To maintain social distancing, long queues outside the store and limited numbers of customers inside will be commonplace. Trained and licensed security staff will play an important role in managing queues and entry into your store. They will also be on-hand to perform more traditional security roles such as identifying and stopping shoplifters. In the event of an incident at your store, our retail security guards will be supported by one of our mobile patrols in the area, who will be ready to provide immediate back-up.

One of the key measures introduced for the continued safety of your staff and customers is social distancing. An important aspect of this involves limiting the number of customers in your store at any one time. This leads to queues outside your place of business as customers return to spend money in your shop. Managing those queues is important: left to their own devices, customers won’t know when it’s safe to come in. Our queue management guards can resolve this for you. They will keep a close eye on customers coming in and out of your store. This allows a smooth flow of paying customers without risking the health of any individuals. Queue management guards will also be able to ensure that all customers use hand sanitiser before they enter, as well as dealing with anybody causing a disturbance in the queue.

While we’re all looking forward to successfully reopening, the country is not out of the woods yet. Should a member of your team or one of your customers present symptoms of coronavirus on your premises, you may be forced to shut down while your store, pub, or restaurant is deep cleaned. Since a key indicator of the virus is an increased temperature, our fever detection cameras are an excellent way to monitor people coming into your building. They can measure up to 30 people at a time from up to 7 metres away, provide incredible reading accuracy, and automatically focus on peoples’ faces, preventing false readings.

As we enter this new phase of post-lockdown shopping, technology is being developed to make the process easier for businesses shops and consumers alike. This includes automated occupancy monitoring technology that will gauge the number of customers in your store at any one time. Sensors at the entrance and exit will track the ebb and flow of your customers in real time. If there is room to accommodate more customers, a green light will show at the entrance. Once maximum occupancy has been reached, the light will turn red. This automated system removes the need for queue management guards, making it an ideal choice for the smaller establishment.