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Police Response For Your Alarm System

The Homezone Alarm system complies with the requirements of the Police so that we can offer you police response in the event of an activation (subject to conditions). An additional charge of up to £45.00 has to be paid to cover the cost of the certificate required by the police.

In order to minimise the national incidence of false alarms, the police introduced a series of requirements for alarm systems that meet European technical standards, to be compliant for police responce.

In summary, there must be a confirmed alarm - at least 2 different detectors are activated within a short period of time. They must be installed and maintained by an accredited company and they must have a proper survey/risk assessment.

The Homezone system meets these requirements and we can now offer police response following a survey.

Homezone Smoke Detector Saves Lives

A quick thinking mother reacted to the alarm from her Homezone alarm system to save her 2 children from a blaze that gutted her home in Worcester.

She was at home with 1 year old McKenzie and 4 year old Jordan when the smoke alarm alerted her to the fire which started in the TV set in the lounge. She rushed into the room, grabbed her children and ran outside. Minutes later the house was engulfed in flames. Ms W. says that her 'stand alone' smoke detector, supplied by the counil failed to operate, but the Homezone wirefree detector worked perfectly and saved their lives. DOES YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR WORK AND GIVE YOU AN ALARM 24/7 ???

DEFENCE HOMEZONE ON THE MOVE

Due to the continued success of Defence Security and its domestic and commercial security business, we will be moving to new, larger premises from 16th April 2007, (all phone and email addresses stay the same)

The commercial and domestic security business has been based in Birmingham for over 25 years and the current premises has been expanded and changed many times. We have grown very rapidly in the last couple of years and now need new premises to house larger sales and service teams and a new communications centre. The new premises are about 10 miles away. New address: Robecc House, Kelvin Way, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 7LB.

Homezone Franchises

Due to our continued growth Defence Home Security is launching a fantastic new opportunity for suitable people to start a Franchise installing Homezone security systems.

Full industry standard training will be given and there are excellent opportunities for growth in this expanding market. Are you that ambitious person, who is already technically and commercially minded? Are you ready to set up your own business with a unique sales model and regular income growth? Defence Home Security Ltd is establishing a national network of professional Home Security Advisors, Installers and Service providers. We have a unique internet quotation model for selling alarm and CCTV packages via our customer friendly website. This is coupled with commercial relationships with security industry leaders for the supply of equipment and services and strong marketing partners. Key features of our Homezone range of Security alarms are:

• Its trouble free installation - wire free (except power to the panel)
• A wide range of detection devices.
• A range of signalling alternatives to mobile, fixed line, PC, monitoring centre
• Interactive audio capability
• Key fob/tag setting
• 24hr service availability to give complete peace of mind to the Customer.

A Homezone Franchise offers you the opportunity to build your own business in the rapidly expanding Domestic Security Market for both alarms and CCTV packages Where the Franchise differs from the conventional Franchise Model is that we obtain enquiries and orders for our Security Products and Services for you

PLUS the opportunities we create for you to sell our product through designated Retail outlets, local promotions, telesales and mail drops. What makes our this opportunity particularly attractive is the fact that not only do you receive income from the sale and installation of our Systems in your territory but also you receive residual ongoing income from each customer who signs up to our Maintenance Contract.

And to ensure that you have the necessary skills, we will help to train you to industry standards For more information visit our website www.defencehome.co.uk or email us at: franchise@defencesecurity.co.uk or call us on our 24hr response line:0800 0834 351

Homezone advert

See Homezone in the prestigious magazine 'Traditional Homes and Interiors'

This magazine is aimed at those homeowners who take pride in their homes and were keen to attract information from Homezone to provide trouble free domestic security. The wire free Homezone system is ideal for traditional and modern homes where little disturbance to the property is an essential feature.

NEW SERVICES FROM HOMEZONE

New home CCTV packages now available and patrol response services coming soon

Homezone is pleased to be able to offer you competitive home CCTV packages from 1 camera looking at your front door to a full outside coverage, with finance packages for as little as £1 per day, including service. We will soon be providing a new home patrol and intervention service if you or your nominated keyholders cannot be there when the alarm activates. Click on the CCTV and Alert Guard buttons to get details.

New details on credit fraud

Recent research commissioned by APACS shows that millions of Britons are still not aware of some basic security pitfalls.

Recent research commissioned by APACS shows that millions of Britons are still not aware of some basic security pitfalls, such as the importance of keeping their PIN private or sharing PINs between different cards. Tips on how consumers can fight card fraud can be found at cardwatch.org.uk and banksafeonline.org.uk. Although overall fraud losses are down, counterfeit card fraud losses are up 16 per cent to £53.0m. APACS reckons fraudsters have switched tactics. Instead of stealing cards they are increasing copying magnetic strip details using techniques such as skimming before using hidden miniature cameras to capture PINs at cash machines. Criminals then create fake magnetic stripe cards for use at cash machines and tills that have not been upgraded to chip and PIN. These losses are expected to decline in the UK in the second half of the year as all UK cash machines and the vast majority of tills get upgraded. On a more positive note, fraudulent losses in shops decreased 43 per cent to £42.1m, following on from a 35 per cent fall the year before, a trend credited to the introduction of Chip and PIN as a alternative to signatures as a means to authorise card payments. Card fraud abroad increased by 16 per cent as fraudsters - thwarted by the introduction of chip and PIN at home - targeted countries that have not yet upgraded to the technology. The European banking industry plans to roll out chip authorisation technology across the continent by 2010 in a bid to stem these losses. The UK itself was rather late to the Chip and PIN party itself, of course. Similar technology has been in use in France, for example, for years. Cheque fraud is down to £16m, compared to £21.6m during the first half of 2005, a decrease of 26 per cent. Information thanks to www.theregister.co.uk

Annual credit report online for free

From tomorrow people in the South of England will be able to check their annual credit report online for free.

The service, annualcreditreport.co.uk, which will be rolled out across the UK enables people to access the information held on them by credit reference agencies. It aims to help people check their credit record for errors - which may be stopping them getting credit - potential data theft and to understand the credit report information held about them, used by lenders, employers and other companies. To access the report, users do not need to enter their credit or debit card number - making it easier for those consumers who are wary about using their cards online. After entering their details, annualcreditreport will send a special code to the user's home address - confirmed by the electoral roll - allowing access to the credit file created by a credit reference agency.