Is owning or managing a business keeping you awake at night?
Lets face it, having your own business, or merely managing one lets you sleep at night with one eye open. You are so worried that a bad thing can happen or a threat can strike at any time. It can be borne out of natural causes, burglars, intruders or worse, your very trusted employee/s. Just what are the dangers that businesses face nowadays? Take a look at the following articles below:
Burglary
Burglary is a crime related to theft or another crime. It typically involves breaking into a house, outbuilding (such as a shed, stable, or garage), business, school, place of worship, boat, aircraft, rail car, or motor vehicle with an intent to commit a theft or felony.
Unlike in the past, burglary is no longer confined to committing a theft or felony at night time. As long as the offender trespasses a restricted area or remains in a location, say a store or an office, after the specified hours and/or days of operation without the consent of the owner or manager and intends to remove inventory in a store room or breaking into a display to obtain valuable items, etc.; the offender can be charged with burglary.
Other valuable items that a burglar can take from you or your business are equipment, important files and even your favorite coffee cup.
Internal Pilferage aka Inside Job
They’re the toughest criminals to combat, and most of the time, it happens without you knowing it. It may occur at a blink of an eye or it may take many years in the making, until you suddenly realize that your assets, properties and inventories doesn’t add up. Worse, your entire business may be gone along with your trusted, if not your most beloved employee.
Unlike burglary, an inside job happens when valuables like inventory, cash, important documents and the like which are kept within some sort of storage device are stolen by someone who has access to these items. Most often than not, the perpetrator is someone whom you trust. He or she patiently waits at the right time to take these items away from you. The crime may happen after office hours or at times when no one is watching.
Accidents, Mishaps and Calamities
Putting up a business can be a long and arduous task. But it can all disappear in a snap just because you didn’t check your establishment’s wiring plan, used overloaded and faulty extension cords, or you utilized substandard and highly combustible materials in the hopes of investing more on equipment and manpower. Sometimes, fires don’t happen naturally. You may be a victim of an arsonist or a criminal hoping to cover another crime he or she committed in your place of business.
Fires rank highly among occurrences that knock down any business to the ground (literally and figuratively). Experts agree that early detection and swift response contributes greatly in determining whether to salvage your business or to scrap it entirely. Would you rather see your entire life’s work be reduced to ashes? We’re pretty sure you’d rather not.
With these risks present to ruin your business, nights (and even days) of calm and relaxation is wasted away worrying about what could happen. PLDT Business Solution presents you with an innovation that lets you monitor your business 24/7 – notifying you and authorities of any dangers your business face such as intrusion, mishaps and pilferages while keeping your assets and investments safe. We present to you PLDT Guardian.
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