Cheshire Keyholding Ltd Team

Edward Clarke - Managing Director

Edward is a retired police officer having served in the Wythenshawe and Longsight areas. Edward has been a control room manager for Burns Security in Manchester and for the last five years, up until February 2008, was the Operations Manager for North West Key holding Ltd. This company was one of the largest independent key holding companies in the North West area until purchased by G4S.

Edward, along with colleague Dean Beattie, decided to establish Cheshire Keyholding Ltd to give local customers the choice of a local independent company along the lines that North West Key holding had operated. Since the purchase by G4S, many customers and some of the staff, have moved to Cheshire Keyholding Ltd.

Edward's aim is to provide a local, accountable and friendly alarm-response and key-holding company for his customers.

Chris Knott - Sales and Marketing Manager

Chris is the general contact for new contracts. He has been involved in sales for approximately 13 years in many different capacities, from the Motor trade to Finance and obviously now, key holding.

Chris believes that to be a good sales manager, you have to believe in the quality of the product you are selling. A high-quality service will encourage client retention, which is the biggest contributor to the success of a company. Chris says "I certainly do believe in the quality of service Cheshire Keyholding Ltd offers and I am sure any company who would place their trust in us will not be disappointed. I welcome any enquiries about our service and I am always keen to meet our clients face-to-face."

Darren Clarke - Director

Darren has worked in the security industry for the past four years following in his father's footsteps (Edward Clarke) making Cheshire Keyholding Ltd a true family firm. He has worked as a door supervisor part time and went on to take a further qualification as a vehicle immobiliser and then joined his father at Cheshire Keyholding Ltd.

He also owns a flooring company FloorFit Connections, which specialises in quality floor coverings, supplied and fitted, solid wood through to Karndean. He is well-versed in management and security.

Gene Cass – IT Support and IT Security Tech

Gene started his technical career in the U. S. Air Force as a Radar Tech. He worked in United Kingdom computer industry for about thirty years and has functioned as computer tech since 1995.

He obtained a B.Sc. Hons in Social Science from the Open University and is currently working towards his Masters. Gene has performed IT Support including IT Security along with Tina Clarke for Cheshire Key Holding Ltd since its inception in 2008.

Tina Clarke - IT Support and Webmaster

Tina has been a Microsoft MVP - Expression Web for six years. This is an award from Microsoft for supporting the users of the web editor Microsoft Expression Web through many of its versions. Her main focus nowadays is supporting users of Microsoft Expression Web through various mediums such as  lists and forums. She has written a number of ebooks, publishes ezines and maintains two lists for both FrontPage and Expression Web as well as moderating lists for several others on the same subjects. She owns and maintains several FrontPage resource sites and an Expression Web Design site and blog. Alongside her father Gene Cass, son Darren Clarke and her husband Edward Clarke she helps maintain the smooth running of the office from an IT and Web Design perspective.