UK Manufacturing Momentum Strengthens the Case for UK made Precision Security Doors

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The opening weeks of 2026 have delivered a rare combination for UK manufacturing: rising output, accelerating new orders and a renewed sense of confidence about the year ahead. With the S&P Global UK Manufacturing PMI reaching a 17-month high in January, the data points to more than a cyclical uptick. For parts of British industry […]

Buy Cheap, Buy Twice: When Security Doors Fail, It’s Residents Who Pay

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There’s nothing theoretical about a failing security door. When it doesn’t lock. When it’s damaged within weeks. When someone decides it’s easier to post a brick through it than try to fix it. That’s when residents stop trusting the building they live in. For Warrior Doors, this isn’t a trend spotted on spreadsheets. It’s something […]

Whole-Life Costing Is Reshaping Security Door Procurement — and Why Capital Assets Matter

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In an era of constrained public and private sector budgets, procurement decisions are under increasing scrutiny—both for upfront price and crucially, for long-term financial and operational impact. Nowhere is this more evident than in the specification of security doors for critical infrastructure, defence estates and high-risk public buildings, where failure in service can carry serious […]

UK Manufacturing Momentum Underscores the Case for Sovereign Security Production

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With UK manufacturing activity reaching a 17-month high, the latest PMI data is being read by many as more than a short-term uplift. For manufacturers operating in security-critical sectors, it reinforces a longer-term argument: that sovereign manufacturing capacity is not simply an economic asset, but a matter of national resilience. In Birmingham, Warrior Doors is […]

False Economies: Why Public Door Procurement Must Be Built for the Long Term

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By any measure, the past year has been uncomfortable reading for public sector housing providers. From Trafford to Norwich to Sheffield, residents’ testimonies and council decisions point to a recurring and deeply consequential issue: security doors that fail in service, degrade rapidly, or become so costly to repair that they are removed altogether—undermining safety rather […]

Inside the Birmingham Door Manufacturer Protecting the UK’s Most Sensitive Sites

Warrior Doors defence industry sliding doors

2026 begins with geopolitical uncertainty, rising threat levels and renewed focus on national resilience. Defence OEMs and critical infrastructure sites are asking a different set of questions of their suppliers. Certification still matters—but increasingly, so does sovereign ownership, control and security. Where is a product made? Who touched it? And can its performance be traced, […]

Sliding into the Future: How High-Security Sliding Doors Are Transforming Mission-Critical Buildings

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Across the UK’s most sensitive buildings—data centres, defence facilities, secure laboratories, control rooms and high-risk public assets—a quiet but significant transformation is taking shape. Traditional swing doors, long considered the default for secure environments, are increasingly being replaced by high-security sliding doors engineered for both operational efficiency and certified attack resistance. The shift reflects the […]

Engineering the Front Line of Data Security: The Rise of Warrior Doors

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In a quiet corner of Birmingham’s industrial heartland, far from the glossy marketing of big tech, Warrior Doors is quietly building some of the most advanced stainless steel security doors in the UK. These are not generic door sets with a beefed-up lock; they are engineered, certified security systems designed for data centres, critical infrastructure […]

Data Centre Security in the AI Age: Warrior Doors on the Front Line of a Global Geopolitical Contest

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As the world enters what analysts are calling the decisive chapter of the fourth industrial revolution, the infrastructure supporting artificial intelligence has become a strategic battleground. According to S&P’s latest Geopolitics of Data Centers report, competition over data, compute power and digital sovereignty is reshaping global politics—with the US and China controlling a combined 61% […]