#noVANber Archives - Professional Builder

Park against a wall – and other ways to protect your van and tools
|Date: 14 October, 2019

Park against a wall – and other ways to protect your van and tools
Zoro has created this graphic to highlight the ways tradesmen and women can protect their tools from thef ...
Zoro has created this graphic to highlight the ways tradesmen and women can protect their tools from theft. According to Which? Trusted Traders, 51 per cent of builders have been victim to tool theft ...
14 October, 2019
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Six ways to keep your tools safe
|Date: 8 October, 2019

Six ways to keep your tools safe
When you're on the tools, each piece of equipment is an important member of the team. Check out this guid ...
When you're on the tools, each piece of equipment is an important member of the team. Check out this guide to keeping your tools safe, from Hendy Car and Van Store. Keeping everything safe can seem li ...
8 October, 2019
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8 ways to protect against tool theft
|Date: 21 May, 2019

8 ways to protect against tool theft
Experts from LeaseVan.co.uk have come up with eight security measures that tradespeople can take to help ...
Experts from LeaseVan.co.uk have come up with eight security measures that tradespeople can take to help protect their tools. How many of them are you doing? Intruder alarms Many Brits nowadays find ...
21 May, 2019
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What do the trades look for in a van?
|Date: 10 April, 2019

What do the trades look for in a van?
This week's TradesTalk chat on Twitter was about vans, covering everything from what the trades listen to ...
This week's TradesTalk chat on Twitter was about vans, covering everything from what the trades listen to while driving between jobs to tips on avoiding tool theft. Here is our round-up of the best bi ...
10 April, 2019
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Tool theft: three victims speak out
|Date: 25 March, 2019

Tool theft: three victims speak out
Professional Builder tells the story of three FMB members who are amongst the legions who have fallen vic ...
Professional Builder tells the story of three FMB members who are amongst the legions who have fallen victim to tool theft. Tool theft is an everyday worry for builders. Research by the Federation of ...
25 March, 2019
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Van Vault expands product range
|Date: 4 March, 2019

Van Vault expands product range
As part of its drive to tackle tool theft crime, Van Vault has launched a new product range offering incr ...
As part of its drive to tackle tool theft crime, Van Vault has launched a new product range offering increased protection. Last year saw around 280,000 tool theft crimes across the UK, with a break-in ...
4 March, 2019
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Advice on keeping your van and tools safe
|Date: 18 December, 2018

Advice on keeping your van and tools safe
A tool theft epidemic is making life very difficult for the country's tradespeople. Aside from signing th ...
A tool theft epidemic is making life very difficult for the country's tradespeople. Aside from signing the #noVANber petition, what else can you do to protect your livelihood? Wasim Bux from insurance ...
18 December, 2018
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#noVANber campaign hits over 23,000 signatures in just two weeks
|Date: 15 November, 2018

#noVANber campaign hits over 23,000 signatures in just two weeks
The #noVANber campaign concerning van and tool theft, started by heating engineer Peter Booth, has racked ...
The #noVANber campaign concerning van and tool theft, started by heating engineer Peter Booth, has racked up over 23,000 signatures since going live on 1st November. The petition is asking for the gov ...
15 November, 2018
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Highlights from this week’s #TradesTalk
|Date: 9 November, 2018

Highlights from this week’s #TradesTalk
If you're on Twitter, you might have seen #TradesTalk, which is a weekly Q&A looking at topics t ...
If you're on Twitter, you might have seen #TradesTalk, which is a weekly Q&A looking at topics that are relevant to tradespeople in the UK. The chat is on Tuesdays at 8pm and this week's disc ...
9 November, 2018
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PB supports #noVANber campaign against van and tool theft
|Date: 2 November, 2018

PB supports #noVANber campaign against van and tool theft
This November Peter Booth, known as @PBplumber on Twitter and Instagram, has launched a campaign calling ...
This November Peter Booth, known as @PBplumber on Twitter and Instagram, has launched a campaign calling for action on van crime - and we are urging all our readers to get behind it by signing the pet ...
2 November, 2018
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