IronmongeryDirect, the UK’s biggest online and mail order supplier of ironmongery products to the trade, has launched a new summer catalogue boasting hundreds of new products. Over 500 new items have been added to the collection including an innovative range … Continue reading →

Yale urges locksmiths to make the most of summer sales opportunities with its ‘Operation Safe Summer’ trade initiative. At the heart of ‘Operation Safe Summer’ is a major consumer marketing campaign, ‘Unlock Your Summer’. Yale recognizes that consumers want the … Continue reading →

A West Yorkshire company has called on Amazon to ban the sale of tools specifically designed to assist in lock-snapping. Brighouse-based Avocet Hardware, which manufactures the ABS snap-secure lock, says it is astonished that items such as a pocket sized … Continue reading →

With an increasing number of buildings requiring access control systems, and as a result, more locksmiths seeing this area as a potential revenue stream, we talk to access control expert NIGEL GRAY  at HOPPE UK about the questions he is … Continue reading →

During spring 2014 the ABUS sales team are offering a valuable new piece of POS using the new V2014 counter stand to display combination padlocks.  Any mix of carded 158, 180, and 165/40 combination padlocks product with a minimum RRP … Continue reading →

What would a van user do with an extra £300? This is being asked by The Fuelcard People, a Fuel Card Group company. Steve Clarke, group marketing manager, said: “If you pay 4p per litre less for diesel, you save … Continue reading →

A smaller, recodable combination locking bolt CombiBolt3™ has been introduced by security specialist Henry Squire & Sons Ltd for indoor and outdoor use. The robust, patented CombiBolt3  ™ features a steel locking bolt with a die-cast body and offers 1,000 recodable options with three … Continue reading →

ABUS as a lock manufacturer was founded in Volmarstein, Germany some 90 years ago in 1924.  The focus was originally on making padlocks, but by the 1970s in Europe euro cylinders had become a major part of ABUS production. The … Continue reading →

Avocet Hardware has appointed Paul Collins as its product design and implementation manager. The Brighouse-based business, which recently announced a further £2.1million investment from its owners, The Jain family, created the position in order to boost the company’s product development … Continue reading →

HOPPE’s door handles with Quick-Fit plus connections certainly live up to their name. But that’s not the whole story. Not only are Quick-Fit plus handles  a doddle to fit in double quick time, they are so stylish and sleek that … Continue reading →

Burg-Wächter is launching the Alutitan 770 range to help retailers capitalise on the growing trend for aluminium padlocks.  The new Alutitan 770 exploits the inherent strength and lightness of a special aluminium alloy to deliver a strong padlock that is … Continue reading →

Asec, the security product brand which is exclusively available through Aldridge Security, the leading distributors of security products has announced it is expanding its hugely successful range of Kite anti-snap cylinders, to now include the Kite Elite series. Kite Elite … Continue reading →

UPVC Maintenance Supplies is running a series of short training courses to help customers identify and solve on-site door and window maintenance problems instantly, when on emergency repair call-outs. The specialist window and door replacement hardware supplier, set up a … Continue reading →

A South Yorkshire homeowner has a local window company to thank when thieves failed to enter his house after it was targeted recently. The criminals tried to enter the property in Sheffield via the rear conservatory which had just had … Continue reading →