Have an additional security measure for your business with a security safe
Statistics from the Home Office 2012 Commercial Victimisation Survey showed an unsettling 9.2 million crimes against business premises in 12 months. Almost half of these instances were down to consumer shoplifting and most of the crimes occurred against the wholesale and retail business sectors.
It’s not as if these establishments had wide open doors and windows and “welcome burglars” mats on them. 76% of premises in the sectors covered by the survey had burglar alarms installed, and 73% of premises had protective window and door measures in place.
It seems thieves are getting bolder these days or simply finding it easier to disable alarms and wreck doors and windows. If you have some irreplaceable, high-value items or large banknotes being kept in your store or office, a security safe provides an additional safeguard against losses from burglary.
Security safes provide a high level of protection both from unauthorised hands within your business premises as well as unwelcome visits from organised criminals. For one, it takes a certain amount of criminal sophistication and lots of time to crack a safe without giving the combination. Burglars may pry, drill, cut or torch a safe with little degree of success, not to mention it’s a loud, messy, and lengthy affair taking hours. Any burglar knows that time and noise are not conducive to their cause.
Money and jewellery are not the only items worthy of investing a safe on. Contracts, legal documents, product patents and financial data in printed copies or placed in a digital storage device that you don’t want to get into the wrong hands also need the utmost protection.
What if, say, you need your cashier to store the day’s collection when you’re not around? They can do so without having to open the safe with deposit / drop safes like this one http://www.theofficesuppliessupermarket.com/p/mini-vault-2-deposit-key-lock-safe which accept cash bags, wallets and keys. It is fitted with ‘anti fishing’ plates to prevent items being retrieved once deposited.
If larger items need to be dropped here’s a more suitable deposit / drop safe: http://www.theofficesuppliessupermarket.com/p/steel-stor-drawer-deposit-safe which has a drawer at the top where you place the item you want to store. Once you fully close the drawer its contents will fall into the secure safe below.
Quite handy if you’re not the only one who need to put things in it without having to share the combination or key to everyone.
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