Keyholding is the process of providing an individual or group with a spare set of keys to your business site. They will then use these key to perform a set of pre-agreed tasks on your site, ranging from opening and closing the premises to responding to emergency alarm activations and conducting security sweeps.
When you choose keyholding and alarm response services from Prime Secure, you will be guaranteeing that in the event of an emergency highly qualified and expertly trained SIA licenced security officers will be the ones to attend, using their experience to resolve the situation and keeping your staff and valuable assets well out of harms way.
When they are not in use, we will store your keys in a secure location, within safes that are coded and guarding 24/7 in a secure remote location not far away.
Why might you choose to use a keyholding service?
The main reasons that company owners choose to have a keyholding service in place include to ensure that a back-up is in place in the event that you accidentally leave your keys at home, to have someone in place to open up at the start of the day and secure the site afterwards, and to guarantee a swift response to any emergencies.
What are the benefits of keyholding?
The benefits of keyholding are extensive. It provides you with extremely valuable peace of mind that even if you can’t get to your site yourself at this stage, there is an expert team of security never too far away.
If also helps you keep your security costs to a minimum as you can avoid having to pay for full time security guards without leaving your site unprotected.
Just some of the biggest benefits of using a professional keyholding and alarm response service include:
Protecting your staff
At the end of the day, if you are a business owner, keeping your staff safe must always be your number one priority. Professional keyholding replaces the need for you to nominate one of your staff as your keyholder and putting them in dangerous situations that they are not trained to deal with.
Identifying security issues
Security officers attending to your site as your nominated keyholder not only deal with security threats as they arise but are also trained to spot danger and report it back to you, This way, you can swiftly put measures in place to deal with vulnerabilities in your security set-up.
Save money
By outsourcing keyholding you can avoid having to train your own security team in house or hiring round the clock manned guarding services.
Security isn’t something that you want to be sourcing on the cheap but at the same time, you do have profit margins to maintain and if you can retain the same level of emergency alarm response at a much lower price it is a pretty straightforward business decision to make.
Comply with all laws and regulations
As a professional keyholding companies we are all too familiar with the legal compliance rules that all companies in the UK must abide by. With offices located up and down the UK, we are also able to offer more local knowledge on the compliance standards required in your local area.
We will work closely with you to ensure that you are not falling foul of any of these regulations and never fall short of your security obligations as an employer.
Complete customisation
We are always happy to discuss any ways in which we can adapt our keyholding services to make your life easier and your site more secure. No matter if you are looking to secure a commercial or residential property, our keyholding can be combined with a number of other security services such as CCTV, security guards, and alarm systems.
Get in touch
Like the sound of what you have heard about our keyholding and alarm response services? If so, get in touch today and learn more about how you could benefit from joining the large number of different companies from all across the UK who use the keyholding services of Prime Secure to keep their business premises, construction sites, vacant properties, and more protected from criminal activity and other external threats.