It is argued that acquiring new clients costs in the order of five times the rate of retaining existing ones. I would maintain that the ratio might be considerably more than this, especially when you factor in the likelihood of additional business that your existing clients could provide. We recently upgraded the alarm system for [...]
Business Development
We live in the real world – and deliver real world CCTV systems
2 September 2016 – Posted in: Burglaries, Business Development, Business security, CCTV, Crime prevention, Electronic security, Infra-red, IR cameras, Security, surveillance, The Data Protection ActAs a lover of science fiction, I like nothing more to imagine that I could travel round the universe visiting strange new worlds, seeking out new civilisations etc etc. But I know it is only an artificial image created by clever special effects and computer graphics and will never be a reality for quite some [...]
January 2015 Review
2 February 2015 – Posted in: Alarms, Burglaries, Business alarms, Business Development, Car theft, CCTV, Customer Service, Employee, Fast Track, GuardHome News, Home security, IR cameras, surveillanceFinally the cold weather has arrived, although even this month had a few days where t shirts seemed more appropriate than thermals. At the start of the month and the year, we welcomed Darren Hills into the company, as detailed in my previous blog. I am very optimistic that Darren will develop into a first [...]
May 2014 Review
8 June 2014 – Posted in: After Care, Alarm maintenance, Alarms, Approved suppliers, Business alarms, Business Development, Crime prevention, Customer Service, Environmental, Green Credentials, GuardHome News, SecurityWhat a month May turned out to be? Our focus remains on the preparation work to get our new offices complete for opening on the 28th June. Because we are refurbishing an existing garden building, that was previously used as a recreational area, complete with small swimming pool etc, we had to remove all existing plant and [...]
March 2014 Review
5 April 2014 – Posted in: Alarm setting, Annual Report, Business alarms, Business Development, CCTV, Crime prevention, Electronic security, Environmental, Green Credentials, Moving House, Security, surveillanceI think we can finally conclude that the Ark building business idea can be put on hold for now. I will need to check the good book to see how we handle Sahara dust and European pollutants, especially as the Eastern Europeans seem to have the car washing business nicely tied up (am I sounding [...]
GuardHome new offices – a quick update
2 April 2014 – Posted in: Business Development, Crime prevention, Electronic security, Environmental, Green Credentials, Moving HouseThe second phase of the development of our new offices has now started. I have recruited an energy conservation specialist to develop and implement a strategy for heating and air conditioning for the office using the latest green renewable energy techniques. We are likely to employ solar energy, air source heat pumps, high efficiency thermal [...]
February 2014 Review
2 March 2014 – Posted in: After Care, Alarm maintenance, Alarm setting, Alarms, Business Development, Customer Service, Electronic security, Home alarms, SecurityFebruary 2014 was a bit of a mixed month really. After a period of sustained wet weather, where flooding seemed to be the biggest risk, the weather finally calmed down towards the end of the month and we had some truly delightful spring like days. I don’t remember any days of early morning ice scraping [...]
An exciting new phase for GuardHome
8 February 2014 – Posted in: After Care, Alarms, Burglaries, Business alarms, Business Development, Business security, CCTV, Crime prevention, Customer Service, Electronic security, Environmental, Fire alarms, Green Credentials, Home alarms, Home security, Insurance, Moving House, Security, Smoke detectors, surveillance, TheftThis week is very exciting for us at GuardHome as it sees work starting on our new offices. After almost ten years of running my business from a very cosy room in my home, I have decided we are sufficiently mature to have our own offices. Some of the local residents may already have seen [...]
Another Great Year For GuardHome
30 June 2013 – Posted in: After Care, Annual Report, Business Development, CCTV, Customer Service, Fire alarms, Home alarms, Security, Smoke detectors, surveillanceAt GuardHome we are just coming to the end of our ninth year of trading. Where has the time gone? Again we have achieved near record sales with our reputation for providing superb security and the highest standards of customer service being cited by our clients as their reason for using us and allowing us [...]