SGS Systems Ltd are delighted to announce that over recent months we have grown our staff support programme to employ three new team members within our business, so that we may effectively respond to our growing customer demand for property security services and meet our customer’s needs.

Our new team members include:

Chris Swinton – Service Support Manager

Chris joins our team with 28 years’ experience in the property security industry. His new role at SGS Systems Ltd is offer service support to customer’s and match the right engineer to the requirements of each individual job.

Chris will also support the engineers with any training and equipment they may require and will look to report on and develop areas where skills are needed within the business.

In addition, Chris aims is to create a more automated approach to our business for the future in terms of both parts and sales, whilst out on-site providing a paperless workforce through digital technology.

 

Martin Cleobury – Service Maintenance Engineer

Martin is a fully qualified security engineer in Installation and Maintenance for Access Control, CCTV & Intruder Alarms. Martin is very knowledgeable of the property security industry and with 18 years of experience in working for major national security firms across the UK, Martin is looking forward to developing his new role here at SGS Systems Ltd.

Working closely with our Service Support Manager Chris Swinton and our other security engineers, Martin has been appointed to look after our regional contracts with the ambition to develop a role further into our national contracts for the future.

 

Joshua Gennard – Apprentice

Joshua begins here at SGS Systems as our Apprentice. Joshua is currently studying ‘Skills for Security’ at Birmingham College which is a 2 year course with 1 week’s training at the college, every 8 weeks.

At college Joshua is learning about health and safety within the workplace, which will progress into electrical engineering and then onto an assessment as he works through the course.

Here at SGS Systems Ltd, Joshua is learning and working to support our security engineers whilst out on site, in both the domestic and commercial sides of the business, for local and national contracts across the country. His skills learnt to date have included, fitting detectors and camera’s, plus fitting brackets and links for our Fog Cannon installations, health and safety, time management and travel.

Joshua says: “An Apprenticeship is a fantastic way in teaching life skills that you could not learn in school or college; only out in the workplace”. Joshua says that he is really enjoying what he has learnt so far with SGS Systems Ltd and Birmingham College.

Often Business CCTV monitoring is related to security, however over recent days Business CCTV monitoring has played an integral part in keeping drivers safe and the continued infrastructure of services throughout the inclement weather, here in the UK.

Snow blizzards and falling temperatures brought several areas of the nation to a standstill.Driving visibility was poor and many vehicles became stuck due to excessive snow or struggled to manoeuvre over treacherous ice.

Website companies and other search engine facilities who provide 24 / 7 online access to Business CCTV monitoring cameras capture up to the minute information on the conditions of road networks which has been crucial in the planning of routes.

How Business CCTV Monitoring has helped businesses

Through the poor weather conditions, Business CCTV monitoring has provided a valuable source of information to the emergency services and vehicle breakdown companies, so that they could continually offer help to those in need. Commercial CCTV monitoring has not only played an essential part in the supply-chain to logistical companies and delivery drivers who are required to deliver goods across the country, but also has helped UK residents to plan travel routes to their destinations and enabled them to make calculated decisions as to suitable times and how to travel.

For more information on our Business CCTV monitoring services provided to commercial companies and organisations, please contact our property security team at SGS Systems Ltd. Our CCTV monitoring security service is available for both internal and external use, and provides 24 hours a day, 7 days a week surveillance. From a single camera installation to a multiple site framework, our security equipment can meet many businesses needs as well as security services.

Alternatively, if you are looking for Home CCTV security, then please visit our Home Security page to find out how your property could benefit from our Home CCTV monitoring service.

 

Commercial CCTV technology has substantially grown over the years to offer many more benefits for installation rather than solely for security.

With an estimated growth of 33.89 million USD by 2023, the CCTV market is set to expand further.  Originally CCTV was designed as a method of surveillance to deter criminals and monitor any troublesome activity.  However, today’s Commercial CCTV technology goes much further than just security and is installed by commercial property owners for a variety of advantages in production activity.  From monitoring staff performance and business intelligence on premises and across the manufacturing industry to providing analysis on real-time traffic patterns in terms of traffic flow, congestion and traffic density in peak hours. In addition, customer movements and behaviours through retail outlets provides crucial data to businesses who are looking to drive sales.  CCTV technology offers far greater assistance to management teams who can use the information to tweak performance and streamline processes.

 

So how what will CCTV technology be capable of in the future?

Well in addition to it’s primary goal of deterring criminals and monitoring any troublesome activity 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, CCTV is set to offer other greater advantages to businesses who are looking for that extra data analysis. People counting, heat mapping and motion detection are just some of the options which are anticipated to drive CCTV technology sales over the coming years.

Are you a commercial property owner and looking to install commercial CCTV technology at your premises? We provide certified CCTV monitoring equipment across several industrial sectors which includes 24 / 7 reliability for businesses who require constant surveillance. For more information on both our analogue and digital CCTV equipment options, please contact our CCTV installation team. All our equipment is certified on installation and comes with regular maintenance and service checks.

Blogs used to write this article:

• http://www.satprnews.com/2018/01/10/cctv-market-2023-scope-of-study-research-objective-assumptions-limitations-market-dynamics-to-2023/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-circuit_television_camera

If you’re thinking of getting your house keeping in check for 2018, then you might want to begin with your house security?

Despite burglaries falling by nearly half in the last decade, 2016 /2017 did see a slight rise again. According the Office of National Statistics July 2017 –  Overview of burglary and other household theft: England and Wales report, “March 2003 (890,099 offences) – the earliest time period for which data are directly comparable – and the year ending March 2016 (401,001 offences), but slightly increased in the year ending March 2017 (411,536 offences), with domestic burglary and non-domestic burglary making up an almost even proportion of these offences.

According to the report it acknowledges that substantial improvements in house security since 2003, has been a primary positive factor in the reduction of burglary crime across the UK. Having an accredited alarm fitted by a certified installer will not only protect your home and family but will also give you peace of mind when away from the property.

With 70% of domestic burglaries taking place in the week and only 30% carried out on the weekend, the report highlights some interesting facts. Gaining entry through an unlocked door was reported as 70% of all intruder access, whilst 30% gained entry open window. The most regularly stolen items were purses wallets and money, whilst electronic goods and computer equipment, watches and jewellery were also frequently stolen.

How house security could protect your property

Whilst having a security alarm won’t save your belongings through an open door or window, it will focus you to check over your property before you leave. Having CCTV monitoring equipment installed will also deter prowling intruders and provide you with evidence as to who is entering your property 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To find out how SGS Systems Ltd could help you to decide on the best house security option to suit your property please contact us. We supply, install and maintain home burglar alarms and CCTV security up to extremely sophisticated house security options.

If it’s been on your to do list for most of 2017, then maybe it’s time you ticked off house security this year!

Blogs used to write this article:​

• https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/overviewofburglaryandotherhouseholdtheft/englandandwales

We would like to wish our customers, suppliers & associates

A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year
and thank you kindly for your support throughout 2017

 

We close 12.00 pm on December 22nd 2017
and re-open 8.30 am on 2nd January 2018

We do have 24 hour emergency callout over the holiday period.
Customers can call 01902 700687 and the call handling service operator
will direct the call to the on call engineer.

Are you a start-up business in retail, manufacturing or warehousing who is looking for security support? Our commercial security consultants can help!

Moving into a shop premises, a large warehouse or commercial unit, to begin your start-up business is an extremely exciting moment, however thinking about how you will protect your staff, your stock and equipment can be a daunting task!

Here at SGS Systems Ltd, our commercial security consultants recommend that you tackle your security head on and from the very beginning of setting up your business and moving into your commercial property. Talking to one of our specialist commercial security consultants, you will be able to determine very early on, in your business development, how you will use the space within your premises, including which areas will be open the public and where you will need the highest levels of security.

Our commercial security consultants will discuss with you, your commercial security options in terms of:

• Risk assessment
• How you will lock up the premises
• Who will be designated key holders
• How you envisage monitoring the premises when you are onsite or away from the property
• The types of security equipment which would suit your business
• Ultimately if the property requires police response protection

By outlining all the security variables early on, in the set-up stage of the business, will allow you the company owner to iron out any loop holes and raise security issues that perhaps you would not have thought about before-hand.

Protecting your commercial business 24/7 is essential to productivity.  Here at SGS Systems Ltd our commercial security consultants will recommend you the very best security options to support your start-up business, whether it’s a commercial security alarm system, CCTV monitoring equipment, fog security or a combination of all, we will find the right solution to suit your business needs.

Finally, our security will grow as your business evolves and expands to accommodate new spaces and further requirements. Too find out more about how we can support your start-up business, please contact our dedicated property security consultants.

Further reading on business security for start-ups:

• http://www.startupdonut.co.uk/blog/12/12/six-basic-premises-security-measures-for-small-businesses

This October sees another year of National Home Security Month (NHSM). Offering useful tips and advice on how to keep you and your family secure and keep the burglars at bay; across the internet, security companies are promoting how to stay safe.

Sponsored by Yale and now in its fifth year of success, National Home Security Month aims to raise awareness so that us Brits think about how we could live in a safer environment and increase the protection of our properties.

 

National Home Security Month says, 'Did you know' …

• 60% of burglaries take place from 6pm – 6am
• 70% of burglaries take place during the week
• 25% of Brits admit to having no home security
• The average burglar will spend 8-10mins in a home
• Purses, wallets and money are frequently stolen form a home
• Homeowners face bills of anything between £700 – £3000 to fix broken locks and replace stolen items

If you fall into the 25% category of having ‘no home security’ then maybe now is the time to consider stepping up on your home property protection? By having just a single house burglar alarm installation at your proeprty which is regularly tested, could prevent the inevitable happening to you and your family.

In light of National Home Security Month, here at SGS Systems Ltd we support homeowners throughout the West Midlands and across the UK with Property Security UK to ensure that they purchase right alarm system to suit their property.

Our company is SSAIB accredited which means that we only install the very best tested home security equipment. Knowing what to have installed and where, can seem like an overwhelming challenge when there are so many options out there on the market. If you would like to find out how our company could support you through the progression of obtaining a security alarm system for your home, then please get in touch

See links below to find out more about National Home Security Month:

• https://www.safe.co.uk/safezone/2017/10/national-home-security-month-week-one/
• http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/securing-your-home-is-child-s-play-with-national-home-security-month-1-4576028

Great News! It seems that us Brits are taking heed of home security awareness, which has been given a lot of media attention over the recent summer months.

The latest research has found that we are now becoming a bit more savvier when it comes to protecting our homes whilst going on holiday.

Unfortunately for some, there is still the temptation to post to facebook personal details of where they are going abroad and how long they’ll be away for, the minute they rock up at the airport. For other individuals, they recognise the severity in sharing this type of personal information and are doing everything that they can to make it look like they are still at home. After all there is nothing worse than going away feeling worried about the security of your home when all you really want to do is relax and have a good time.

In a recent study carried out by Yale to over 2000 home owners, it found that we are actually getting up to some clever tactics when it comes to our home security awareness! By just carrying out a few of the below you could prevent your home from looking likes it is vacant, especially if potential burglars are scouring the area.

Home security awareness tactics have included:

1. Leaving dirty dishes in the bowl
2. Put lights on a timer
3. Post messages as though you’re at home or that your house is occupied
4. Allow the neighbours to park on the drive
5. Ask the neighbour to put the bins out for bin day
6. Put personal paperwork out of sight
7. Hide jewellery
8. Play barking dog sounds on a timer
9. Ask a family member or friend to pick up your post
10. Ask a family member or friend to open and close different curtains
11. Save your holiday photos to post on social media, when you get back home
12. Get an SGS Systems House Alarm installed to protect your home

Are you going on holiday soon and looking to improve the protection of your house?
Here at SGS Systems we provide home security systems for homeowners who are looking to effectively protect their property. For a FREE home security awareness review and information on our available SSAIB accredited security products which include installation and regular service agreements, please contact our professional property security team to find out how we can support you and your property.

 

Blogs used to write this article:

• https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/property/bizarre-security-hacks-adopted-brits/21/08/

School holidays often draw younger people to the shopping centres as a means of ‘something to do’ on free days away from school, with the aspiration to spend holiday money on new clothes and gadgets or to meet up with friends.

Whilst this can be fun for the younger visitors, for the retail shop owners and security workers it sometimes involves further responsibility for the wellbeing of shopping centre customers. Keeping a close check on health and safety and ensuing that everyone is content by closely and regularly monitoring CCTV using retail security is just one way to do this.

The Merryhill Shopping Centre is a “leading retail and leisure destination in West Midlands” and draws in 2.1million customers each year with a 45minute drive catchment area of 2.8 million. It’s a great place to shop, eat and drink, with extraordinary leisure and entertainment facilities including the Odeon Cinema, Europe’s Highest Indoor Ropes Course, Mini Golf, Quest Adventure Centre and the Nerf Arena.

So did you know the Merryhill Shopping Centre has rules that customers should adhere too in order to keep the premises in check?

Here are just 10 of the rules listed in INTU’s Code of Conduct:

1 . Please always keep an eye on any children in your care.

2. Intimidating behaviour of any kind towards other visitors, our staff or our retailers is not acceptable.

3. No ball games, even if you are Lionel Messi!

4. Cycling, roller-blades, micro-scooters, skateboards and Heeley's are a no-no.

5.  No inappropriate use of customer lifts and escalators.

6. No throwing any object within the Centre (unless it's a smile).

7. Please no running on the malls.

8. There is a strict no smoking policy, and alcohol is only to be consumed on licensed premises.

9. Electronic cigarettes are also not permitted.

10. Any act of vandalism towards property belonging to us or our retailers will be dealt with accordingly and the local police informed.

Are you a retailer who is looking to obtain retail security to protect your store or maybe a warehouse owner who is looking protect your stock with warehouse security? Protecting individual business owners up to multiple retail outlet chains across the UK, here at SGS Systems we offer a diverse range of security services to suit individual business requirements, covering commercial alarm systems to CCTV security, for both internal and external surveillance whilst our most proficient fog / smoke security will protect designated premises areas where prominent protection against intruders is required.

To find out more about our retail security services, please contact our retail security and warehouse security sales enquiries today, for a free and confidential review of your business premises.

• http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/merry-hill-shopping-rules-intu-12786811
• http://intu.co.uk/merryhill/centre-information/health-safety