The Locksmith

From police vehicles to healthcare facilities, community food banks to farms, cabinets are used in a wide range of applications. Often, they’re operated by keys. However, this comes with several problems, not least the lack of accessibility and convenience when multiple people need routine access. With coded access control alternatives, you can get around these issues, while saving time, money and reducing the headaches that come from managing who gets access and when.

Cars are becoming more complex, and so is auto locksmithing. Darren Dean believes his background in mechanics and diagnostics gave him the perfect foundation for tackling immobiliser systems, control modules, and the challenges of modern vehicle security. From Portsmouth, he’s built Southern Auto locksmiths on mechanical know-how, training his own team to keep pace with the changing trade. Growing up in the Garage I’ve been around cars for as long as I can remember.

Eidos is a new digital profile reader for cylinder and security keys that uses AI technology to recognise the most suitable key blanks and ensure professional duplication. AI TECHNOLOGY UNIQUE IN THE MARKET A pioneering machine that includes interactive AI technology to communicate with the JMA cloud-based key catalogue: stored on the server and constantly updated to offer every product in the catalogue 24/7 without needing to wait or use printed media. Key profile reading and search.

We had great pleasure in interviewing a former Royal Navy specialist believes honesty, structure and logic are the most underrated tools in the locksmith’s kit. Chris Levy is not a locksmith who just drifted into security. After 25 years in the Royal Navy, much of it spent at the sharp end of electronic warfare, intelligence gathering and counter-surveillance, locksmithing was a natural extension.

In a world where ‘almost’ every business relies on websites, reviews, and social media to stay visible, Stantons Leeds Ltd is quite an exception. This long-standing, family-run locksmith business in Harehills, Leeds, has no website, no social media presence, yet its phones keep ringing and its doors stay open. For father-and-son team Steve and George Mijakovac, reputation, reliability, and word of mouth have always been their best marketing tools.

Technology advancements shaping 2026 The auto locksmith industry has grown rapidly over the past year, and there’s no sign of it slowing down. As vehicles become more innovative and secure, the tools and technologies locksmiths rely on are evolving just as quickly. From new vehicle models and advanced security systems to smarter software and AI-powered tools, the industry is moving in exciting directions.

Longstanding hardware manufacturer Kenrick has appointed Suzanne Nicholl as Sales and Marketing Director, further strengthening its leadership team as the business continues its next phase of growth and innovation. Suzanne joins Kenrick with extensive experience across the fenestration sector, having spent her career working within both the hardware and composite door markets.

The P600+ cylinder from ASSA ABLOY has had its patent extended to 2036, providing customers with total peace of mind that their keys are protected against duplication. The only legal way of securely protecting key blanks, patents prevent unauthorised key copying and maintain secure key control, making them an essential requirement for any cylinder. A robust, high-security solution, the P600+ is tested to the highest demands of EN 1303:2015.

How Van Guard delivers for LDS Van Security Locks week after week Van crime shows no sign of slowing down, and for locksmiths working at the sharp end of vehicle security, that reality shapes every decision they make, from the services they offer to the suppliers they rely on. For Allan Stephenson at LDS Van Security Locks, those decisions are driven by experience on the road, not brochures or brand promises. LDS Van Security Locks has been serving customers across the UK for over ten years.

Robust UK, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of steel door solutions, and HOPPE (UK), a specialist manufacturer of window and door hardware, have collaborated to create new cost-effective, security tested emergency exit hardware available exclusively through Robust.