Visit Sign & Digital 2023 this March

Discover the Power of Vinyl

See the leading vinyl technology brands in action and chat to our team about how you can bring them to your clients at Sign & Digital 2023

Planning to visit the Sign & Digital trade show at the NEC, Birmingham, on Tuesday 21st – Thursday 23rd March 2023?

Meet our team at exhibition stand K42, where we will be showcasing brands Cover Styl’ and Data Jammer. 

Having worked in the field for more than 40 years, our team of specialists will run through how these products can help you create a safe, secure and comfortable environment while keeping costs down. 

Come and speak to us with any questions you may have. In the meantime, we’ve provided an easy-read overview of both products to look through at your leisure:

What your clients will love about Cover Styl’

Look after the planet while creating your clients’ desired aesthetic with the leading vinyl brand, Cover Styl’ With over 220 textures to choose from, which are available in the UK. It provides the option to refresh surfaces rather than undergoing a full renovation. 

Advantages of Cover Styl’

  • Air Flow – Self-adhesive solutions.
  • Easy to clean – Anti-Bacterial.
  • No Mess & quick. No loss of revenue.
  • Fire Rated.
  • This product can stretch up to 200%, which helps it adapt to a broad range of surfaces.
  • It offers a cost-effective solution to traditional renovation with a sleek end result.

We provide training so that you can experience working with the material. Our experts will help you learn to navigate tricky architraves and corners so that you can offer the best service to your clients. 

Our two-day course offers an easy introduction where attendees will learn the basics of handling the product to more specialist skills. For those who have worked with similar products in the past, we also offer a one-day refresher course.

Provide innovative solutions to data protection with Data Jammer

Data Jammer is a unique product developed to help protect premises from data breaches. The product works by creating a tinted barrier between the inside and outside of a room, preventing outsiders from seeing sensitive information displayed on a screen, while still allowing vision both ways through the glass. The film is applied across glazed partitions and can be installed with a minimal amount of training . 

Advantages of Data Jammer 

Data Jammer offers several advantages over other solutions on the market. 

  • It is cost-effective compared to alternative solutions, making it a budget-friendly choice. 
  • It can be applied as a band across glazed partitions, reducing installation costs while still providing reassuring security against data breaches. 
  • The product’s low visual impact makes it an attractive option for architects, product specifiers, and interior designers in need of a solution that doesn’t detract from your client’s desired aesthetic.

Training

We offer online and face-to-face training for Data Jammer to help you fit this product. Our remote training provides lifetime access to a training video which shows the unique installation technique, plus some tips for ensuring a successful and effective application. You also receive a working sample to practise with. 

Our in-person training is delivered at our HQ and training facility in Fareham, Hampshire, conveniently located close to the M27 and other major routes. 

The one-day training package provides you with hands-on installation training plus additional training on successful sales techniques to help you maximise the benefit of adding Data Jammer to your service offering.

See the products and test the vinyl first-hand at exhibition stand K42, Sign & Digital from Tuesday 21st – Thursday 23rd March 2023. 

If you have any further questions, please get in touch with the team at sales@bonwyke.co.uk

 

Enhance Privacy with Data Jammer

A Must-Have Solution for Building Contractors and Fit Out Companies

As the world becomes increasingly digitised, businesses must take more action to protect their sensitive data from unauthorised access. In today’s data security landscape, your clients need you to help them find new ways to safeguard confidential information within their workspaces. 

One innovative solution is to use Data Jammer on glass partitions within commercial buildings. This unique product provides maximum data security and an aesthetically pleasing, cost-effective fit-out solution for commercial premises.

This article shows how you can help your clients enhance privacy with Data Jammer in your new fit-out and refurbishment projects to protect their sensitive information and maintain a secure work environment.

What is Data Jammer? 

Data Jammer is a unique product that helps protect premises from data breaches. The product creates a tinted barrier between the inside and outside of a room, preventing outsiders from seeing sensitive information displayed on a screen while retaining two-way vision through the glass. The film is applied across glazed partitions and can be installed with minimal training. 

Advantages of Data Jammer 

Data Jammer offers several advantages over other solutions on the market. 

  • A budget-friendly, cost-effective alternative to similar products
  • Applied as a band across glazed partitions, reducing installation costs while providing reassuring security against data breaches. 
  • The product’s low visual impact makes it an attractive option for architects, product specifiers, and interior designers in need of a solution that doesn’t detract from your client’s desired aesthetic

How Data Jammer works

Data Jammer provides unidirectional privacy, obscuring the view of screens from outside and preventing unauthorised access to confidential information.  Effectively the film creates a black screen for anyone looking in from outside a protected room.

Click here to see Data Jammer in action.

With the rise in open-plan and shared workspaces, this film option also helps businesses comply with GDPR and other privacy concerns wherever computer and TV screens are used and could be seen by unauthorised people. 

Employees can work freely and productively without worrying that the data on their screens is being seen by others, maintaining confidentiality and security. 

Data Jammer ultimately provides a simple but effective solution for safeguarding data privacy in workspaces.

Is Data Jammer expensive?

Data Jammer is a mid-price point solution to a common security problem that designers and contractors need to help their clients resolve. If you would like to learn more about this product’s likely cost for a client project, please call the office on 01329 222299. 

Installation training and support from Bonwyke

The product and application process differs from standard window films you may already be familiar with. As the effectiveness of Data Jammer depends on the proper installation of the product, we recommend all installers complete our comprehensive training programme. 

Bonwyke offers two levels of Data Jammer product training so you can choose the solution that best suits your needs.

Level A Remote Learning 

Our remote learning option gives you lifetime access to a training video showing the unique installation technique and some tips for ensuring a successful and effective application. You also receive a working sample to practise with. 

Video training includes direct telephone support to guide you. 

Level A best suits people with experience in installing general window films

Level B Training Day

Delivered at our HQ and training facility in Fareham, Hampshire, conveniently close to the M27 and other major routes. 

The one-day training package provides you with hands-on installation training plus additional training on successful sales techniques to help you maximise the benefit of adding Data Jammer to your service offering.

Level B best suits people with little or no experience installing window films. 

Both options include full remote technical support.

Contact the team today

Call Bonwyke on 01329 222299 for more information about specifying or purchasing Data Jammer or to book a training package. Alternatively click here to request a call back from one of the team. 

The Deterrent of Security Window Film

One of the biggest concerns for any business owner is that of security and protecting your assets from attempted burglary and theft. At your work premises there will be expensive equipment present, as well as furnishings, alongside products that you sell, promotional materials and countless important documents relating to financial aspects of the business, employee files and other documents that may contain personal information.

Our range of security window film is the perfect addition to your business security plans, for a number of reasons.

Block the View from Outside

One of the benefits to security window film is that from the outside it helps to block the view. So if you have staff members on the inside working on important and confidential documents, or there is a wide variety of equipment and machinery in the room, no one from the outside can see for sure what valuables are present.

Shatterproof Qualities

If an attempt is made to break the window, our security window film has been designed and applied to the surface in a way that ensures it is very difficult to break through. Instead of the glass shattering in all directions, potentially harming those inside, the film binds the glass together.

A Deterrent to Burglars

Both of the above act as a natural deterrent to any potential burglars. All theft is performed under the assumption that it can be carried out quickly and efficiently. By blocking the view so burglars aren’t quite sure what’s inside, and shatterproof glass lengthening the time it takes to get inside, both act as a deterrent.

You can’t put a price on the peace of mind associated with the security of a business premises. Bonwyke has the team in place to assist with the application of security window film. It can go a long way to providing an added layer of security as a deterrent, and through its shatterproof qualities.

For more information about our deterrent security window film products, give our customer service team a call on 01329 222299

Securing Your Property with Window Vinyl

The security of your commercial premises is a massive undertaking and priority as a business owner. In order for your company to grow you have to be sure about the security of your assets and staff, with security window vinyl a simple application that could make a real difference to your business.

Adding window film to your business creates another layer of security and there are a number of reasons why.

Creates Shatterproof Glass – One way in which burglars enter the premises of a business they are attempting to steal from is to smash a window and climb through. Our window film acts to binds the pane of glass together should it be impacted and broken. What this does is slow down the attempted intrusion, and is more likely to scare off the potential burglars as they will not want the complication. It also ensures that any persons inside the premises is less likely to be hurt from flying shattered glass, as it has been bound together.

Acts as a Deterrent – Our window vinyl designed for security purposes is tinted in order to keep out prying eyes and to act as a deterrent to potential burglars walking past your commercial premises. If you have expensive equipment or documents that are on show within the office, our window film offers that extra bit of peace of mind as they are now harder to see from outside.

Block Out Harmful Rays – The third major benefit of our security vinyl is that once it is applied to the surface of the window it helps to reduce UV rays from natural sunlight. This is helpful in reducing work disruption from glare on computer screens and reducing the temperature in the room, whilst also reducing the impact of light on the fading of furniture and documents. Our window film also helps to reduce the impact of harmful UV rays on the health of your employees.

Bonwyke offers a range of window vinyl, including a range of window defence systems designed to add another layer of security to your current business security system. Added to alarms, CCTV and other security processes, our window film acts as another deterrent to criminals, binds together broken glass to prevent it from shattering and wards off prying eyes with a tinted surface.

If you would like to speak to the Bonwyke customer service team for more information about our window defence systems, please feel free to give us a call today and we’ll be happy to discuss your requirements further. Our team has the experience and knowledge to make a real difference to your business security.

Blast Proof Windows for Your Business Security

The security of your business is vitally important to your long-term stability and potential to grow. One of the areas that a potential break in can take place pretty easily is through your windows. Blast proof window film from Bonwyke is the perfect addition to your business premises. It acts as a deterrent and protects your employees from injury in the event of glass being smashed.

Protect Against Burglary – One way in which blast proof window film works is that it binds shattered glass together. Should an intruder attempt to smash a pane of glass and enter your building they will be faced with a situation where the glass won’t buckle under pressure. This is a massive deterrent to burglars.

Keep Employees Safe – If a window has been struck with force, either deliberately or accidentally, the shattering glass can cause real damage and injury to your employees. Blast proof window film transforms the pane of glass into shatterproof glass, so the staff members closest to the window won’t suffer from shards of glass.

Accidents Happen – Sometimes a trip in the workplace can lead to an horrific injury involving a pane of glass. Blast proof window film ensures that the surface remains intact, and although it will hurt the person involved, it won’t lead to them falling right through and suffering potential life threatening injuries. Add to that if your premises face street level, an accidental collision involving a vehicle, although unlikely, if it happened could be devastating.

To find out more about the blast proof window film we can install at your business premises, contact the Bonwyke team today. We understand how to help your business having worked with a variety of companies in myriad industries over the years. Blast proof window film has developed considerably over the years and could be what your business requires for that added layer of security and protection.

Lowering Business Energy Costs with Window Film

As a business owner you are inevitably always going to be looking at new ways to cut your costs. If you can combine this through a process that actually enhances your business in some way you are on to a winner. Installing window film at your commercial premises is a great way to cut your energy costs.

One of the more popular ranges of window film that Bonwyke Design provides sand install for businesses is Solar Window Film. As technologies and science have developed over the years so has the ability of window film to assist with all manner of things relating to harmful UV rays and to act as an environmentally proactive part of your business.

Our tinted solar window film can be applied in order to block out some of the natural sunlight that fills your office space on a daily basis. That way your employees won’t feel the heat in direct sunlight, won’t suffer from the affects of glare on their computer screens and the whole environment can be kept at a comfortable temperature. You’ll experience a natural lower temperature in the hot summer months, whilst the solar wind film also has properties that encourage a slow release of warm air in winter. This ensures that no matter what time of year, your energy costs can be cut considerably.

For more information about installing window film with a view to lowering your energy costs, contact Bonwyke Design today and a member of our team will be able to offer honest advice and guidance about our window film and your specific requirements.

Update Your Window Security Systems with Bonwyke

The security system in place at your place of work is always an important part of any business plan; you have to be able to protect your assets for those periods of time where there is no one present. For many this takes the form of alarm systems and CCTV operations, but you can add another layer to help with window protection and blast defence systems.

Bonwyke has a range of products that have been designed by our experts to provide maximum protection from those situations where an intruder may be trying to enter the premises unlawfully, or to protect from a blast of some sort. The multi-lamented window film is anchored to the window frame and acts as a protective shield.

What this does is ensure that your staff are protected from any flying glass should they be present at the time of the window being attacked, but it also works in a way to keep the glass together for longer, rather than shattering, helping to prevent entry through the window pane itself.

It is a relatively straightforward process to install, and can be used effectively across the whole length of a frame, no matter the size. We can build to fit in with the colour of the existing frame so that the aesthetic of your workplace is left as is. On top of that we can supply for the original manufacturing process or to be added to an existing window structure, allowing for flexibility no matter your situation.

If you are interests in bolstering the security of your workplace with a flexible and sturdy window security system, contact Bonwyke today. We understand how important it is to secure your business premises and with a blast defence system built into your window protection you are adding another layer of protection to ward off against burglary. We look forward to assisting you.

We’re backing UK PLC

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We’re all a couple of months past the Brexit vote and although the leaving process and activation dates are yet to be set we have seen some negative effects, especially the weakening of Sterling.

Many will say that Sterling was over valued prior to the vote and has now found its right level against other major currencies but there is no doubt that anyone importing goods from abroad is now paying about 12% more for their product than they were before the vote. All window films and vinyls are imported into the UK, whether as a raw material or as a finished item and it will not have passed your notice how trade suppliers have been putting their prices up accordingly.

We have been distributing window film for over 35 years and haven’t become the UK’s largest independent distributor of window film by following what everyone else does. Now the decision has been made to leave the EU, we at Bonwyke firmly believe in the UK’s ability to become a successful trading entity on the World stage and much of that belief is founded upon us helping our customers to carry on successfully trading. Many of the corporate film suppliers have taken the short term view in putting their prices up but our belief is that we are here for the long term and that things will recover to the benefit of all.

After extensive negotiations with our branded suppliers, our promise to you, our customer, is not to increase our prices over this uncertain period and we will absorb what we see as a temporary issue with the exchange rate and make sure that all of our customers can continue to trade at the same cost level as before the Brexit vote.

Chris George – Managing Director – Bonwyke Ltd

 

Pineapple and your WiFi

Pineapple WiFi

As part of our investigations into the security market & specifically around anti-snooping, as this is what our Signal Defence product range is aimed at addressing, we have come across an interesting device readily available to buy that in the wrong hands is capable of ‘spoofing’ your WiFi enabled device into thinking its connected to a safe network.

How does it work..? Simple. If your device is WiFi enabled its constantly sending a ‘probe signal’ out looking to connect to one of the networks you deem as safe. Pineapple has the capability to trick your device into thinking its connecting to one of your safe connections exposing you to having sensitive information accessed and you don’t even realise it.

The message is switch you’re WiFi off if you are out and about, you’re device will be much more secure and far less vulnerable to hacking.

 

 

Cyber Crime Risk Management

Marsh at the forefront of Cyber Crime management….

Marsh Insurance Brokers’ London office held a two day conference in Brighton last week looking to bring to the fore the importance of Cyber crime and the management of those risks.

Marsh, one of the world’s largest brokers, are keen to bring to the attention of CEO’s, CIO’s and CFO’s in the coporate world just how important this area of risk is to a business. Many companies now face much stiffer penalties from regulatory bodies such as the FSA, The Law Society and the European Government for breaches in data loss.

Major Jonathan Shaw at The Grand, Brighton fo the Marsh conference

Marsh involved a number of high profile speakers to push over this meassage, including Major General Jonathan Shaw, CBE who is recognised as the Government Tsar on Cyber Crime and is an ex member of COBRA Emergency Committee. His main emphasis was to look at strong leadership in implementing the changes necessary and aligning a company’s strategy direct from the top. ‘Get the CEO on board and the whole complany will follow and achieve’ was his mantra.

Companies face many forms of attack from the Cyber criminal including Social Engineering, Hard wire network and electrnic attack. Bonwyke’s own Ultima Signal Defence film is designed to prevent accidental or malicious attacks from RF and wireless enabled devices. “It’s a solution to data loss via WiFi, Bluetooth and IR Laser Microphone attacks in the general office environment, that is an area being too easily overlooked at present” reports Chris George, Bonwyke’s Managing Director. “With the Ultima system optical clarity and light levels are maintained but the signalling is barriered thus preventing the loss of vital personal and financial data. Martin Folan and his team at Marsh deserve great praise for bringing this area to the attention of business leaders” he continued.

For more information on the Ultima Signal Defence system please call on 01329 289621 or email us on sales@bonwyke.co.uk

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