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Website launched to
address lock-snapping
Avocet Hardware has continued its fight against burglars with the launch of
www.abs-secure.co.uk – a brand new website that brings together all the relevant
information about lock-snapping, and how to counter it using the company’s market
leading snap secure locks, in one invaluable and easy to use online resource.
RESPONDING TO DEMAND
The new site, which is fully
responsive and so will display
perfectly no matter what device
a person uses to access it, was
developed in response to a growing
demand amongst Avocet’s Elite
centre customers for a website that
addressed lock snapping head on
and honestly, but without providing
burglars with a veritable DIY lesson
in it.
Derrick Purvis, marketing
manager of Brighouse-based
Avocet, said: “There’s a lot of
conflicting information about
lock-snapping and how to prevent
it flying around out there and it is
very easy to become confused. The
feedback we were getting was that
people wanted an authoritative
voice to tackle the issue in a
manner that made sense – and I feel
www.abs-secure.co.uk does exactly
that.”
SNAP SECURE LOCKS
Lock-snapping is a form of forced
entry that has grown in popularity
in recent years. It affects Euro
cylinder locks that are fitted, as
standard, in all PVCu and double
glazed doors. There are though,
snap-secure locks available that
have been developed specifically
to prevent lock-snap attacks.
Those carrying a BSI kitemark and
its TS007 3-star rating, and the
Master Locksmith Association’s
Sold Secure SS312 Diamond rating
are accepted as the most reliable
in keeping burglars out and car
keys safely out of their reach – and
Avocet sells two of the UK’s most
secure locks, ABS and ATK.
ABS was the first lock of its kind
in the country to have both SS312
Diamond accreditation and a
TS007 3-star rating. It was fitted
in over 10,000 homes by West
Yorkshire Police as part of a crime
prevention programme in 2012,
which resulted in a 35 per cent
drop in burglaries in just one year.
It has also never been breached
once fitted in any home in the UK
and is a police preferred, Secured
by Design product.
ATK was introduced in 2015 in
response to a growing requirement
for a snap secure Avocet lock
that could be operated using a
standard key. Since then the lock
has secured millions of pounds
worth of business for Avocet, most
notably from a host of leading door
companies, that have opted to fit
ATK as standard.
Avocet is now marketing and
selling ABS and ATK across
Europe as part of its role as the
security sponsor of the European
Neighbourhood Watch Association
(EUNWA).
‘its growth
as a form
of forced
entry has
absolutely
sky-
rocketed
in recent
years’
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ACROSS THE CONTINENT
“Lock-snapping isn’t just
confined to the UK,” continued
Derrick. “In many countries across
Europe, its growth as a form of
forced entry has absolutely sky-
rocketed in recent years. It’s our
hope that by working alongside
EUNWA and developing an online
resource like www.abs-secure.
co.uk that we’ll be able to make a
long and lasting impression that
will help stop burglars across the
continent in their tracks and ensure
everyone can sit that bit more safely
in their homes.”
For more information about lock-
snapping and how to prevent visit
www.abs-secure.co.uk.