All Archive Titles articles – Page 1006
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Archive TitlesManchester signs with IJA
Independent security consultancy Ian Johnson Associates has been managing a major tendering process for a wide range of security services requested by forward-thinking Manchester City Council.Valued at something over £3 million per annum, the tender is for the provision of static guarding, mobile patrolling, incident response and keyholding services covering ...
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Human touch
A combined or integrated security solution doesn't engender less profit for the guarding contractor, nor does it mean a less effective service for the end user. As Nick Evans argues, the right technology will enhance the guarding service, aid detection and provide a greater deterrent over a larger area.
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Archive TitlesA fresh look at what we do
Six months ago, the NSI set itself the task of delivering a brand which would reach a national audience, and become the natural selection for end users looking to purchase security and fire services in the private sector. Tom Mullarkey used the IFSEC Exhibition and Awards Dinner as a platform ...
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Tender is the fight
Tendering for manned security services has become something of an adversarial process. One that's restrictive, expensive for both contractor and end user and doesn't always produce the desired end result. As Patrick Dealtry explains, the answer to the problem lies not so much with the methods in place but with ...
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NTIPDU: A new era for dog training
The National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users has been set up in response to the Private Security Industry Act in order to provide and maintain a totally committed service to guard dog companies and their end users. Ian Green reviews how the organisation will promote and maintain professionalism in ...
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DM fits Dennard into the picture
CCTV specialist Dedicated Micros has announced the acquisition of Dennard, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of CCTV equipment (including dome cameras), for an undisclosed fee.
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The Great Skills Debate
Security provision in the UK has always tended towards the reactive, with the result that very few industry employers are able to involve themselves in the semantics of skills strategies, funding regimes and educational initiatives. Now, though, we have a regulatory body in the SIA with real powers to improve ...
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David Marks (md, SectorGuard)
Security Watchdog managing director Terry O'Neil continues Security Management Today's ongoing series of one-to-one interviews with strategic players in the contract manned guarding industry by talking to security company SectorGuard plc's managing director David Marks.
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Archive TitlesSecurity needs its own culture
If the Security Industry Authority is going to have wider credibility, argues Nick van der Bijl, then it needs to be more radical. The SIA must be prepared to guide a fertile, imaginative and talented industry in developing its existing culture, training and operational strands to suit public and commercial ...
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Archive TitlesOn the crest of a wave
Installer OCS Security Services was recently called in by warehousing and distribution concern New Wave Logistics (UK) to advise on security system requirements for its three vast warehouses at Grange Park, Northampton. Brian Sims examines how a close working relationship between installer and end user can reap substantial rewards.
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Archive TitlesCream of the Crop
Brave. Innovative. Quick-thinking. Skilled. Dedicated... just some of the superlatives used by clients and contractor representatives to describe private sector operatives nominated for the 2003 BSIA Security Officer of the Year Awards. Brian Sims reports on an excellent crop of regional winners.
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Control Risks Group partners Hunt & Palmer
Control Risks Group – the renowned risk consultancy – has decided to partner Hunt & Palmer International (the global aircraft charter broker) in providing businesses with emergency planning and evacuation capabilities for its clients stationed around the globe.
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When security and IT collide
Traditionally, security and IT professionals have failed to work together in fighting the data criminals. Now, with developments such as video surveillance over networks, the time is surely ripe for them to 'break bread' together, and pool their skills. Dr Ian Palmer argues why security managers must be invited to ...
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A Cogent solution to commercial vehicle crime
Commercial vehicle alarmsCogent is a commercial vehicle alarm which, according to developer Evesham, has the “potential to revolutionise the road transport industry”. Commercial vehicles with enclosed cargo load spaces used by multi-national blue chip companies are expected to benefit from the device.Cogent uses carbon dioxide and microwave passive infrared sensors. ...
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Archive TitlesBSIA: "The future is integrated"
The BSIA has formed a Common Interest Working Group to explore ways and means of developing cost-effective integrated security solutions for private sector end users
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Slough Borough Council invests in state-of-the-art surveillance
Security managers at Slough Borough Council have invested in a state-of-the-art surveillance system from Visimetrics to combat crime. The new Octar system uses some of the latest digital electronics developments, allowing Council CCTV operators to record and compare thousands of images almost instantaneously in the aftermath of an incident.The Octar ...
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Sony Business Europe... in blocks of colour
CCTVSony Business Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions division has extended its range of FCB colour block video cameras with the Series B units. Models in the FCB-EX Series are said to provide higher picture quality and operability, delivering low light sensitivity with image stabilisation, privacy zone masking and zoom functions built-in ...
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Bioterror strike in UK?
Security professionals in the US food industry are gearing up for terror attacks by employing security methods applicable in the UK
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Five new devotees unveiled by Banknote Watch
Five leading organisations have become members of the Banknote Watch Trust, the initiative that promotes awareness among retailers that a "stained note is probably a stolen note".
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Directors appointed to SITO Board
The Council of the BSIA has approved the appointment of three new directors to the Board of its sister company at Security House, the Security Industry Training Organisation (SITO)