Door Industry Journal - Spring 2018

ASSA CLIQ® Remote shortlisted in 2018 UK Housing Awards ASSA CLIQ® Remote from ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions, is a finalist in this year’s UK Housing Awards, for helping to revolutionise Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council’s (RMBC) repairs and maintenance processes for void properties. With approximately 2,000 empty properties to manage every year, RMBC required a key management solution that would simplify its operations, eliminate the need for physical key handovers and cut costs. Shortlisted in the category ‘Outstanding approach to repairs and maintenance’, ASSA CLIQ® Remote has allowed RMBC to improve key management, and speed up its repair and maintenance practices on void properties. ASSA CLIQ® Remote uses wireless technology to give key holders – regardless of location – remote access to a property through a single key. By eliminating the need for physical key handovers, ASSA CLIQ® Remote has drastically reduced time spent travelling between jobs, saving maintenance staff and contractors valuable time, resulting in properties being re-let quicker. As a result, ASSA CLIQ® Remote is saving RMBC approximately 40 hours of time every week. The reduction re-let times has allowed RMBC to deliver an additional £60,000 a year in rental income revenue, enabling the council to use its budget and resources elsewhere. The improved operational efficiencies are also helping lower the council’s environmental impact. RMBC staff or contractors performing repair and maintenance do not need to travel to physically handover keys, reducing the council’s carbon footprint and fleet expenses. Finally, the system is reducing the risk of lost or copied keys being compromised as well. If a key is lost or stolen, access rights can be deactivated straightaway. The 2018 UK Housing Awards will take place on Wednesday 2 May at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel in London. For more information on ASSA CLIQ® Remote, please visit www.assa.co.uk/cliqremote . New year, new recruits at EasyGates Direct EasyGates Direct continues to grow its staff and has had a busy first quarter with new recruits and promotions. Sav Xiourrouppas has worked for EasyGates Direct for five years as a sales and technical advisor in a team of six. The requirement for the new role of Assistant Technical Manager is to ensure EasyGates Direct continues to offer customers a high level of support with sales and technical queries. Sav will support Dave Blake, Technical Manager. Sarah Thomas has had an internal departmental move from the postal room to supporting the operations division and senior management team as an admin assistant. Rebecca Burbank has joined the team as administration assistant and will be working alongside the growing customer support team. Sian Morris has taken over Sarah’s role in the postal team to process all online orders. She has previous experience of handling and dispensing stock and serving customers. Lucy Barten has joined the sales and technical team as trainee technical advisor and will support customers with any technical support queries they have on the range of products we offer. Lucy has a level 2 diploma in Electrical installation and currently working on level 3. THE door industry journal spring 2018 Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 35 Industry News