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Yale Sponsors Smart Home Week 2019
Yale has announced that it is joining a host of major brands in sponsorship of Smart Home Week 2019 – an initiative showcasing the best in smart home technology. Taking place between 20th-26th May, Smart Home Week will use live events and social media broadcasts to spread the benefits of smart home technology. Crucially, the…
Read MoreERA Launches New Installer Scheme
ERA, the UK’s leading home security expert, has announced the launchof its exciting new Installer Scheme – brand new for 2019. With the ever-growing demand for reliable people to fit traditional security products and, increasingly, smartware, ERA identified the importance of installers and wanted to commit to a meaningful business relationship supporting their work. This…
Read MoreMaster Locks Recieves the Sold Secure Stamp of Approval on Innovative Bike/Scooter Lock
Master Lock has been awarded yet another accreditation to bolster its vast product range, this time to the 8239EURDPRO electric scooter/bicycle padlock and chain. Now covered by insurance companies, this lock provides customers tried and tested robust protection against theft. Sold Secure is a trusted review institution dedicated to reducing the risk of crime by…
Read MoreSALTO Opens New Experience & Training Centre
SALTO Systems UK, world leaders in wire free, wireless and cloud based access control solutions, has opened a new training facility at its Southam office to support end users, installers and partners. The modern open plan working space is divided into a number of product themed areas and modelled on that found at SALTO HQ.…
Read MoreYale Begins The Search For The Ultimate Breakfast
Yale is launching a competition to find the nation’s favourite breakfast. The home security specialist will be asking tradespeople across the UK to submit photos of their favourite breakfast via social media from 25th Feb to 25th March. Simply tag your photo with #Yalebreakfast, and they’ll showcase the best entries across four categories (Sweet-Heart, Protein…
Read MoreABLOY UK achieves CLIQ® Competence Certification
Abloy UK is delighted to announce that its Digital Transformation team has been awarded CLIQ ® Competence Centre by ABLOY certification, becoming the only approved centre of excellence for CLIQ ® in the UK and Ireland, and one of only six certified CLIQ ® Competence Centres globally. Plan to extend competence centres globally in 2019…
Read MoreLock Lock Secures A Good Design Award
The Lock Lock security handle that is part of the Sweet range of door furniture from Brisant Secure has just won an internationally acclaimed GOOD DESIGN ® Award for 2018 in the category of Safety and Security. The GOOD DESIGN ® awards are one of the world’s oldest design awards programme which is organised by…
Read MoreERA raises over £11,000 for Midlands Air Ambulance
2018 saw ERA, the Wolverhampton-based security expert, raise £11,262.86 for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, having made the organisation its chosen charity for the year. At the outset ERA had set a £10,000 target, and staff at the company are over the moon to have exceeded this figure. Each life-saving mission undertaken by the Midlands…
Read MorePickersgill-Kaye’s Safety System Keeps Rail Passengers Safe
Pickersgill-Kaye, a trading division of ASSA ABLOY the global leader in door opening solutions, has been a key supplier in the rail industry for generations often winning repeat business, so when the firm’s safety equipment installed for British Rail decades ago needed upgrading the contractor looked no further than the original manufacturer. Class 442 units…
Read MoreBelgian Police Training As Locksmiths
Belgian news outlets La Dernière Heure and Het Laatste Nieuws reported over the New Year period that the Belgian Federal Police service are going to start training their officers as locksmiths. These officers will take the place of professional locksmiths during house searches. According to the Locksmiths Federation, trading locksmiths are increasingly disinclined to work…
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