Everyone loves a holiday, a chance to get away from it all and relax for a while. But for some, the holiday can be ruined when they return home to find that their house has been burgled or even worse ransacked by intruders. Luckily, this does not happen very often, but when it does, it…
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is the body responsible for maintaining the standards of companies providing security services to businesses and private individuals in the UK. In order to work in this area, any individual needs to apply for a licence and pass the necessary tests and checks. For companies, a similar scheme is in…
It’s all too easy to believe that most crime takes place in the hours of the night when the wrongdoer is cloaked in darkness. And where this belief is taken to be fact, many people are tempted to raise their guard as the long nights of winter become a thing of the past (at least…
The idea of unexpected consequences is well known, perhaps the most famous being the one about a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon jungle, this causing a chain of events that in the end cause a major hurricane to develop in the Atlantic Ocean. One cannot blame the butterfly of course here, but perhaps…
And that is only a part of the story, as apart from helping business and homeowners by making their lives that bit more secure, Wye have been tirelessly supporting and helping the local community too. Supporting The Local Community and Businesses As a part of the celebrations, Andy, the manager and owner of Wye Security,…
Here of course we are talking about bad operators, who, one way or another cause you or your business distress. The Bad Guys, would today more than likely be more concerned with being defined as ‘guys’ than any damage they may have reeked, wanting instead to be known as ‘it’, ‘they’ or some other personal…
Christmas is almost upon us all once again, bringing with it, of course, the darker nights and as there are lots of presents about, and businesses are closed for longer periods than normal, all the more opportunity for those of a light-fingered persuasion. The sad fact is that having those presents under your tree, or…
The clocks going back have not increased the number of the hours of darkness of course, but they do seem to make the nights that bit longer in some strange way. More Dark Time But regardless of the time darkness falls, the fact of the matter is that there is more ‘dark’ time for burglars,…
Not a day goes past without someone talking about how AI is going to change everything in the World, and to a degree that is true, but at the moment, and for some time to come, AI is not going to replace the need for security guards… That does not mean that technology cannot help,…
With costs rising across the board, many businesses are looking for ways to save cash. Only the very desperate will opt to drop their insurance cover, but what about a way that reduces insurance premiums and overall costs, whilst increasing security levels? It’s a win win situation, but how is it possible? It’s often overlooked,…
