114 • THE LOCKSMITH LOTTERY
‘The
Locksmith
Lottery’
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win a prize of vouchers, courtesy of a major
supplier to the industry, and a bottle of bubbly
from The Locksmith Journal to celebrate.
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Five new Ultion
polished cylinder
locks
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»»CONGRATULATIONS TO ADAM
Marsh of Marshtech Security for winning
this issue’s Locksmith Lotto and becoming
the proud owner of five new Ultion polished
cylinder locks, kindly donated by Brisant.
Adam has been running his business
in Dover, Kent, since 2012 and went into
locksmithing when he left school. His
company offers locksmith services, intruder
alarms, vehicle security, CCTV systems,
and access control such as audio and video
entry systems, keypads and proximity
readers.
He offers a 24-hour emergency lock
out service, lock fitting and repairs, PVCu
door locks, window locks, security grilles
and roller shutters, safes and key safes. He
can also supply wired, wireless and hybrid
alarms, alarm repairs and maintenance.
Marshtech uses brands including Union,
Yale and Era Products.
Vehicle security services include alarms
and immobilisers, van locks, and vehicle
CCTV. This part of the business is growing,
as motorists get into various predicaments
with their keys. “One of the most common
call outs is to drivers who have accidentally
locked their keys in the boot,” said Adam.
His workload is currently about 60%
domestic and 40% commercial. He told The
Locksmith: “Over the last couple of years I
have gone over more to auto locksmithing
largely because the demand is there. My
catchment area is quite small so I have to
do a variety of work – you couldn’t survive
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on just doing locks – and I think the market
is quite flooded with general locksmiths.
Another busy area for me now is CCTV,
particularly for small businesses. Customers
now like to view their CCTV on their
Smartphones.”
Adam narrowly escaped being caught up
in July’s chaos at the Port of Dover, when
motorists faced delays of up to 14 hours
and five mile queues to get to the port. The
problems were blamed on tighter French
security checks and a ‘vast’ amount of
holiday traffic. Adam said: “Luckily I was
away but that would have been a nightmare
for my business. The town was gridlocked.”
Adam will be attending the Lockex
exhibition at Ricoh Arena, Coventry, from
September 16th to 18th. As well as exhibitors,
the event offers daily training courses. Adam
said: “I’m looking forward to it and have
signed up for two days of training.”