Bollards for shops and retail frontages

What retail and shopfronts need from bollards

Ram raids and accidental vehicle strikes are the two reasons shop owners call us. A car or van driven into a frontage can do more damage in seconds than a burglary would in an hour, and convenience stores, jewellers, phone shops and anywhere with a cash machine are typical targets.

The answer depends on who owns the pavement. On your own forecourt we can fit steel or stainless bollards to the strength the risk needs; on the public footway the highway authority has the final say on where posts can go and what they look like. We survey, measure the approach angles a vehicle could use, and set the line so doors, deliveries and pushchairs still get through.

Typical requirements

• Ram-raid protection in front of glazing and ATMs
• Forecourt protection at garages and convenience stores
• Discreet stainless or sleeved posts on smart frontages
• Removable posts where deliveries need access
• Replacing posts after a strike
• Coordinating highway consent where needed

Things to check

• Insurers sometimes specify protection after a claim — ask what they will accept before ordering.
• Posts must not block a fire exit or narrow the footway below what the highway authority allows.
• Cellars, vaults and shallow services under shop forecourts are common, so we scan before we dig.
• Where the threat is a deliberate attack, rated products installed to their tested foundation are the only way to know what they will stop.

Retail and shopfronts: questions