Lee Copland, Managing Director, Maxxess EMEA Ongoing supply issues are still affecting the availability of access cards, with reported waiting times of several months for some customers. This is a reminder of the need for resilience in security systems. Some organisations I speak to are having to eek out their [...]
Lee Copland, Managing Director, Maxxess EMEA Upgrading access control can seem like a daunting challenge in industrial settings where large numbers of workers and contractors are enrolled, and where interruptions to operations and security are not an option because of the risks and the cost of potential downtime. But over [...]
Dubai hotels invest in better guest experiences as national tourism strategy sets ambitious 2031 targets for growth Lee Copland, Managing Director, Maxxess EMEA The hospitality sector in Dubai continues to invest in better guest experiences, and more efficient operations, as tourism rebounds strongly from the stresses of the pandemic. Globally, international tourism arrivals were up [...]
The rise of hybrid working, triggered by the pandemic, has led organisations to re-evaluate how well they are managing access to their buildings and workspaces. In many cases, as the pandemic receded businesses didn’t go back to their old way of doing things, and despite implementing ambitious back-to-work-strategies that including [...]
Lee Copland, Managing Director, Maxxess EMEA The number and scale of the integration projects that we are now involved in the Middle East reflects economies that are in a go-ahead mood, despite the prospect of a global recession in 2023. Increased oil revenues are insulating GCC countries in particular from [...]
Lee Copland, Managing Director, Maxxess EMEA With budgets being tightened against a backdrop of rising inflation and supply chain disruption, organisations of all sizes are looking for ways to enhance efficiency. If they can streamline and modernise operations without it having a big impact on the bottom line, that’s a [...]
For employers struggling to attract staff flexible working is now an important offer Lee Copland, Managing Director, Maxxess EMEA Amid the current labour market turmoil, we’re seeing an interesting attitude shift among employers. Despite the cost-of-living crisis, increased pay is not seen as the most important [...]
How technology is helping the hospitality industry to recover from the pandemic Lee Copland, Managing Director, EMEA It is not news that the Covid-19 pandemic severely impacted the travel and tourism sector. In the Middle East, the global crisis in the West hindered the significant growth [...]
Getting ahead with more powerful integration Lee Copland, Managing Director, Maxxess Systems EMEA Today’s most effective integrated security platforms still have, at their heart, the twin core technologies of access control and video surveillance, working together seamlessly to deliver operational benefits that are well beyond the [...]
Businesses are right to be thinking beyond recovery This year Governments will be under pressure to introduce credible carbon reduction policies instead of just long-term commitments, as attention shifts from the COVID crisis towards the COP26 climate conference in November. The Biden administration is giving the [...]
