Posts Tagged ‘Avocet’
Avocet – Aviva Acknowledgement Marks Insurance Turning Point
Avocet Hardware has welcomed Aviva’s decision to advise its customers about the use of TS007 3-star or SS312 Sold Secure Diamond accredited locks when seeking to protect their homes against lock-snapping. The West Yorkshire company, which sells the only Euro profile locks in the U K with both a 3-star British Kitemark and Sold Secure…
Read MoreBroken, Bent and Words Of Praise
Derrick Purvis, Avocet Hardware’s marketing manager, talks about his company’s on-going battle against lock-snapping. We’ve been banging the lock-snapping drum for longer than I care to remember and at times it feels like we’re the lone drummer in an orchestra that’s playing a completely different tune. The fact of the matter is that the general public still isn’t…
Read MoreThe Scandal of the Insurance Scam
Just last month we helped out a young couple who live close to our West Yorkshire headquarters after they’d lost a host of treasured possessions following a locksnapping attack on their home, writes Raymond Pearce of Avocet Hardware. Having read their story in the local newspaper, we got in touch with Mark Davies and Ruth Harrison, who…
Read MoreAvocet Secures Home After Insurance Let Down
Avocet Hardware has come to the rescue of a Mirfield couple after their insurance company stated it would only replace locks that had been snapped by burglars with like-for-like replacements – a settlement that meant their home would have been left at as much risk as it was before the burglary. Mark Davies and Ruth…
Read MoreWho’s Nicked The Goalposts?
I wonder how many of you have heard that the standard TS007 (owned and controlled by the GGF and DHF) has been upgraded? Because the standard is not controlled by BSI there was no public consultation, only members of both those organisations had prior notice/consultation. TS007 1 star cylinders are the basis of the current…
Read MoreAvocet Closes The Net On Burglars
Avocet Hardware is bringing to market a product that it says can dramatically reduce the number of burglaries in England and Wales that are the result of forced entry through a door. Clive Lloyd, Avocet’s managing director, said: “At present 74 percent of burglaries take place through either a front, back or side door – a figure that means the main point of…
Read MoreAvocet ATK Snap-Secure Locks To Guard Emplas Composite Doors
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 best possible snap-secure lock. Glyn Roberts, head of purchasing for Emplas, said: “We have a well-earned…
Read MoreAvocet Receives Endurance Endorsement
Endurance Doors has become the latest company to switch to Avocet’s new ATK snap secure lock. The move, which is part of the North Lincolnshire based company’s Secured by Design upgrade of its Solid and Secure composite doors, takes place with immediate effect, and according to Endurance(r) Doors’ managing director, Stephen Nadin was an obvious…
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