The Locksmith Journal Jan-Feb 2017 - Issue 48 | Page 6

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MPL – ONE OF THE country’ s premier locksmith training providers has moved to significantly larger new premises to cope with demand for its range of training courses, and to enable it to expand into brand new fields.
The new premises will give MPL over 2,000 square feet of floor space to deliver a vast range of existing and new training courses, including a new three day auto-locksmith training course which will give attendees the bulk of the
knowledge they need to cover most of the call outs they will attend, and without the need to invest huge sums in tooling.
Operations Director, Nicky England comments:“ 2016 was a phenomenal year for MPL, we saw more than double the number of people going through our range of courses compared to the previous y e a r”.
“ This was due to us being awarded the opportunity to deliver training courses with City & Guilds assessment”.
“ There is no more instantly recognisable symbol of quality in learning than City & Guilds, and judging by the number of experienced locksmiths who came to us looking to enhance their skills and their career prospects it was certainly a good move”.
“ But what it also taught us is that the market for locksmith training is growing all the time, and that if we wanted to continue to grow we would need to expand and take on new premises”.
“ So we have done exactly that, and as well as enabling us to take in more trainees for our existing courses, it has given us space to offer some new ones as well. We will very shortly be offering a new Tilt and Turn course and a PVCu course to teach
the techniques and the importance to security of toeing and heeling”.
“ We have already had significant interest in these and we will be launching further details very shortly. These will complement our existing three and five day locksmith training course and our two-day advanced picking course”.
“ The new premises are about delivering more courses to more trainees, but all to the same exacting standards we have always done”.
For more information on MPL Locksmith Training please contact the team through www. mpllocksmith-training. co. uk or enquiries @ mpl-locksmithtraining. co. uk
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THE MILD AUTUMN weather didn’ t dent demand for an all-weather, all-season safety footwear product which was conceived, developed and CE tested and certified by independent safety footwear brand, Buckler Boots. Now that winter is upon us however, the company’ s renowned Buckbootz BBZ S5 safety boots come right into their own.

Boot Brand of the Year

A combination of neoprene and rubber and a host of safety features plus Cold Insulation certification has created a safety boot which has become Europe’ s Number 1 product in this category and a firm favourite with individual users in construction and agriculture plus some of the UK’ s most prominent utility providers.
Buckler Boots’ product range extends to popular leather safety boot styles, all designed by the Dundee based company.
The Buckler Boots brand recently received unprecedented recognition when it went head to head with international brands like CAT and Timberland after it was nominated then shortlisted for the Best Boot Brand of The Year
award at a recent ceremony and dinner held at The Emirates Stadium in London. The award was sponsored by the online construction industry community; On The Tools which is the biggest community of its kind in the UK with over one million followers.
Speaking from its offices and design and distribution centre in Dundee, the company’ s Managing Director and cofounder, Andrew Duncan said,“ This is a tremendous accolade for an independent locally owned business and brand like ours. The votes which took us all the way to the shortlist were cast by people working in the construction sector.
The company started in 1998 and there has been a stage by stage approach to building a brand and profile which competes successfully against multi-national big budget brands. Our focus on marketing, design quality, innovation, testing, service and employing top quality personnel has been key to elevating the company’ s profile in the sectors we supply.”
Buckler Boots Ltd distributes its safety footwear products via a network of dealers in the builders, tools and agricultural merchants’ sectors throughout the UK and Ireland. Its subsidiary Buckler Boots BV, based in Oisterwijk in the Netherlands, is responsible for the company’ s business in Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.
www. bucklerboots. com
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