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Never ending Window Restrictor range
Our Window Restrictor
range is never ending with
our new Fixed End Window
Restrictors, says UAP
Tradelocks.
Recently, UAP Tradelocks
have extended their Window
Restrictor range by adding
Fixed End Window Restrictors,
which are ideal for anyone
offering door and window
security in their shop. Their
design means that they cannot
be unlocked by a user, making
them suitable for use in
hospitals, schools, mental care
centres and hotels, and for any
occasions on which you want
to make sure that the window
will not be fully opened.
According to the Royal
Society for the Prevention
of Accidents (ROPSA), more
than 4,000 children in the
UK fall out of windows and
injure themselves each year.
These are not only babies,
but are children up to 15
years. This just emphasises
how important window
restrictors are in the home
and are important child safety
measures. Consumers are
constantly looking for devices
to help protect children, and
the fixed end window restrictor
is a perfect opportunity
to make additional sales,
especially if you already sell
into places such as childcare
nurseries and schools.
Ben Jennings, Marketing
Manager at UAP Ltd, says, “Our
Fixed End Window Restrictors
are more durable and effective
than other restrictors on the
market. They can withstand
over 100kg of weight as
opposed to the industry
standard of 50kg of force.”
The cable on the window
restrictor is 20cm in length,
and allows a window to open
up to 10cm. This means that
rooms can safely be aired,
without the possibility of the
window being pushed out
any further. Not only will
this protect your customer’s
children (and pets) from falling
from the window, but they are
an adding window security
device as the cable is made
from hardened steel and very
difficult to cut, as this prevents
intruders from gaining entry
via the most common burglary
method, the window.
“To enable consumers to
colour match their window
restrictors to their window
handles and other furniture,
we have launched our Fixed
End Window restrictors in six
different finishes including
White with white cable, Brown
with brown cable, Black with
black cable, PVD Gold with
black cable, Chrome with
black cable, and Chrome with
transparent cable.
“Purchase yours now and
put our Fixed End Window
Restrictors to the test,” says
Ben, “We assure you, they
will not fail to meet your
expectations.”
http://tradelocks.co.uk/
fixed-end-windowrestrictors.html
MLA joins powered gate safety campaign
The Master Locksmiths Association
(MLA), the UK’s leading trade
association for the locksmith industry,
is the latest professional organisation to
join a vital national safety campaign.
Campaigners have declared a week of
action in October in a bid to dramatically
improve the safety of automated gates in
the UK.
As well as licensing its approved
company locksmiths to ensure they’ve
been vetted, are regularly inspected
and have met minimum competence
requirements, the MLA promotes
locksmiths’ standards of conduct and
practice. It is the latest in a number
of influential groups in the security,
enforcement, inspection, education
and safety sectors who are lending their
support to Gate Safety Week (October 13 –
19 www.gatesafetyweek.org.uk ).
It is being organised by the Powered Gate
Group of the Door & Hardware Federation
(DHF) which comprises Britain’s leading
manufacturers, suppliers, installers and
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maintainers of powered automatic gates
and gate automation equipment.
The DHF Powered Gate Group was
set up with the encouragement of the
Health & Safety Executive following fatal
accidents involving unsafe gates. In recent
years, three children and three adults have
been killed in gate accidents. More than
two thirds of all automated gates in the UK
fail to meet current safety standards and
could be potentially unsafe.
At a court case earlier this