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Six essential tool safety tips
|Date: 24 January, 2025

Six essential tool safety tips
Milwaukee identifies six essential tool safety strategies  Tradespeople understand the immense value of t ...
Milwaukee identifies six essential tool safety strategies  Tradespeople understand the immense value of their tools, often spending years and tens of thousands of pounds curating the perfect selection ...
24 January, 2025
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Save the date! Westminster Rally against tool theft
|Date: 13 January, 2025

Save the date! Westminster Rally against tool theft
Trades United to Lead Second Van Rally in Westminster to Combat Tool Theft Date: Monday, 3rd February 20 ...
Trades United to Lead Second Van Rally in Westminster to Combat Tool Theft Date: Monday, 3rd February 2025 Location: Brent Cross to Parliament Square, Westminster Time: Starting at 11:00 AM, arrivi ...
13 January, 2025
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Nominate a mate to win with HiKOKI Power Tools
|Date: 16 August, 2024

Nominate a mate to win with HiKOKI Power Tools
HiKOKI Power Tools has teamed up with Professional Builder to launch a special competition, designed to h ...
HiKOKI Power Tools has teamed up with Professional Builder to launch a special competition, designed to help those hit hard by the tool theft epidemic.   We’re offering three lucky readers the chance ...
16 August, 2024
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Urgent social media warning to tradespeople 
|Date: 16 June, 2024

Urgent social media warning to tradespeople 
Tradespeople have been warned thieves are using social media to target them for their valuable tools and ...
Tradespeople have been warned thieves are using social media to target them for their valuable tools and equipment.  Motoring insurance experts from Quotezone.co.uk are urging tradespeople to avoid p ...
16 June, 2024
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£98 million worth of tools stolen from tradespeople
|Date: 7 May, 2024

£98 million worth of tools stolen from tradespeople
Tools worth £98 million were stolen from tradespeople in 2023 according to new analysis by Direct Line bu ...
Tools worth £98 million were stolen from tradespeople in 2023 according to new analysis by Direct Line business insurance. 44,514 tools thefts were reported to the police in 2023 – up five per cent fr ...
7 May, 2024
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Petition aims to ban sale of stolen tools at car boot sales
|Date: 27 April, 2024

Petition aims to ban sale of stolen tools at car boot sales
An ambitious petition has been launched aimed at cracking down on the sale of stolen tools at car boot sa ...
An ambitious petition has been launched aimed at cracking down on the sale of stolen tools at car boot sales and markets. Talon Manufacturing is backing its ambassador, Shoaib Awan, also known as @the ...
27 April, 2024
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Calls for tool thieves to face stricter punishment
|Date: 20 April, 2024

Calls for tool thieves to face stricter punishment
A van leasing company is calling for offenders to have harsher sentences for tool thefts. Calls are being ...
A van leasing company is calling for offenders to have harsher sentences for tool thefts. Calls are being made for criminals to face stricter punishments for robbing hard-working Brits of their van to ...
20 April, 2024
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Van Watch and fighting tool theft
|Date: 3 October, 2023

Van Watch and fighting tool theft
The Van Watch campaign has set its sights on tackling tool theft. Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks ...
The Van Watch campaign has set its sights on tackling tool theft. Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks to the organisation’s Chair, Ray Stafford about just how they’re going to do it. It is the scou ...
3 October, 2023
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