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For UK businesses, security policies and practices are at the forefront of day-to-day operations. Most shopping centres have security staff on site to deter thieves and most shops and stores have safes or secure vaults. Whilst it is not advisable to leave valuable goods on site, it is unavoidable due to the very nature of business and the logistics of trading. Very often the day's takings are stored in secure safes on premise. Within the jewellery sector particularly, storage vaults are a necessity for securing precious jewels and assets from theft.

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Increasing focus on internal security solutions such as safes and strongrooms has led to the wider consideration of how this equipment is sourced and the importance of the manufacturing process. When it comes to securing physical assets such as cash and valuables, safes are proving an increasingly popular choice as highlighted by a recent piece in the Wall Street Journal. It was a report which suggested that more people are choosing to store their cash, especially at the prospect of changing interest rates. Therefore, having a reliable, quality safe matters; and British manufactured units are recognised particularly for their durability, with one of the only manufacturers left being SMP Security.

Increasing numbers of people are choosing to opt for safes as a method of storing valuables and money; especially at business level. Many businesses, potentially part of re-organising their office and managerial space for the spring season often come more readily into the consideration of how to best store their assets. A safe is a long-lasting and effective option. A number of providers, including SMP Security, one of the UK's last remaining safe manufacturers, have been keen to emphasize the importance of picking a safe which complies with all the necessary standards.

It is expected that more businesses will be making moves to strengthen their physical security systems, following an intense period of burglaries affecting a number of companies in the North with Hull seeing particularly high levels. In this city there have been 78 commercial thefts since December 1st 2016, with another 13 attempted. It is thought that many of the businesses affected by theft were particularly targeted because thieves were looking for or knew there was cash on the premises. This has big implications then for businesses across the UK; with a need to consider cash on the premises. In response to this, the best businesses will likely be taking measures to secure their on-site monetary assets through opting for cash safes.

There appears to be an increased urgency for homes and businesses across the UK as a whole to not just secure their premises, but secure valuable contents too. This comes following a rise of burglaries in cities across the UK, where thieves have been targeting specific valuables - such as sums of cash and jewellery – which is often the case considering these are goods acquired over Christmas time. The situation reached such severe levels that the metropolitan police posed warnings directly to residents across cities such as Liverpool and further afield, advising people to stay vigilant. This police action, directly addressing individual premises, shows the importance of premise-level security measures being taken. It is expected that a big resultant trend will be in methods of security such as safes, which allow valuables to be secured on-site.