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Lockex 2018 – Security
& Fire Safety promises to
be even bigger and better
than its first show in 2016,
in fact this year, the three-
day event held on the 8th,
9th and 10th June even
comes with a soundtrack…
» » THE ORGANISERS OF LOCKEX –
the same team behind Clearview, Pro Installer
and The Locksmith Journal magazines – will
be duetting with Fix Radio – the UK’s first
radio station for tradespeople – to make sure
Coventry’s Ricoh Arena will sound just as good
as it looks for the Lockex visitors this year.
Lockex 2018 – Security & Fire Safety is a
showcase of all the latest and greatest names
in the locksmith, auto locksmith, security and
fire safety fields, with exhibitors from all over
the world, free workshops, demonstrations
and displays. Building on the success from the
inaugural Lockex in September 2016 – which
saw over 1,700 guests, more than 80 locksmith
and auto locksmith trade stands, plus 68 free
workshops from some of the most highly-
skilled and well-known names in the industry, as
soon as the doors closed, the event’s organisers
started thinking about the next one.
Rob Exley, director of The Locksmith Journal
and organiser of Lockex 2018 – Security &
Fire Safety organiser explains, “We didn’t want
Lockex to be an one-hit wonder so the second
show had to include everything the visitors
liked from 2016, but with some new features
that made it even better.
“This year we’ve expanded the horizons of
Lockex to include the industries of security
and fire safety – as well as locksmiths and auto
locksmiths – meaning that builders, specifiers,
planners and designers can get a full range of
information from just one show. It also means
that exhibitors will have a new variety of visitor
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to demonstrate their products and services
to.
“We’ve also moved the workshop area
right into the heart of the Ricoh Arena, which
means that guests won’t have to leave the
show to attend their free training seminars
and talks. There’s a brand new ‘Pavilion of
Trade Bodies’, housing representatives from
the GGF, DHF, FDIS, GAI, NSI and SSAIB, to
discuss certifications, career developments and
CPD points, but we just felt that we needed
something else to bring to the show and that’s
where Fix Radio came in.”
Celebrating its first on-air anniversary this
year, Fix Radio was launched on 27th April by
Pimlico Plumber’s founder Charlie Mullins and
a London-wide ‘Bacon Butty Tour’ that saw
15,000 hot sandwiches gratefully received by
builders, joiners, roofers, plumbers, electricians,
painters and decorators. Still proud to be the
only radio station in the UK dedicated to
tradespeople – or ‘working class heroes’ as
Fix Radio knows them by – men and women
labouring on sites and in homes up and down
the country, tune in to hear hits from the 70s,
80s, 90s and 00s, ‘detailed and relevant weather
forecasts’ plus some fun and cheeky DJs to
make the working day go that little bit easier.
Louis Timpany, CEO of Fix Radio says, “Fix
Radio is delighted to be taking part in Lockex
2018 – Security & Fire Safety. Hearing about
the first Lockex was music to our ears at
Fix Radio. From the free breakfast butties on
arrival, meal tickets throughout the day, free
parking, free training and even making sure the
event doesn’t clash with any major sporting
events, Lockex and Fix Radio seem to be
totally in tune with each other.
“Fix Radio knows that our listeners work
hard and that’s why we work hard to live up to
our motto too; ‘We’re nailing it!’. It’s great to
see that Lockex also puts the interests of the
tradespeople in the UK first and we can’t wait
until the event this June.”
Lockex 2018 – Security & Fire Safety takes
place at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on the 8th,
9th and 10th June.
For more information on Lockex 2018
– Security & Fire Safety and to register
your interest for the event please visit:
www.lockex.org
Listen to Fix Radio via the website
www.fixradio.co.uk - stay tuned for
more information on Lockex!