by Dan Garside | Jun 9, 2023 | Uncategorised
Throughout my working life, I’ve had many different jobs. I’ve worked as a nightclub doorman, worked with in prisons and Immigration centres. These jobs gave me the skills of communication and negotiation and help me to this day. But whilst working these jobs I...
by Dan Garside | May 3, 2022 | Uncategorised
Ruveno Smart Locks, Biometric Fingerprint Door Lock As a locksmith I am quite often asked about smart locks for the home. And although I still feel that smart locks for main front doors have a long way to go before they’re going to be commonplace, there are...
by Dan Garside | Apr 4, 2019 | FAQ
Having a single key that can unlock multiple doors, known as a master key, provides many benefits in a variety of instances. Reducing costs by not needing to get so many keys cut is just one example. In addition, having a single key, as opposed to a large bunch of...
by Dan Garside | Mar 5, 2019 | FAQ
Price has a big impact on our decision making. So it’s a reasonable expectation to want to know how much does a locksmith cost. Whether you need new keys cut, a lock changed or an emergency locksmith to get you back in to your home after a lockout, we all want to...
by Dan Garside | Feb 13, 2019 | FAQ
If you’re looking for the short answer to this question, it’s no, unfortunately we don’t. But some may question ‘why not, surely a lock is a lock?’. The reality is that no two locks are the same, and this is particularly true when comparing a car locksmith (better...
by Dan Garside | Feb 12, 2018 | Uncategorised
Why Us? The great thing about today’s market place is that we are all spoilt for choice. With the internet at our finger tips we can search for hundreds of different companies and products in a matter of seconds. Once upon a time if you needed a locksmith all we had...
by Dan Garside | Jan 18, 2018 | Uncategorised
Holiday Inn Lock Installation In November 2017 GPM Locks Ltd along with Allegion went to work and installed 260 hotel locks at the Holiday Inn Bristol – Filton. Working and planning the job began weeks before with meetings with the hotel reception and...
by Dan Garside | Aug 10, 2017 | Uncategorised
ARE THE LOCKS ON YOUR MANAGED PROPERTIES PUTTING YOUR TENANTS IN DANGER? Fire safety in apartments has been in the news a lot recently. GPM Locks would like to help you keep your tenants safe. All landlords have legal obligations as regards fire safety At the very...
by Dan Garside | Feb 11, 2017 | Uncategorised
Early this year GPM Locks and Allegion started to discuss the possibilities of working together to install there hospitality lock range. Allegion are a USA based international company that manufacture and sell the Cisa brand of hospitality locks. GPM Locks...
by Dan Garside | Jan 17, 2017 | Uncategorised
Marketing and growing a locksmiths business I started the planning and organising of GPM locksmiths over nine years ago and we’ve been operating for about 8 1/2 years. It’s a great feeling making something from nothing. When we launched 8 1/2 years ago the...
