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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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New features added to ARMD Guard
|Date: 1 October, 2023

New features added to ARMD Guard
In the never-ending battle against the scourge of tool theft across the UK, ARMD has added even more feat ...
In the never-ending battle against the scourge of tool theft across the UK, ARMD has added even more features to its Smart Van Alarm & Tracker, the ARMD Guard. Designed to protect your livelihood, ...
1 October, 2023
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Professional Builder Podcast: Fighting Tool Theft Together
|Date: 20 September, 2023

Professional Builder Podcast: Fighting Tool Theft Together
Image Caption: Ray Stafford, Chair of Van Watch (R) meets Home Secretary, Suella Braverman (L) Profession ...
Image Caption: Ray Stafford, Chair of Van Watch (R) meets Home Secretary, Suella Braverman (L) Professional Builder's latest Podcast is looking at Tool Theft. We talk to Van Watch, an organisation tac ...
20 September, 2023
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Markel Direct talks The Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act
|Date: 18 September, 2023

Markel Direct talks The Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act
The Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act: will it help protect the livelihood of tradespeople? The Equipment ...
The Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act: will it help protect the livelihood of tradespeople? The Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act bill received Royal Assent on 20 July 2023, meaning it is now an Act of ...
18 September, 2023
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ARMD provides tool theft solution for tradespeople
|Date: 13 September, 2023

ARMD provides tool theft solution for tradespeople
Heating engineer fights back against tool theft using ARMD. Reheat, a thriving gas and heating business o ...
Heating engineer fights back against tool theft using ARMD. Reheat, a thriving gas and heating business operating in the South East for over two decades, has found a powerful ally in ARMD, a revolutio ...
13 September, 2023
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NFU Mutual talks tool theft
|Date: 4 September, 2023

NFU Mutual talks tool theft
Tradespeople rely on their tools and equipment to be able to do their jobs. Having these tools stolen can ...
Tradespeople rely on their tools and equipment to be able to do their jobs. Having these tools stolen can have a devastating impact professionally, financially and even mentally. In the current clim ...
4 September, 2023
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Crimewave sweeps through construction sites – 9 in 10 tradespeople victims of theft 
|Date: 8 July, 2023

Crimewave sweeps through construction sites – 9 in 10 tradespeople victims of theft 
Tradespeople are being warned to step up security as a crime wave sweeps through construction sites in th ...
Tradespeople are being warned to step up security as a crime wave sweeps through construction sites in the UK. Commercial insurer NFU Mutual’s research from 29 June 2023 reveals almost nine in 10 (89% ...
8 July, 2023
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Allcover Insurance answers your cover questions
|Date: 4 June, 2023

Allcover Insurance answers your cover questions
© highwaystarz/Adobe Stock In the first part of our focus on insurance, Paul Hildyard at Allcover Insuran ...
© highwaystarz/Adobe Stock In the first part of our focus on insurance, Paul Hildyard at Allcover Insurance answers your queries on getting the right cover. Q. With regards to tools cover, are the too ...
4 June, 2023
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ARMD agree anti-tool theft partnership with IBMG
|Date: 23 May, 2023

ARMD agree anti-tool theft partnership with IBMG
ARMD and the Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), have entered a partnership that looks set to pro ...
ARMD and the Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG), have entered a partnership that looks set to protect more tradespeople from the terrible effects of tool theft. The partnership will bring ARMD ...
23 May, 2023
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TVL Security unveils UK’s first smart van locks with remote monitoring capability
|Date: 19 May, 2023

TVL Security unveils UK’s first smart van locks with remote monitoring capability
TVL Security, the UK’s leader in vehicle security innovation, has unveiled updated versions of two of its ...
TVL Security, the UK’s leader in vehicle security innovation, has unveiled updated versions of two of its award-winning aftermarket lock packages, complete with intelligent connected technology. The n ...
19 May, 2023
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Nearly a quarter of tradespeople have had tools stolen from their van in the last 12 months
|Date: 21 April, 2023

Nearly a quarter of tradespeople have had tools stolen from their van in the last 12 months
New research from Direct Line business insurance reveals 22 per cent of tradespeople report having tools ...
New research from Direct Line business insurance reveals 22 per cent of tradespeople report having tools stolen from their van in the last 12 months. It is unsurprising therefore that 87 per cent of t ...
21 April, 2023
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Police data reveals 0.3% of tool thefts in the last 2 years have resulted in a charge
|Date: 11 April, 2023

Police data reveals 0.3% of tool thefts in the last 2 years have resulted in a charge
Metropolitan Police data has revealed that 34,712 tools were stolen in London from 2021 to 2022 compared ...
Metropolitan Police data has revealed that 34,712 tools were stolen in London from 2021 to 2022 compared to 21,445 tools from 2019 to 2020. While as many as four in five tradespeople have experienced ...
11 April, 2023
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ARMD encourages trade to ‘Stick One Up’ to tool theft
|Date: 25 August, 2022

ARMD encourages trade to ‘Stick One Up’ to tool theft
ARMD, the platform designed to combat the effects of tool theft and protect the livelihoods of tradespeop ...
ARMD, the platform designed to combat the effects of tool theft and protect the livelihoods of tradespeople with tech and smart insurance, is encouraging the trade to #StickOneUpToToolTheft in a new s ...
25 August, 2022
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Joiner gets tools just 72 Hours after tool theft
|Date: 27 May, 2022

Joiner gets tools just 72 Hours after tool theft
ARMD, the website and App built to protect the livelihoods of all tradespeople, has released the details ...
ARMD, the website and App built to protect the livelihoods of all tradespeople, has released the details of how it recently helped to negate the potentially devastating effect of a tool theft for Join ...
27 May, 2022
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Tools stolen every 17 minutes
|Date: 23 May, 2022

Tools stolen every 17 minutes
There have been 31,161 tool thefts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since March 2021, which equates ...
There have been 31,161 tool thefts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since March 2021, which equates to a tool stolen every 17 minutes Since March 2021, more than £80 million of equipment has bee ...
23 May, 2022
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More than £100 million of tools have been stolen in the UK since 2020
|Date: 9 May, 2022

More than £100 million of tools have been stolen in the UK since 2020
Almost 60,000 tools have been stolen over the last two years. More than a third of the tools stolen were ...
Almost 60,000 tools have been stolen over the last two years. More than a third of the tools stolen were in London (21,630) Expert offers advice to tradespeople on how to protect themselves from tool ...
9 May, 2022
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