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Mila and Safestyle UK have renewed their long-standing supply agreement for a further two years. Mila’s MD, Richard Gyde (pictured) and Safestyle’s operations director, Mark Scaife, signed a deal recently, which will extend the partnership between the two businesses to … Continue reading →

The key to architectural ironmongery training for locksmiths need hinges on the work they do says Rachel Tipton, training and development manager at the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) is the only trade body in the … Continue reading →

At recent tests at the Master Locksmiths Association controlled Sold Secure test centre, the ABUS 83 range won a clean sweep of Bronze, Silver and Gold categories. Range Padlock RRP Sold Secure Status Eighty Three | 83 83/45 £34.04 Bronze … Continue reading →

Avocet Hardware has welcomed the RISCAuthority’s decision to incorporate an explanation of lock-snapping and the importance of TS007 and SS312 in the fight against it in its latest “Guidance to Occupiers”. Avocet, which manufactures ABS snap-secure locks, has long campaigned … Continue reading →

Training is a buzz word in the locksmith industry and one of the biggest demands currently is for training in the UPVC Double glazing repair sector – not surprisingly, considering the domination of UPVC windows and doors across the UK’s … Continue reading →

The new Biomedical Center at Charles University, Pilsen, South Bohemia, has turned to ASSA ABLOY and Abbas to secure its staff, students and valuable research materials. The Faculty of Medicine chose Dominus Millennium, an Abbas system fully integrated with ASSA … Continue reading →

The government has outlined the next step in apprenticeship reform, making the pledge on 13 January to give employers direct control of funding for the training of apprentices. Publishing the response to The Future of Apprenticeships in England: Funding Reform … Continue reading →

Kaba Ltd (UK & Ireland) are pleased to announce that they are now a member of Secured by Design, a flagship UK Police initiative to help ‘design out’ crime through the use of high-quality innovative products and processes. On Monday … Continue reading →

In its hottest deal to date, Kasp®, the leading brand in security from Carl Kammerling International, is offering stockists a devilishly good deal of up to 66.6% off a fully stocked 1m Kasp display unit, which could provide retailers with … Continue reading →

Hundreds of Astra 3000 Series door closers have helped make newly refurbished homes in London’s Enfield safe and practical for tenants. New flat entrance doors, supplied by PDS Ltd are part of a major facelift and improvements at Fore Street … Continue reading →

In these days of tedious automated calls to overseas call centres, just what do consumers want when they contact a locksmith? For a start, ideally they want to be able to check out an up to date, user-friendly website to … Continue reading →

Following on from its successful launch of a dedicated range of anti-theft mailboxes, Post Boxes UK has developed a selection of budget letterboxes for apartments, now available to locksmiths, security retailers, property maintenance companies and the architectural ironmongery industries. Post … Continue reading →

Locksmiths don’t just fit security products; they protect the things that mean the most… the things that make a house a home. Securing Britain’s homes is a big job and with demand for home security products growing rapidly, Yale is … Continue reading →

Leading physical security product supplier Securikey has extended the best-selling Mini Vault safe range with the Mini Vault 3, which offers a wider interior space that is ideal for storing till drawers in a retail environment or large binders of … Continue reading →