarm and/or CCTV
  Check with your insurers if this is a requirement of your insurance and make sure you understand your full obligations. As well as locks, alarms and CCTV are a wise precaution along with shutters, grills and anti-raid bollards.
  
  
• Keep tight control of stock
  Install lockable cages for stock, keep accurate records and limit access only to highly trusted staff where possible.
  
  
• Use light wisely
  Lighting vulnerable areas to increase the chance of criminals being seen is a useful deterrent.
  
  
• Keep good key control
  Don't let unauthorised people handle keys and make sure every single key can be accounted for.
  
  
• Regain control after a break-in
  Don't delay. If you are broken into, act swiftly to replace locks and regain full security of your building. If you suspect a key may have been copied or stolen as a result of the break-in, the lock must be replaced.
  
  
• Vary your routine
  Criminals are known to watch people, places and patterns of behaviour before targeting their victims. Simple measures, for example visiting the bank at different times of day, are small steps that can help.
  
  
• Get extra help with security
  Consider using a third party night security company to monitor premises that would otherwise be empty at night and weekends.
  

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