Industry News

With students relying on expensive laptops and mobile phones for both their social lives and their studies, ensuring student accommodation is safe and secure has become more important than ever. But, when planning the security strategy for student living developments, … Continue reading →

dormakaba Launches Stunning New Fittings Bringing clarity and light to interior spaces with their glass solutions, dormakaba, has added a stylish new range of matt black fittings to its glass door range. Available for hinged, pivoted and sliding doors, the … Continue reading →

CaravanID is a community driven crime prevention and property recovery initiative tackling caravan and motorhome theft. The company’s scheme provides its members with unique and highly visible ID markings for their vehicles that can be looked up via their free … Continue reading →

A new technical briefing has been launched to keep door hardware professionals at the forefront of changes to conformity marking. The Guidance on conformity marking, third party testing, assessment and certification technical briefing, written by the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers … Continue reading →

With Covid-19 restrictions slowly but surely easing, a certain amount of normality seems to be on the horizon. However, one aspect of the pandemic has been predicted to outlast any other, and that’s working from home. On top of extra … Continue reading →

Ravi Kotecha It was only six months ago I wrote an article in The Locksmith Journal assessing the “beginning” of the pandemic, now over a year after the first lockdown we can see the light at the end of the … Continue reading →

Our locksmith training for both auto locksmiths and domestic locksmiths is in full flow with courses running this week. Our training centre offers the very best training for Auto locksmiths including user training on leading makes of programmers, vehicle opening … Continue reading →

‘Thriving, not just surviving’ has been the mantra at DHF HQ since last March, and following a year of extraordinary change and uncertainty, to which it has responded superbly, the organisation is looking to the future. “If anyone had said … Continue reading →

Security specialist Mul-T-Lock has unveiled a new, integrated branding strategy to boost brand recognition and create clear product hierarchies for consumers, with the aim of driving sales for locksmiths. The new branding strategy includes a united logo, new platform names, … Continue reading →

A Birmingham-based locksmith has opened a new home security shop following evidence that householders have become more security conscious during lockdown. Tony Harris (43), became a franchisee of Burton-based national locksmith firm LockFit at the start of 2019 and soon saw … Continue reading →

Global security giant Master Lock is celebrating a century of empowering people, businesses, and communities across the globe with the launch of a 360° marketing campaign and new user-led innovation. To mark the special occasion, Master Lock today debuted a … Continue reading →

We are excited to announce the launch of our newly designed website www.securefast.co.uk. Along with a new look, we have included a host of new and exciting features that will make visiting the site easier and more interactive. Starting with … Continue reading →

Security specialist Mul-T-Lock has launched MTL™300, a high-security yet affordable locking solution for both residential and small-to-medium business customers. The new cylinder platform is based on field-proven technology that enables it to be patented from day one, all the way … Continue reading →

Historically, B2B organisations have been slow to adopt digital eCommerce as many of the offerings are designed with B2C in mind. However, it is undeniable that B2B businesses have to take a customer-centric approach, and become closer to their resellers … Continue reading →