In this article today, I am going to write about Key Deliveries – not the really important deliveries to your business but keys that are the part of your business that we all take for granted. 
Do you have a safe? many businesses do and whilst they are not often packed with filthy lucre, they are quite often filled with important documents, petty cash and other essentials for running a business on a day to day basis. Often these safes are big, heavy and if you lose a key you can swiftly be in trouble.
If you work in a mid sized company, the panic isn’t very serious as there are often two or three keyholders for the safe. The problems arise when one of them is on holiday, the other is off sick or left the company. Guess where that ‘spare’ key is kept? yep, the safe…
We have undertaken a few “key delivery” bookings this week, as people are starting to realise that posting the keys is no guarantee of their safe return - lost in the post or delayed. Of course that doesn’t help the business at the other end, waiting for the keys to arrive, it seems that couriers are an excellent choice for speedily getting the keys returned.
Another solution to avoiding the key delivery scenario is to have a company hold onto the spare set, so in the event of a lost set or someone on holiday with the spares, the company will come out and give you the set. There is one keyholding company in East Lancs that we know of, but people seem to think these are an expensive luxury. Until of course they lose the key… and are contemplating locks being drilled out.
What is expensive is the downtime and locksmiths fees, followed by higher insurance premiums 
In the mean time, whilst you sort out a key holding company, call your courier service to collect the keys from the holiday maker and have them delivered direct to the place you need them. It saves on the locksmith (but if you really need a good one, we can recommend Pete Sotherton in Essex.) and gives you time to find a good keyholding company for the future.
Sarah
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