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Aesthetic Access Control: Finding the Balance
30th June 2023
Where access control is concerned, architects and design teams must find the right balance between aesthetics, functionality and security, says Daniel May of Consort Architectural Hardware. Following a period of innovation and integration, access control has developed into an ever-prominent … Continue reading
Abloy UK’s eCLIQ Solution Secures Hospital Estate
23rd June 2023
Security expert Abloy UK supplied NHS Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, with the eCLIQ® electromechanical solution for their on-site facilities management and security. NHS Raigmore provides an extensive range of healthcare services – surgical, medical, clinical support – and with eight floors, … Continue reading
Codelocks supports convenience and customer care for SDS London
21st June 2023
Juggling the demands for thorough customer support and swift order collection can be difficult, especially when customer numbers are high due to online orders. To deal with this challenge, SDS London sought Codelocks’ help in creating queue-busting click and collect … Continue reading
Commercial Sector Security, Safety and Hardware
9th June 2023
Carlisle Brass is focused on the design, sourcing, marketing, and distribution of branded building products to the construction industry. With commercial security and hardware at the forefront we offer all our customers a dedicated team to give advice, technical assistance, … Continue reading
Briton Pledges Performance With Enhanced 2000 Door Closer Series
19th May 2023
Briton, a leading specialist in door controls and exit hardware, has launched its newly enhanced 2000 door closer series, adding augmented versions of its highly renowned 2003 and 2003V overhead door closers to its UK portfolio. The 2000 series, designed … Continue reading
New panic and emergency exit hardware for aluminium doors
10th May 2023
Specifically designed for aluminum doors with Concealed Vertical Rods (CVR), the newly launched range of push bar, push pad, and touch bar panic and emergency exit devices and external hardware from ASSA ABLOY forms an integral part of building safety. … Continue reading
New Partnership Offers Extra Security: ABUS UK and Alpro
10th May 2023
Security specialist ABUS UK and access control and door hardware experts Alpro have announced a new partnership agreement. Alpro is a leading independent supplier of mechanical and electro-mechanical products, specialising in the commercial aluminium door industry, providing door hardware and … Continue reading
Repairing schools: what opportunities are there in the education sector?
10th February 2023
Andy Matthews, head of sales at HOPPE (UK), discusses the scale of repair and maintenance works needed in schools across the country and how nylon products can help door manufacturers looking to work in this space. The Government has recently … Continue reading
Fire Safety and Ironmongery: Hand in Hand
10th June 2022
Daniel May, Director at Consort Architectural Hardware explores the close relationship between fire safety and ironmongery and how compliance becomes compromised without essential hardware components. Unpredictable and untameable, fire is a beast that we can’t afford to ignore. It doesn’t … Continue reading
Why Squire’s heavy-duty Stronghold® range is supreme
1st June 2022
Designed, engineered and made in Britain, the Stronghold® brand is Squire’s premium range of extra high security padlocks, padbars, chains, lock and chain sets and keysafes for commercial use. Many highlights are the solid hardened steel lock body, electrophoretic anti-corrosion … Continue reading
ASSA ABLOY Door Group calls to raise the standard of fire safety in schools
18th May 2022
Door Group, a unit of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, is stressing the need for greater awareness of fire safety in education buildings, with a large percentage of fire doors in schools found to be non-compliant while undergoing … Continue reading
Commercial Sector Security, Safety and Hardware
20th April 2022
Carlisle Brass are focused on the design, sourcing, marketing, and distribution of branded building products to the construction industry. With commercial security and hardware at the forefront we offer all our customers a dedicated team to give advice, technical assistance, … Continue reading
CDVI Releases Advanced High Speed Facial Recognition Product
18th March 2022
Global access control manufacturer CDVI has announced the official release of iface™, an advanced biometric facial recognition unit. Following a successful and exclusive preview of the product at The Security Event 2021, iface is now available to buy for UK … Continue reading
ASSA ABLOY Door Group calls to raise the standard of fire safety in schools
15th March 2022
Door Group, a unit of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, is stressing the need for greater awareness of fire safety in education buildings, with a large percentage of fire doors in schools found to be non-compliant while undergoing … Continue reading