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Opinion piece and case study by Critical Control Helpdesk (CCHD). February 2021 statistics released by ONS show knife crime is at epidemic levels across the country. Whilst crime rates have [...]

UK lockdown reopening - what do offices need to know? Lockdown restrictions across the UK are relaxing, with many premises reopening and workers returning to the office. Over the coming [...]

An opinion piece by Commercial Director, Julie Hulme. From Monday 12th April retail is re-opening in England and Wales, with Scotland following from 26th April. To help retail and high [...]

What is IR35? IR35 is tax legislation aimed to combat tax avoidance by both workers and companies hiring them with an “off-payroll” tax. It’s a move to tackle workers who [...]

What is a Void Property Inspection? A void or vacant property inspection (VPI) is conducted on an empty property for safety, compliance, and building integrity, ensuring a premise can safely [...]

Women in security at Expeditious Services. Did you know Expeditious Services have an unusually high ratio of female employers throughout the company? The frontline team are above industry average at [...]

Attracting Gen-Z into security. Gen-Z (aka Zoomers) are people born between 1997 and 2012, and they make up roughly 19% of the UK population. With the oldest of this age [...]

Updates to SIA licensing – license-linked qualifications and top-up training. Back in October 2020, Security Industry Authority announced upcoming changes to their licenses, launching from April 2021. These changes include [...]

Reviewing your security services –how to increase income and resilience without compromising on risk or quality. When reviewing your security services, a question likely to be on your mind is [...]

Small steps in everyday security practise can lead to big moves in protecting against terror threats or risk. Risk assessments and counter-terrorism policies are commonplace within many businesses, but some [...]

What is fatigue management? Fatigue management relates to the methods used to effectively handle the safety implications of extreme weariness on shift. Poorly designed shift patterns, lack of adequate awareness [...]

As of 1st January 2020, the United Kingdom has officially left the European Union with new controls being imposed on workers and businesses employing from the EU. One of the [...]

The days of traditional “man in a van” mobile security patrols to protect premises are a thing of the past. Manned guarding in this form offers little to no [...]

What is ‘Earned Wage Access’? Earned Wage Access, or Instant Pay Access is the latest in "trendy" employee benefit making its way across the Atlantic.  Described by providers as "financial [...]

The global pandemic has had a significant impact on safety, protection and health across societies and organisations across the world. Whilst measures have been taken to safeguard against a potential [...]

Over the course of 2020, the UK has seen various configurations of lockdown restrictions as a measure to control COVID-19. These have inevitably impacted property owners and premises managers, with [...]

As of Thursday 5th November 2020, thousands of premises and buildings are being closed for the latest UK national lockdown, in a fight against COVID-19. It can be tempting to [...]

With regularly changing lockdown restrictions, businesses closing, vacant properties and rising levels of employment, it’s a hugely testing time for many, especially property managers and facilities managers. Government guidelines are [...]

Expeditious Services have put our money where our heart is and become an official member of Living Wage Foundation. We have joined over 6000 members - including multinational organisations, FTSE [...]

Looking after the mental wellbeing of a workforce is hugely important, now more than ever, especially for those in the security industry. According to research by the University of Portsmouth, [...]

The benefits of insourcing vs outsourcing have long been debated in business services. As a security services provider, Expeditious is flipping the script on the traditional outsourcing industry model. We [...]

Throughout times of adversity, technology finds pioneering ways to keep people and premises safe; and this is certainly true for the current Corona Virus Pandemic. Across the security industry, we’re [...]

Due diligence at any stage of a business relationship is important, but never more so that with the companies and organisations used for labour. Within the security industry, labour-only contracts [...]

In figures released by the Office for National Statistics, data shows security guards are amongst those most at risk from contracting and dying from COVID-19. Key-workers in a range of [...]