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Learn about transforming access control with Aperio® at Bett Show 2018
3rd January 2018
ASSA ABLOY Access Control, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions, will be exhibiting at Bett Show 2018 to demonstrate its innovative Aperio® wireless locking technology in the education sector. Taking place 24 – … Continue reading
Delta Security installs new fire safety doors into housing charity properties
21st December 2017
Delta Security, the CCTV and access control specialist, is helping to protect residents with the installation of new fire doors at a property managed by Brick-by-Brick, a London-based charity that provides permanent and temporary housing for people with homeless status. … Continue reading
You learn something new everyday…
15th December 2017
With registration for Lockex 2018 – Security & Fire Safety now officially open, the event’s organisers (the same team behind the country’s industry-leading magazine The Locksmith Journal) have started to reveal some of the fantastic things visitors can expect to … Continue reading
ABUS: at the forefront of security innovation
15th December 2017
ABUS are once again at the forefront of innovative solutions for security, offering total window security with their new extensive range of security grills for windows. Why do people need window grills? To answer this, it is necessary to consider … Continue reading
Holding open school fire doors with Agrippa
15th December 2017
A school in Kent has installed Agrippa fire door holders to protect teachers and pupils in the event of a fire. When the school’s existing sound activated door retainers were becoming damaged by pupils, the Weald of Kent Grammar School … Continue reading
Electronic access control – your flexible friend
14th December 2017
Smart technology is playing an increasingly central role in both business and private lives and the digital revolution is making its way into the locks business.  Once the preserve of commercial offices or large multiple occupancy buildings, affordable electronic door … Continue reading
ASSA ABLOY UK Specification announces RIBA-accredited seminar on the realities of working in a BIM environment
12th December 2017
ASSA ABLOY UK Specification, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions, has partnered with RIBA Journal to host a RIBA-accredited seminar on how new thinking around BIM can deliver greater value throughout a project’s … Continue reading
ASSA ABLOY tailor security door for high-end residential market
11th December 2017
ASSA ABLOY Security Doors, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions, has manufactured a new high-security doorset for upmarket residential developments. Following a surge in demand by architects, specifiers and contractors for high-end residential … Continue reading
No such thing as free lunch?
1st December 2017
Well at Lockex there is! And free parking and a free breakfast sandwich and as much free training as you can fit into the 8th, 9th and 10th June 2018. Hungry for more? Here’s the lowdown on everything you need … Continue reading
ASSA ABLOY Access Control celebrates 10-year partnership with ACS
23rd November 2017
As it approaches the 10-year anniversary, ASSA ABLOY Access Control, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions, is celebrating its partnership with Access Control Services Ltd. (ACS Ltd.), one of the UK’s leading independent … Continue reading
Darker evenings spark security concerns for younger homeowners
21st November 2017
New research reveals that younger homeowners are more security conscious than those over the age of 65. The research, conducted by HOPPE UK, has shown that three quarters of homeowners aged 18-34 worry about their home security more as the … Continue reading
Are you up to Standard?
20th November 2017
When asked to write an article for Locksmith Magazine I asked: “why me”, followed shortly by “what’s this to do with National Security Inspectorate?”  Many of you will be familiar with NSI as the best known third party certification body … Continue reading
Guidance on fire door safety from the GAI
19th November 2017
Specifiers and manufacturers that provide products relating to fire protection or escape should regularly review their own policies, products and practices. Douglas Masterson, technical manager of the Guild of Architectural Ironmongery (GAI), gives some practical advice on correct and compliant … Continue reading
SMARTlock delivers the perfect Eco friendly security
19th November 2017
When the owners of the Eckland Lodge, a new development of Eco-friendly offices based at the Eckland Lodge Business Park near Market Harborough, Northamptonshire, required an efficient access control system across their range of individual office accommodations, the SMARTlock from … Continue reading