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JAN/FEB 2018 ISSUE 54
Contents
22 DIGITAL MARKETING YOUR
LOCKSMITH BUSINESS
The focus in this expert article from
Click Guardian is what you can do
to give your locksmith business a
boost through digital marketing.
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26 AN OVERVIEW OF APPROVED
DOCUMENTS FOR THE HARDWARE
AND SECURITY INDUSTRY
The recent interim report on Building
Regulations and Fire Safety by Dame
Judith Hackitt has questioned whether
existing regulations are fit for purpose.
40 LET’S MAKE 2018 ‘ANYTHING
BUT STANDARD’
The repair and maintenance market
is growing rapidly, and Yale is urging
locksmiths to make the most of the lucrative
opportunities in the home security sector.
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52 TAKING A SECOND LOOK
AT SECONDARY SECURITY
With most customers still relying on
one or two primary locks to secure their
door, it’s time to give secondary security
products a second look, says Sterling.
54 ALL ABOUT SAFES
It’s been 37 years since Tony Ryan, owner of
BDB Lock and Safe Ltd, first picked open a
safe lock while sitting on a beach in Greece
– fast forward to today and he didn’t expect
to be moving around 10 tonnes of safe each
day! A lot has happened since then…
60 AROUND THE WORLD
In this issue we include features on two of the
overseas locksmiths – from the USA and Ireland
- who were at last year’s MLA Expo – these were
omitted from the last issue owing to last minute
page changes for which we apologise.
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34 LOCKEX 2018 • 40 CYLINDERS • 42 ACCESS CONTROL • 48 HARDWARE & SECURITY • 54 SAFES • 63 AUTO LOCKSMITHS
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