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38 safes » 44 access control » 52 xmas thanks » 56 fire safety & security » 58 hardware & security » 66 auto locksmithing
34 BIG-HEARTED BEN
DONS KILT FOR CHARITY
Locksmith Ben Boluski, owner of
Barnstaple-based Key Express, is
quite happy to don a kilt to wear to
work, to raise funds for local charities.
“The customers love it!” he says.
47 COMING TRENDS IN DOOR
ENTRY & ACCESS CONTROL
ROB SANDS, Technical Director at Videx,
discusses the access control and door
entry market in 2015 and what key trends
and changes are likely to take place.
59 WINDOWPARTS INNOVATION
Windowparts recently launched an
innovative service, where they can
create discontinued or obsolete
locks to the original dimensions
using generic components.
36 INSIDE STORY ON OUTSIDE-IN
72 THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY
COUNTERFEIT GOODS
The best ideas often come about by chance. SIMON BARBER of Outside-In Lock
Tools tells us how – just under four years ago – he launched Outside-In Lock
Tools, following a particularly difficult lockout that required a key to be turned on
the inside of an old wooden door. The rest, as they say, is history.
In this issue, Victor Southern of
Lockdecoders Ltd explains why every
locksmith and indeed the whole UK
industry should be very concerned.
08 WHEN
OPPORTUNITY
22 ‘Thestand still’
standard
cannot
Multi-skilled, Matt Raw set
up his business, Locksmiths
of Knutsford, in 2012. Never
one to pass up an opportunity,
he is quite a character as we
discovered!
Interview with Myriam
Bevillon, Vice chairperson
of ESSA and R&D Market
Support Director for Gunnebo
AB, an international company
headquartered in Gothenburg,
with about 5700 employees in
33 countries.
KNOCKS – MATT
ALWAYS ANSWERS!
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