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Archive TitlesSmall associations ‘ignored’ by Manchester pathfinder
Two Small black and Minority-ethnic housing associations in Manchester have clashed with the market renewal pathfinder for Manchester/Salford, saying that it is ignoring their expertise
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Archive TitlesFrom aspiration springs reality
Accusations of malpractice and poor performance have always tarnished the image of private sector security provision. The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is designed to change all that. It's now high time for the industry to back the Home Office and fully support the reforms promised by the Private Security Industry ...
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Landlords fear Corus cuts could hurt low-demand areas
Housing providers in low-demand areas were this week scrambling to assess the impact of the latest round of job cuts at steelmaker Corus.
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Archive TitlesInitial opens dedicated ARC
Lincolnshire Police chief constable Richard Childs – the ACPO lead on alarms and alarm response – has officially 'switched on' one of the security industry's most sophisticated Alarm Receiving Centres (ARC), recently devised and constructed by Initial Monitoring in Burnley.Over 100 officers will operate around the clock to monitor ...
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Archive TitlesMotherhood and Apple Pie
In the same edition that SMT reports on the official launch of the Security Industry Authority (pp20-26), Bob Long suggests that the Government should be concentrating less on competency testing and more on addressing the issue of licensing for in-house security operatives.
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All-in-one Integral digital CCTV solution installed in Newcastle's The Gate
Andover controls has supplied a fully-networked, integrated digital CCTV solution for The Gate in Newcastle, a purpose-built leisure facility owned and operated by Land Securities.
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Archive TitlesAlarmed response
After months of fuss and palaver, manufacturers and installers of intruder alarm systems are finally getting to grips with DD243:2002 and the ACPO 'Security Systems Policy' – but what about the end users who have to buy and manage the all-new compliant systems? For many professionals the subject of intruder ...
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Recruitment agents: are they friend or foe?
How might you – the security professional – gain more from your relationship with professional recruitment companies tasked with finding suitable candidates for vacancies in your team? In the first of a series of articles, we examine why recruitment agencies should not be seen as an unreliable partner.
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Adhering to Protocol
With debate raging as to whether networked digital video is coming to replace analogue CCTV, are we perhaps losing sight of one truism? Namely that a good IP surveillance solution for the end user is one that merely does its job? We explain why a network's overall business requirement should ...
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Archive TitlesNow for action
Sarah Webb left the groves of academe for housing to make a difference. Now she's left the civil service for the policy department at the Chartered Institute of Housing to say what she thinks. So what can we expect?
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Archive TitlesUS backs Air Cargo Security Act
The United States Senate is examining new air cargo security legislation that would impact upon British security companies and managers working in shipping and the airline industry
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Academic challenge for DM
Managers at Cambridge University have specified Dedicated Micros' Digital Sprite multiplexers as part of a security upgrade at Wolfson College
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How to … Prevent squeaky floors
The sixth in a series on getting the best out of your buildings
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Archive Titles£5.7m canalside flats start on site in Reading
Work has started on 32 shared-ownership flats in a waterside development in Reading.
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Orbit refinancing deal will save group £2.5m a year
£348m deal is sector's second-biggest refinancing and will pay for new developments
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2nd opinion: Because we want to
Tenants want mediation, so offer it, says George Tzilivakis
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Charity proposes £1.25bn housing benefit shake-up
Package of reforms shows full cost of root-and-branch changes to fight poverty
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Third-round ALMO bidders tell government they need £1.5bn
The 14 councils bidding for funds in the third round of the government's arm's-length management initiative say they will need a total of £1.5bn over the next eight years
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Horizon to lose up to £300,000 as it winds up architecture arm
Housing group may make redundancies at SLD Architects and Surveyors