A bit about us:

Specialists in Security Surveillance Solutions and Equipment Distribution.
Established in 1997, we have built a strong reputation working within the construction sector.

We offer fast and effective solutions for the security and safety of people and property. Our product range is reliable, high quality; yet cost effective. Also, did we mention that we’re approved distributors of CCTV systems, access control management, network infrastructure, heat tracking and hygiene control systems, switches, cable, data cabinets and more?

Site protection

Our favourite product that we always recommend for site protection is the NEXUS Fire Alert System. By law, construction sites must have a visual AND audible alert to fire. And as a product specifically designed for construction sites, Nexus Fire Alert provides just that.

“The protection of part builds and timber frames buildings in general was high on our list of priorities when we designed the Nexus Fire Alert system. These specially adapted heat and smoke detectors give all those concerned with construction site safety peace of mind.”

Site Security Surveillance 24/7

The CCTV systems we offer are designed with site protection in mind: With infra-red night detection, alerts directly to your on-site guards and easy installation and maintenance.

External detection is more important than ever with the likes of site vandalism and burglaries; so we can help you find the perfect system to install for site equipment protection and criminal deterrence.

No power required

We also distribute Wireless PIR detection which is ideal for installations in void properties. You can also move to another site location as and when you need to.

Site Access

As you know, ensuring you protect your site staff and visitors with site access control is extremely important. And we happen to have all the security solutions you need for achieving just that: From door access control, to gate or turnstile access control.

In addition, our new Steriloc “touchless” hand sanitisation system can be installed as a standalone unit or in conjunction with onsite access control.

Heat tracking and Thermal imaging

Thermal imaging cameras detect the temperature of anyone visiting site before they enter. However, for your personal site staff, we recommend the Uniview handheld thermal imager, as this handy device is portable! Scan staff temperatures, pick up early warning signs of Covid-19 and help fight the spread.

Contact the Quality Essential Distribution team for a bespoke consultation and access to Uniview Easy Range at trade prices.

01772 336111 or email sales@qedgroup.co.uk.

While there has been much focus in the media on businesses deciding to continue with home working for many of their employees, the fact remains that the majority of us will be returning to a workplace of some kind. Whether it’s an office, factory, warehouse, shop or hospitality venue, there will likely be a large number of shared spaces and shared interactions involving shared objects and surfaces.

According to the WHO (World Health Organisation), when someone who has COVID-19 coughs or exhales they release droplets of infected fluid, most of which fall onto nearby surfaces and objects. Put this into a workplace context and research tells us that shared objects and surfaces including push-out doors, drawer handles and kitchen equipment such as refrigerators, taps and coffee pots have the highest concentration of germs. So, the more employees that touch them, the higher the risk of contamination and infection.

Another more detailed study by the American Society for Microbiology, looked at the rate at which viruses can spread through the workplace. By placing a sample of a harmless virus on a single doorknob or table-top in an office building, researchers found that the first area to be contaminated was the coffee break room. Within two to four hours, the virus could be detected on 40% to 60% of workers, visitors and commonly touched objects.

For a virus to actually become harmful, it must be brought into the body. Until the COVID-19 pandemic, few of us understood just how easily this can happen.  We now know that we typically touch our faces on around 25 times an hour and that it is areas such as our nose, eyes and mouths where viruses most frequently enter the body.

Given these facts, we can now appreciate more than ever, the need to prioritise hand sanitisation to reduce the risk of contamination, particularly in the workplace. While it may not be practical or realistic to expect employees to wear face coverings in many work situations, ensuring thorough hand cleansing and regular cleaning of frequent touchpoints will considerably reduce the spread of viruses. Furthermore, by locating permanent touch-free hand sanitisation stations at workplace entry points viruses can be prevented from entering a building via hands in the first place.

Steriloc touch free hand sanitisers are robust units that are designed to be easily integrated with building access system. No sanitisation means no entry.

*The Steriloc Hand Sanitisation Systems range from £898 – £2,500 per unit and cost less than 1p per dispense. They are robust, vandal resistant and come with a 12-month guarantee. Apart from the Steriloc Shield, all models can be data enabled for auto-notifications when sanitiser levels are low. 

Credited to the Author: M. Girdwood on behalf of Steriloc Ltd.

For more information or a quote on Steriloc Products contact:

Quality Essential Distribution Ltd

Tel: 01772 336 111

Email: sales@qedgroup.co.uk

Burglars take advantage of dark nights

Halifax reported a 35% increase in claims for forced burglaries in the darker months of last year compared to summertime. In fact, The Independent reported Aviva’s home insurance claims for theft rose by 115% on Bonfire Night alone in 2018 compared with typical days. Each year when the clocks go back, we see a surge of reports in home burglaries. As a security distributor, it’s our responsibility to provide you with the products we believe will contribute towards keeping your customers safe–especially in times like this where opportunist thieves take advantage of the dark nights that are quickly drawing in.

First of all, we recommend contacting your customer and advising them to check windows and doors before leaving their homes or businesses. As the clocks go back, this the ideal time to ask them about a potential update to their existing CCTV systems or for those without one, for them to consider installing CCTV security cameras.

Using CCTV to deter potential thieves

CCTV cameras on show outside properties deter opportunist thieves and burglars. You will see footage on the news and social media of burglars being caught in the act because of CCTV systems recording them during a break in! Therefore, we believe the Uniview CCTV camera kits are the ideal product for that extra layer of security:

Excellent Performance. Affordable Prices. Perfect for home installs.

Uniview IP CCTV Camera Kits come wth 4 or 8 IP cameras, plus an NVR. System scalability options give the flexibility required to add additional cameras as and when needed.

Your customers can also view their property via the free mobile app 24/7, no matter where they are.

If you want to protect your customers with reliable security solutions, contact us today and we will have the perfect solution for any security install.

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Whatever system you are using to provide hand sanitisation facilities for your employees, visitors or customers, it is likely that this is now an additional, ongoing cost to your business that you hadn’t incurred pre-pandemic.

The material costs involved are primarily the mechanisms used to dispense and volumes of sanitiser liquid. For many medium to large businesses, particularly retailers, this can become quite a considerable sum. When figuring out whether the economics make sense, there are a number of factors to consider, the first being the potential cost of NOT providing hand sanitisation.

As we have seen in a number of industry sectors, sporadic coronavirus outbreaks can rip through a building causing a devastating impact on operations and in some cases complete closure. As referenced in a previous blog, the food processing industry has been hit particularly hard in this respect. Mandatory hand sanitisation in these environments would have considerably reduced the risk of infection and such financial calamity.

As employee well-being continues to climb the corporate agenda, there are other positives to be gained by mandatory hand cleansing for the health of both individuals and the company finances.  A study carried out by plant propagators iGrowing Ltd, who have been using access controlled, anti-viral hand sanitisation systems for its glasshouses for nearly a decade, has revealed some interesting statistics. Way before we even heard the word ‘COVID’, their research found that by installing hand sanitisation stations integrated with their entry turnstiles, absences relating to illness amongst its employees working in the glasshouses reduced from 2.2% annually, to just 0.5%. This simple investment ensured that nobody was able to enter the glasshouses unless their hands were thoroughly cleansed to the same high standard.

This is clearly an approach that can be translated across many other sectors beyond horticulture. A typical business of 100 employees, based on the UK average salary of £36,600, could make a financial saving in reduced absences of an astonishing £60,400 per annum, up to 40 times their initial investment. *

Whichever hand sanitisation system is chosen, the quality of the dispenser is significant element to consider.  A dosing unit that dispenses just the right amount of sanitiser to cleanse the hands adequately will ensure a cost-efficient system. Jet systems rather than pump dispensers are generally the most efficient way of distributing sanitiser liquid effectively across the hands. Over the past months, many of us will have experienced inadequate and wasteful dispensers that overdose the hands with a slick of gel that is hard absorb and often ends up in a messy puddle on the floor. If you have deployed one of these, you may as well pour money directly down the drain!

Hand sanitiser systems that are located in unsupervised public spaces are inevitably vulnerable to theft, so it is important that your system is robust enough to withstand vandalism. Unfortunately, human nature is such that sanitiser gel theft does happen and can incur considerable, unnecessary costs from both damaged equipment and lost sanitiser. In the early days of lock down there were multiple reports of sanitiser liquids being stolen from hospitals with one NHS Trust even having to deploy CCTV to identify perpetrators.

We are then left with the situation, which appears to be increasingly common particularly in the retail sector, where a member of staff is employed specifically to monitor the sanitisation unit. Whether for security purpose or monitoring for when sanitiser liquid needs replenishing, this again is an additional cost consideration.

More than six months into the pandemic, it is becoming increasingly clear that provision of hand sanitisation systems is not going to be a short-term fix. Investment in robust and fully effective systems that will stand the test of time are going to be crucial to mitigating the risk of further outbreaks that can be costly for business and our long-term well-being.

*The Steriloc Hand Sanitisation Systems range from £898 – £2,500 per unit and cost less than 1p per dispense. They are robust, vandal resistant and come with a 12-month guarantee. Apart from the Steriloc Shield, all models can be data enabled for auto-notifications when sanitiser levels are low. 

Credited to the Author: M. Girdwood on behalf of Steriloc Ltd.

For more information or a quote on Steriloc Products contact:

Quality Essential Distribution Ltd

Tel: 01772 336 111

Email: sales@qedgroup.co.uk