The holidays are now very close and it's always a busy time around the home.

It's therefore all too easy to become so preoccupied that safety and security issues can get overlooked.

So here are what we hope are some helpful tips as you make your preparations:

Going ...

Although we've had some variable weather of late - high winds and snow already this week for instance - Spring has in fact been here for a few weeks and so it's time for some important maintenance tasks around the home.

Here are some useful pointers to some of the ...