Category: Lookout Call Lone Working Blog

The knock-on effect of the Coalition’s Big Society is that charities and volunteer groups across the UK are picking up the slack where there have been cut backs to public services. Charities have always provided much-needed support to the most vulnerable in our society. However, the pressure is now really on following government spending cuts: […]

A decade ago it was a challenge to convince organisations that lone worker safety was an issue. Now, companies are alert to the potential risks lone workers may face. But with the number of solutions available and suppliers making contradictory claims about the merits of each, it’s hard for decision makers to get through the […]

Lookout Call is moving to new premises this week. We are relocating to Stirling House (in Waterbeach, just outside Cambridge) – an ex-military base that has been re-purposed as a modern, multi-tenancy office building. We are  joining a number of other technology firms at Stirling House, including bespoke software specialist Qton Solutions and research laboratory […]

In a recent survey we asked visitors to our website what they were looking for from a lone worker safety system. Almost 65% of respondents said they were interested in a lone worker safety system that ran over a smart phone-based app. Obviously this was an entirely unscientific set of results. Being a mobile based […]

When you make an investment you want to see that it’s giving you value for money. Purchasing a lone worker safety system is no different. However, managing usage is always an issue for customers – particularly in larger organisations which are dealing with a disparate mobile workforce. Should usage be compulsory? How should workers who […]