Posts Tagged ‘chubb’
Locksmith Scams – How Can We Avoid Them?
It might seem that the quickest, cheapest locksmith is the answer when a lock needs opening or a door needs securing but the lack of required certification in the locksmith profession makes it a target for scamming. What can be done? A recent study found that a burglary occurs every 68 seconds in the UK. Under the inevitable stress…
Read MoreOn the (Tough) Job of Getting in to a Greek Safe
We all know it’s almost impossible to get any money out of a Greek bank at the moment but Martin Newton has flown to Athens to see what was in a Greek safe and got well paid for his efforts in opening and restoring it. Safe Opening has changed for me during the last 25 years,…
Read MoreThe Early History of Chubb
You don’t have to be a trained locksmith to know something about the substantial impact Chubb has had on the world of locks and security, writes Connor Glaze Jeremiah and Charles Chubb were born and raised in rural Hampshire. They were originally ironmongers and ship’s outfitters, who worked on dozens of ships that passed through Portsmouth during the early 19th century.…
Read MoreDecoders Save the World…
Thank heavens for Decoders, writes one advocate…otherwise it’d be Curtains for us all. Geraint Jones of GJ Locks explains why he thinks Decoders can help save the average locksmith’s family world by reducing the amount of time spent out on the road There are a lot of locksmiths who sit on the fence and can’t decide…
Read MoreSo You Know About Safes?
Safes in the sense that we now think of them first emerged during the Industrial Revolution. They were originally designed to protect company ledgers from the all too common fires that many factories of this era suffered from. A market for thief resisting versions emerged soon after and now days there are a plethora of…
Read MoreBelzona Repair Compounds
An extra toolkit in the professional locksmith’s armoury By John Harding The name Belzona has become a well known name in the professional engineer’s vocabulary over the last 7 decades. In much the same way as cleaning staff refer to their vacuum cleaner as ‘the Hoover’ engineers around the world frequently refer to their…
Read MoreChubb Launches New Web-Enabled Service To Maintain Integrity Of CCTV
Chubb Fire & Security Ltd is helping boost the reliability of CCTV systems with a new service that proactively checks the status of installed CCTV equipment, bringing enhanced levels of safety and security to customers throughout the UK. Chubb ServiceCheck is an automated service that connects regularly to individual CCTV systems over the Internet to…
Read MoreChubb’s New High-Performance Blackburn Development Gets Planning Green Light
Blackburn Council has granted the planning application for Chubb Fire & Security Limited [1]’s new Blackburn office, a high-performance workspace for hundreds of employees. The project will transform the existing Blackburn office campus into an advanced, integrated and sustainable space for Chubb and UK affiliates of Otis Limited and Carrier Controls Limited, and serve as…
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