
ERA Protect Gets Even Smarter with Three New Security Devices
ERA, one of the UK’s leading home security providers, is helping installers meet the increasing demand for smart security, with the addition of three new products to its intelligent ERA Protect ecosystem. The latest app-controlled devices include a Smart Video Doorbell, Indoor Wi-Fi Camera and Wireless Keypad, all of which can be wirelessly integrated with…

Five Ironmongery Tips to Manage Social Distancing and Limit Contact with Doors
Installers and specifiers are still not fully aware of the many options available to them to help manage social distancing and limit direct contact with ironmongery and doors, says the ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK&I. In line with a recently updated guide from the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers and Finishes and Interior Sector, which outlines…

ERA Celebrates Nine Year Partnership with Secured by Design
ERA, one of the UK’s leading home security and fenestration component providers, has renewed its membership with the official police security initiative, Secured by Design, for a ninth consecutive year. The long-term partnership reflects ERA’s continued commitment to providing its extensive professional and domestic customer base with the highest standards in security, performance, and certification…

Mobile Access Innovations Power UK plc’s Building Rethink Post-Covid
As many UK employers allow hybrid working and building owners rethink retail, office and residential spaces with commuting remaining below pre-Covid levels, the latest mobile access technologies from locksmiths can give the business, property and retail sectors greater scope to rethink building uses in a post-Covid economy. 2N, the leader in IP intercom systems, says…

Window Handle Updates Made Easy with New ERA Packs
ERA, one of the UK’s leading home security providers, has launched a new range of Multi- Spindle Universal Window Handles for easier and faster hardware updates. Ideal for replacing broken and damaged handles or updating the appearance of windows, the new packs contain one handle and five of the most common spindle sizes to suit…

Wall Mount Free Installation with Master Lock’s Universal Select Access Key Lock Box
The American security super brand, Master Lock, is proud to extend its range of key lock boxes with the launch of the easy-to-install Universal Select Access Key Lock Box. This exciting new addition offers portable and convenient access to your keys/fobs. It is the only integrated lock box product on the market to feature an…

Updated App Launched for Videx IP System
Videx Security has updated the app for its leading IP intercom system. The Videx CloudNected Client app enables users to manage their IP video calls remotely via their own mobile phone so they can answer calls from wherever they are whether that’s from home, the workplace or even on holiday. With the app, users can…

Squire Renews Membership with Secured by Design
British security manufacturer Squire is one of the latest companies to renew their membership with Secured by Design (SBD), the official police security initiative. The Squire name has been at the forefront of lock making since 1780 with a great British history carried down through eight generations. Combining heritage with innovation, Squire is widely recognised…

Lynn Watts-Plumpkin Security Services and Industry Insight
I am currently nine months into my second spell at SSAIB and, it is fair to say, that I should never have left – as SSAIB chairman Geoff Tate keeps reminding me! I left to improve my horizons, but – to be honest – our chairman is right, and I should have stayed. I am…

Rivals to the Yale® Pin Tumbler Cylinder Nightlatch: The Wellington Lever Cylinder Lock
by Richard Phillips She had been the victim of crime. She had lost her door keys —or almost certainly had had them stolen by an ‘office creep’. This is a burglar who walks in though insecure staff entrances, and rifles coats and handbags in the staff cloakroom, whilst staff are at work. His main target…