Your workforce and your reputation are the business’s largest and most important assets. Managing your workforce with empathy to ensure happy, engaged employees can be a balancing act. However, providing flexible working practices that are still profitable for your business is achievable, and something that every security business should be aiming for. 

The importance of an engaged workforce can’t be stressed enough because motivated employees are what makes a business successful. Research indicates that highly engaged staff show a 40% reduction in absenteeism, and almost 60% less turnover. Engaged employees show up every day with enthusiasm and purpose. They tend to work harder, treat customers well (leading to more business), and, are more likely to remain with the company.

With the UK government publishing its response to the Protect Duty public consultation that ran from February to July 2021, venues and organisations running events need to put in place measures that will help them to comply with new anti-terrorist laws when they come into force. The new regulations are likely to be applied in proportion to the size of the venue and the size of the organisation, and it will be important that all staff members receive training in the new measures. Businesses of all sizes will need to be able to prove that they are compliant.

and see tangible ROI with clever use of technology

Replacing paper-based manual systems with professional business software to run your company brings with it a myriad of benefits for employees, management and customers. However, one area that can be transformed dramatically is the annual SIA Approved Contractors audit.  Good software and accurate electronic records can reduce preparations down to as little as two hours compared with taking several days. In fact, we have heard of some cases where management teams have been  tied up for several weeks prior to an audit.  There comes a point, usually at around 20 employees, where it is more cost effective to look at using technology to run the business more efficiently.

How SmartTask can help you to win more business

Public sector and large corporate contracts provide a valuable income stream and a substantial base from which your business can grow and expand. You know that your company has the tenacity and agility to deliver these services, but demonstrating it can sometimes prove a stumbling block.  

Smaller businesses can have many advantages over larger organisations in winning both public sector and large company contracts. They have the flexibility to be more competitive on price while delivering the same high quality services, particularly where the management team works more closely with the business and staff, and costs are tightly controlled. Smaller, more agile companies can make faster decisions and respond more quickly to exceptional circumstances.

How SmartTask can help you to win more business

For companies of every size, finding new business is essential to maintain and increase revenues, and grow the business. However, searching for opportunities - whether new markets, growth areas, customers, partnerships or products and services - can be time-intensive and doesn’t always deliver the results you need as quickly as you might like.

In smaller organisations often the person responsible for business development wears many hats including sales, marketing, product development, completing new tenders and customer service - all equally important, which makes it hard to know where to focus for optimum results.