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Your retail store is open, and members of the public come streaming through your doors every day. Most of them are as honest, kind and as courteous as you are. But there are people who will steal, and there are individuals who will abuse your employees verbally or even physically. It’s a growing problem. The facts and figures are in, and they show that retail employees are experiencing a rise in abuse and violence in the workplace.

With disruption lurking around every corner, every business must prioritise resilience and risk management. Consider the costly risks that escalate when technical failures, human errors, or security breaches happen. Find out how a trunked radio system can make good business sense.

Ensuring the safety of lone workers is crucial for both their physical health and mental well-being. Equipping them with reliable, user-friendly two-way radios or BBPTT devices provides immediate access to assistance during emergencies, significantly reducing risks and enhancing their sense of security.

Intrinsically safe two-way radios aren’t needed in all environments. But in certain environments, intrinsically safe equipment is essential. Apart from two-way radios, intrinsically safe equipment includes specialised mobile phones, flashlights and headlamps, cameras, tablets and computers, handheld gas detectors and more. In this article, we’ll focus on intrinsically safe two-way radios, but the general characteristics that contribute to intrinsic safety apply across all types of equipment.

When choosing body cameras or two way radios, the environment in which they will work is an important factor. Some devices must be able to handle all the rough and tumble of outdoor environments, while others won’t ever have to be deployed in challenging conditions. This brings us to IP ratings and what they mean in this context.

For the average worker, the right to be protected against verbal or physical violence at work is a basic expectation. For nurses, doctors, and even receptionists working in healthcare, however, facing abuse and danger at work is increasingly the rule rather than the exception. The conclusion that healthcare staff have become increasingly unsafe in the workplace is an unavoidable one, and many healthcare providers, both in the UK and around the world, are hoping that body worn cameras can help.

There are several contexts in which the term “duty of care” may be used. For example, road users must exercise their duty of care to ensure that their actions don’t harm others. However, in this article, we’ll consider employers’ duty of care. What it means in practice depends on the nature of the work your business and its employees do, but no business is exempt from taking it into account.

In this article, we’ll look at the circumstances in which security guards may record footage using body worn cameras and how their employers can ensure compliance with regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the UK.

Ever wondered if you could connect DMR and BBPTT systems together? In this article we review the role of a gateway and how it create a more a more cohesive and responsive organisation.

In today’s business landscape, prioritising sustainable decisions is not just a consideration, but a necessity. Here are five reasons why two-way radios and BBPTT devices are a sustainable choice.

In today’s fast-paced aviation industry, ensuring the health and safety of employees is paramount, visibility, insight and control are of top priority. Ruth Nixon, Aviation and Services Account Manager at Radiocoms Systems Ltd, sheds light on how communications technologies are revolutionising health and safety practices within the aviation industry.

As an employer, it’s your duty to keep all your employees as safe as possible at work even when they are working alone or off-site. To do this, you need to do some very serious thinking which is captured in the form of a lone worker risk assessment. In this article, we’ll discuss how employers should go about risk assessments for lone workers as the first step towards keeping them as safe as possible during their workdays.