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Majority of tradespeople are victims of tool theft or van crime

|Date: 2 November, 2021

Majority of tradespeople are victims of tool theft or van crime

The majority (66%) of tradespeople have had their tools stolen or van broken into, a Screwfix survey has ...

The majority (66%) of tradespeople have had their tools stolen or van broken into, a Screwfix survey has found. 66% of tradespeople have had tools stolen or van broken into Two thirds (66%) of tool th ...

2 November, 2021
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Post-pandemic effects on tool theft, tradespeople and society

|Date: 27 September, 2021

Post-pandemic effects on tool theft, tradespeople and society

One of the great hopes for life in this country – after such a devastating pandemic – was that we would s ...

One of the great hopes for life in this country – after such a devastating pandemic – was that we would see the emergence of a generally more caring, honest, and tolerant society. Certainly, the early ...

27 September, 2021
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Devastating van theft sets tradies back £264 million a year

|Date: 2 December, 2020

Devastating van theft sets tradies back £264 million a year

Tool theft costs tradespeople £5,584 on average Following a van break-in, the average tradie is unable to ...

Tool theft costs tradespeople £5,584 on average Following a van break-in, the average tradie is unable to work for 30 days, costing them £5,982 in missed jobs 89% of trade professionals say their van ...

2 December, 2020
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Protecting your van and its contents from thieves

|Date: 13 May, 2020

Protecting your van and its contents from thieves

With more builders getting back to work this week, Charles Stubbings from Moneybarn has some advice on ke ...

With more builders getting back to work this week, Charles Stubbings from Moneybarn has some advice on keeping your tools – and van – safe. The UK construction industry has been advised to start retur ...

13 May, 2020
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Seven tips to protect your van

|Date: 28 October, 2019

Seven tips to protect your van

How van owners can up their game to help protect their property from theft ...

How van owners can up their game to help protect their property from theft ...

28 October, 2019
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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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Protect your van against tool theft

|Date: 15 May, 2019

Protect your van against tool theft

When you are a sole trader using your van for work, and leaving tools in it overnight, the contents of yo ...

When you are a sole trader using your van for work, and leaving tools in it overnight, the contents of your vehicle are at risk of theft. It's not always possible - or practical - to completely empty ...

15 May, 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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