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Document Q, will come into effect on the 1st of October, and will feature the new government guidelines covering security of ‘easily accessible’ doors and windows in homes. The guidelines are to help builders and those in the construction industry meet new standards set out by the Building…

As proud supporters of Fire Door Safety Week we aim to deliver products that keep you safe. All products in our Salamander Firecheck range will give you peace of mind with their patented 1 hour Fire Resistant Door Hardware. We only give our customers the very best. Top of the range materials and…

With Summer in full swing, your customers are more likely to want to open their windows. Make sure they are protected with the UAP Window Restrictor! Each year according to ROSPA (the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents), 4,000 children under the age of 15 fall out of opened windows…

Here at UAP, we constantly strive to update and renovate our catalogue of exceptional products and aim to offer only the finest door hardware supplies available on the market. Our incomparable merchandise is contemporary, fresh and current, and this is why we have decided to team up with The Gift…

When we went about developing the new Tradelocks cylinders, we decided to work in a different way. We wanted to offer a budget cylinder packed with security features usually found on the more expensive options. But Why? There are 2 main reasons. One is we believe that all cylinders should offer…

UAP Tradelocks has changed over the last 12 month, and we demonstrated how much it has changed at our Open Weekend. Gone are the cheap Chinese products to be replaced by High Quality Branded goods from Peterson, Keyline, Genuine Lishi and KeyDIY. And we have grown over 30% in the last 12 months as…

Everyone is looking to increase sales, increase profits, and to use their precious space better and more efficiently. But what if we told you that there is a way to do all that and more, with nominal investment, no skill required, and counter space equivalent to the average Laptop computer? So read…

Several members of our team, accompanied by Greig Kember of the AA, recently flew out to Venice, Italy, and met up with Elena Bianchi, an 8th generation family member of master locksmith Prospero Bianchi, the founding member of the Bianchi key business in 1770! On Friday morning, our team was…

There has been a major shift in the last 2 years in the door marker, with bigger, bolder door hardware being matched to the ever popular composite doors. And so it is with Pull Handles, which give the feature of not having to have lever handles on the door. But what exactly is a Pull Handle, and…