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VIDEX PORTAL PLUS – VERSATILE &
ATTRACTIVE ACCESS CONTROL
Videx Security’s Portal Plus networkable
access control system is one of the most
attractive and versatile systems of its
kind currently available. Designed for
use in buildings with multiple entrances
it is expandable to provide control over
an unlimited number of doors with the
ability to support up to 15000 users.
Many establishments are recognising the
advantages of the Portal Plus networkable
access control system as opposed to lock
and key which can be lost, copied or stolen
and may have to be changed many times
during the lifetime of an installation. Portal
Plus provides permanent control over who
can enter a building, when they can go in
and which areas they may access. This
flexibility is controlled by a central PC for
all internal doors and external entrances.
Portal Plus features friendly Windows
based software making the addition,
editing or deletion of users simple.
One of the other major advantages
of Portal Plus is its use of distributed
intelligence that allows the system to
continue to function even when there may
be network problems.
Tel: +44 (0) 870 300 1240,
Email: [email protected],
www.videx-security.com
ABUS Launches POS Deal on
Combination Padlocks
This Spring the ABUS sales
team is offering a valuable
new piece of POS using the
new V2014 counter stand
to display combination
padlocks.
Any mix of carded 158, 180,
and 165/40 combination
padlocks product with a
minimum RRP of £500 receives
the new V2014 stand FOC, and
top discount from appointed
ABUS wholesalers.
The V2014 counter top
display stand, constructed
of solid permanent plastic,
and with flexible hook
arrangements, creates the
ideal unit for impulse sales
with a clearly arranged
presentation of combination
locks. The display takes any six
full blister card size padlocks,
any 12 small blister cards or
any mixture of either three full
size and six small blisters.
The ABUS 158 range features
a solid body made from die
cast zinc and hardened steel
shackle, double bolted with
either a 3 or 4 digit resettable
code. The ABUS 180IB is an
all-weather combination
lock made of non-corrosive
materials featuring a 4 digit
precision locking mechanism
with special protection
against manipulation, made
from a solid brass body with
stainless steel shackle. The
ABUS 165/40 is a brass lock
body combination lock with
hardened steel shackle and
individually resettable 4 digit
code.
What would you do with an extra £300?
What would a van user do with an extra
£300? Asks The Fuelcard People, a Fuel
Card Group company. Steve Clarke,
group marketing manager, said: “If you
pay 4p per litre less for diesel, you save
£300 on 7,500 litres not excessive annual
consumption for a van. That explains
why pump price fuel cards are falling
out of favour.”
He has seen a sudden increase in
enquiries about The Fuelcard People’s
commercial rate fuel cards, which offer
significant discounts on every major
brand. He suggests that this was almost
inevitable, in the wake of recent activity
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by a pump price fuel card supplier. “After
years of trying to talk down the obvious
benefits of fixed price fuel cards, the
market has made them accept reality,” he
said. “Now, they admit, ‘If you can’t beat
them, join them,’ by launching their own
version of a discount fuel card. They even
suggest that their existing pump price
customers should carry both cards.”
Steve believes the move has backfired.
“We are grateful to the pump price folks
for pointing out so powerfully that our
approach was right all along.”
www.thefuelcardpeople.co.uk
To read more, visit www.locksmithjournal.co.uk