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New Safety Locking Restrictor from ERA the best on the market
14th March 2016
Once again, ERA has gone well beyond minimum standards to develop a universal Safety Locking Restrictor that offers Grade 3 impact resistance.  Until now, families wanting to protect their children from open doors and windows have been limited to using … Continue reading
Fire Risk Assessor Enjoys Increased Profit Working with Fireco
14th March 2016
Risk Assessment Solutions Ltd is a Health and Safety Consultancy and Fire Risk Assessor. It is headed by Ken Birch, Health and Safety Consultant at the company. Risk Assessment Solutions Ltd help their customers identify any health and safety issues … Continue reading
Emplas locks in Avocet for ATK deal
4th March 2016
Leading window, door and conservatory supplier, Emplas has agreed to exclusively fit Avocet ATK locks on all of its composite doors. Northamptonshire-based Emplas opted to make the switch in order to ensure its customer base was being supplied with the … Continue reading
Access 2 enhance cylinder offering
4th March 2016
Clint Robertson, sales director for Access 2, specialist in the supply of masterkeyed manual and electronic access solutions, talks to Locksmith about the company’s quest to enhance its offering to Locksmiths and Architectural Ironmongers with its new high-security 3* Euro … Continue reading
Window Ware increases its repair and remedial range
4th March 2016
The Window Ware Repair and Remedial Range has been designed with locksmiths and repair companies in mind. The products have been carefully selected to help save time and money by allowing the repair to be completed in just one visit. … Continue reading
The changing face of home security
4th March 2016
David Herbert, Business Development Director for Yale Smart Living, talks about the opportunities available for locksmiths to increase their share of the smart home security market. In recent years, the idea of a ‘smart home’ has been much more prevalent; … Continue reading
PAS 3621 sets the standard for multi-point locks
4th March 2016
Prepared for Locksmith by Michael Skelding, general manager and secretary of the Door and Hardware Federation. The DHF represents the UK’s leading manufacturers of locks and door hardware. This is the fourth of a series of articles in The Locksmith … Continue reading
ASSA’s Innovation Focus
19th February 2016
Door opening solutions company ASSA, part of ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY is continuing to lead the development of the security industry with its Future Lab. The initiative studies trends that influence security in order … Continue reading
Latching onto door security sales opportunities
19th February 2016
Sterling Locks, the home of great value security, is updating its nightlatches offering with the launch of a new range of deadlocking models.  A key feature of this nightlatch is that it can be deadlocked from the outside with a … Continue reading
M.Marcus Ltd and ISEO Security Products… A Long Standing Partnership
19th February 2016
In 1969 ISEO security products was founded from Giuseppe Fachinetti’s extraordinary entrepreneurial spirit. It began manufacturing locks, cylinders and padlocks in Pisogne,a village on Lake Iseo in Northern Italy, from which the company gets its name. Deeply rooted in its origins, ISEO has remained faithful … Continue reading
Safety, Security & Access In One
19th February 2016
Safety doesn’t have to be compromised for security. M. MARCUS LTD is pleased to announce the publication of their latest information booklet, providing Facilities Manager’s, Responsible Person’s, Specifier’s and Installer’s guidance on the selection of appropriate EN179 and EN1125 ISEO Emergency Escape and Panic Exit … Continue reading
HWL Chooses Avocet
19th February 2016
HWL Windows Group has opted to fit Avocet Hardware locks on all its new composite and PVCu doors. The Leeds-based Group, which consists of HWL Trade Frames and Nordic Aluminium, has a nationwide reputation for supplying trade installers with the … Continue reading
ABUS was set up to beat the burglar – Sometimes we defeat the locksmith too!
4th February 2016
Carl Jacque, owner of Pick & Fix Locksmiths in Caister is used to having to remove locks.  When he was called out to remove a brass padlock with lost keys he felt his trusty 24” bolt cutters would be more … Continue reading
Combine romantic European custom with increased sales opportunities
4th February 2016
More and more couples are engaging in the European custom of hanging a lock on a bridge then throwing the key in to the water to symbolise an everlasting relationship or using it to mark an anniversary or similar happy … Continue reading