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Archive TitlesCorps in control at The Peacocks
Leading manned security solutions provider The Corps HAS taken charge of security at The Peacocks Centre in Woking, the main shopping mall in the town.
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Archive TitlesPaying the price of Congestion
Security companies operating in the City are not only facing up to the additional costs associated with licensing and the Working Time Directive. Now, Congestion Charging is already beginning to bite deep into their turnover. Jonathan Levine explains why, at some stage, a proportion of these add-on costs will have ...
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Archive TitlesFinancial community responds to heightened security threats
The UK's leading financial houses are increasing their spend on security in a bid to quash heightened concerns about disasters, terrorist attack and IT security breaches
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Prefab will work for social housing, ODPM tells Commons
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has restated its commitment to off-site manufacture in social housing, brushing off criticism that the controversial techniques should first be tested in the private sector.
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Editor's comment
Brace yourself. The financial pressures on RSLs look set to get worse. A variety of warnings this week suggest they could soon be paying more to borrow money. The Housing Finance Corporation says rates could rise as banks try to offset losses caused by the war and general economic slump ...
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EU to guide end users on CCTV?
As part of a European Union (EU)-led public consultation exercise, security companies and systems users have been asked to give their views on whether there should be EU-wide guidance on the use of video surveillance systems – in particular with respect to the handling and storage of recordings.The European Commission ...
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Archive TitlesCase for the defence
It has been hailed as 'the next Big Thing' for CCTV monitoring, but the Security Managers' Jury verdict on IP (Internet Protocol) video surveillance still hangs in the balance. Ian Drury canvasses end user opinions at the inaugural IIPSEC Exhibition and Conference, held at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham.
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Calls for rural Communities Plan
The Rural Housing Trust has called on the government to produce a rural Communities Plan.
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Unions call off Corporation strike
Unions have called off a strike at the Housing Corporation after an eleventh-hour deal between management and staff.
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Archive TitlesMcCann heads up Bosch Security Systems post-Philips CSI merger
Following the recent acquisition of CCTV specialist Philips CSI and its merger with Bosch Detection Systems to form the all-new Bosch Security Systems, it has been announced that Joe McCann (pictured) is heading up the new operation.Previously managing director of Bosch Detection Systems in the UK, McCann assumes responsibility for ...
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The Big Issue
BSIA AND NSI INSTALLERS ALIKE WERE distinctly unhappy about the decision taken by BSI GW/1 to uphold the CENELEC date of withdrawal of conflicting national standards, and introduce EN 50131-1. They feel that BSI GW/1 should represent the views of the UK security industry in Europe, which had clearly not ...
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Archive TitlesBig Eye, Big Business
Security managers responsible for monitoring crowd safety in football stadiums must keep up-to-date with current legislation. As Brian Wilson suggests, there's a balance to be struck between the benefits of CCTV usage and the need to preserve the privacy rights of spectators.
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Britain hasn't been this divided since Suez
I have spent the past few days on the home front, moving down the UK from Orkney to Land's End, attempting to gauge the mood of a nation at war. My journey has also provided a glimpse of this country and its people within a short time frame.
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Between a rock and a B&B
"Greenwich and Lewisham councils, in south-east London, both entirely avoided the use of bed and breakfasts for another successive year", government figures say (HT 21 March, page 12). That's news to me. I was previously a housing adviser in the voluntary sector in south-east London, and know of Greenwich council's ...
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Archive TitlesAudit Commission to change inspection regime
The Audit Commission will overhaul the existing housing association inspection system in the next three months.
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Direct benefit payments could push up borrowing costs for associations, says NHF report
proposals to pay housing benefit direct to tenants could make banks more cautious about lending to the social housing sector.
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Archive TitlesAssociation defies NASS over refugee evictions
Wrangle over who should pay to house asylum seekers stuck in 'policy vacuum'
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Archive TitlesDean: Housing Corporation merger question 'must be asked'
Corporation chairman adds to speculation of future union with English Partnerships
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Archive TitlesAsk The Security experts
GPS Perimeter Systems and Verint Systems are the appointed 'experts online' for April as Security Management Today launches an additional Web-based service for end users. From this month, you'll be able to quiz the best manufacturers online at www.smtdirect.co.uk and receive a detailed response via e-mail within 24 hours. Brian ...