Your business premises may primarily be spaces where you conduct your operations, but they also play the broader role of helping shape how your employees, visitors, and customers see your brand.
And that role can’t be underestimated. Poorly maintained premises can lead to a poor employee retention rate, impact business partnerships, and give potential customers a poor impression of your brand.
Happily, reducing those threats is relatively straightforward. By following a few key maintenance steps for your business premises, you can ensure that your site always works in your favor. Here’s how you do it.
Keep a Cleaning Schedule
Dirty, untidy working premises can impact employee productivity and leave a sour taste in the mouths of your visitors. In the early days of your business, you may elect to clean your workspace in-house. However, as your business grows, it’ll be best to hire a cleaning company to take care of the job. This will ensure that you and your team are free to focus on value-adding tasks (rather than cleaning), plus a cleaning team will simply do a much better job anyway. You’ll have to pay for it, of course, but it’s an essential expense.
Don’t Overlook Imperfections
You’ll be visiting your business premises virtually every day. And while that’s good for business, it’s not so good for ensuring the overall quality of your premises. We’re simply less likely to notice imperfections that develop slowly over time when we’re there every day. It’s recommended to pay extra attention to see if there are any imperfections that need to be taken care of, and also ask your staff to point out any that they see. An ever-growing pothole in your parking lot is not only unsightly but also poses a safety risk. A store-name sign that has lost lighting won’t make a positive impression on visitors. Working with a commercial concrete company to repair the pothole and hiring an electrician to fix your sign’s lighting will ensure your premises return to tip-top condition. The bottom line? If you see a problem, fix it — your visitors are seeing those imperfections too!
Be Emergency Prepared
No one expects that things will go wrong. When they do, they wish they’d taken steps to prevent or minimize the threat/damage. Well, this is your sign to take action. With cases of extreme weather on the rise, there’s an increased risk of damage to business premises across the country. Conducting a risk assessment and working to fortify protection against wind/hail/rain damage should form part of a business’s emergency preparation plan.
General Maintenance
As with your home, it’s important to conduct period maintenance checks at your business premises. Some of these jobs you can do yourself, but in general, you’ll need to hire an expert to perform checks and any maintenance. Some tradespeople you’ll need to hire at least once a year include:
- Electrician
- Plumber
- Roof
- HVAC expert.
Doing so can help prevent bigger, more costly repairs further down the line, and also ensure your premises are always fully functional.
