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Archive TitlesAll systems GO
Remote management, Automatic Number Plate Recognition, facial recognition, automatic incident detection and intelligent image retrieval are but some of the applications where IP surveillance technology really comes into its own. Sally Weekes provides an overview of IP applications for today's high-tech end users.
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Fighting fire on all three fronts
Fire detectorsBOSCH SECURITY SYSTEMS HAS introduced what’s believed to be the industry’s first tri-technology fire detector. The new MAGIC.SENS family comprises intelligent multi-sensor fire detectors that combine up to three different sensors for optical, temperature and combustion gas detection – helping to dramatically reduce false alarms and improve the accuracy ...
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Archive TitlesDolphin reduces false alarms
The problems facing end users and their installers when it comes to camera positioning on site have been solved by Dolphin's Networked Radio Service
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Archive TitlesSecuricor Aviation takes flight at Cardiff Airport
Leading security contractor Securicor Aviation has won a major £1.5 million management contract to provide a full range of aviation security services to Cardiff International Airport. The deal represents the only significant airport security contract to have changed hands in the past two-and-a-half years.The three-year package encompasses hold baggage screening, ...
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The Recruitment Agency User Manual for managers
No matter how senior or experienced the candidate or client, there's an overriding lack of knowledge concerning the best ways in which to make use of a recruitment agent. With this in mind, Steve O'Neil identifies some 'hot buttons' for the end user to press, in turn offering candidates and ...
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ADE demonstrates six times as much Logic
Intruder alarmsADE’s cost-effective intruder alarm panel – designated THE Logic Six – uses proximity technology in the shape of a key fob that enables the end user to set and unset the panel simply by presenting the fob to the proximity coil built into the panel.The panels, which have been ...
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Archive TitlesContractors need time to adapt
In welcoming the Private Security Industry Act and the positive stance already adopted by the Security Industry Authority, Richard Fenton-Jones argues that security companies – and their clients – will need realistic lead times if they're to adjust to Governmental regulation and make it work to the benefit of all.
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Crawford Amber’s shutting up shop for retailers
Security shuttersDesigned and tested to Loss Prevention Standard LPS 1175 for applications where there’s a real risk of attack and loss of property – such as retail premises or banks and building societies – Crawford Amber’s Protector range of security shutters offers an aesthetic security solution for end users.The shutters ...
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Improved security’s in proximity thanks to Texas
Access controlAs part of a major expansion into the access control field, Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Systems has just launched a range of 13.56 MHz RFID card and reader systems designed for access control and general security applications.The vicinity cards and S-6400 readers use the latest ISO 15693 ...
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TPS’ “dream team” is born
One of the most prominent and highly-regarded project management concerns serving UK end users – Schal Project Management – has been repositioned by owner Carillion and rebranded as TPS Schal.The new company, which incorporates specialist security consultancy TPS Consult, will build upon its core strengths of planning supervision and Health ...
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SIA to pilot door supervisor scheme in early 2004
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has unveiled details of the pilot scheme for testing door supervisor licensing. The pilot is expected to start early in 2004, leading to a full roll-out across England and Wales from next summer until early on in 2005.
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Archive Titles2003 Budget addresses 'equity gap' for smaller security firms
Everyone has discussed the rise in National Insurance contributions – the so-called 'stealth tax' – arising from this year's Budget, but what else has New Labour Chancellor Gordon Brown decided upon that will impact on security companies?
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You're a tiger
...and you may work for one of the growing number of housing providers willing to pay a motivational speaker to tell you so. Others, though, have a few questions to ask those CIH conference regulars before turning them loose on staff. Housing Today, armed with a list of readers' queries, ...
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Think tank
Is my house overcrowded?I live in a house rented from the local council with my pregnant partner and two sons. The council classes our house as three bedrooms and states that we are adequately housed. But the room classed as our third bedroom is L-shaped and so small that a ...
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Public & Private
ALMOs are still proving popular but, asks David Hall, can they ever be as free as RSLs?
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Pastoral sympathy
Short of getting the National Trust to turn over its premises to affordable housing – now there's an idea – it's hard to see how to solve the rural housing crisis. Supply has been falling, demand has been rising.
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Archive TitlesMersey Mission
Mersey Mission: This proposed redevelopment of the King’s Dock area of the Mersey waterfront forms part of Liverpool’s successful bid to be European Capital of Culture 2008.The centrepiece of the plan is a concert arena, surrounded by offices and mixed-tenure flats. Liverpool beat off stiff competition from five other cities, ...
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What a way to make a living
Paying RSL board members is an issue fraught with legal difficulties. At the very least, it promises to be a good way to spice up your annual general meeting