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Archive TitlesManaging with conviction
Serious crimes such as physical assault, theft and rape are impinging upon many lives in today's Britain. What can you – as an employer – actually do if one of your employees is either charged or convicted? David Craik investigates what is often something of a grey area for professional ...
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Editor's comment
It’s never easy admitting you’ve made a mistake, so the government’s decision to do its sums again and stump up more money to cover the abolition of local authority social housing grants deserves credit. By all accounts there have been a few red faces over in Eland House as it ...
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Refugee families win right to be housed wherever they choose
Two homeless refugee families have won a battle to be housed in London after a legal wrangle between three councils.
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Investment fund targets charitable RSLs
A charity finance organisation is targeting its investment funds at registered social landlords. The Charities Aid Foundation said its common investment funds could save housing associations tax. The funds, for RSLs with charitable status, are exempt from stamp duty on equity transactions and are eligible for tax credit transitional ...
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McDonald to take charge of housing at ODPM
The civil servant in charge of the Communities Plan is to become director of housing at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Neil McDonald replaces Michael Gahagan, who retires today.
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A challenge for the Enterprise
With a comprehensive IT security strategy comes the challenge of managing and optimising resources such as multiple firewalls, intrusion detection systems and Virtual Private Networks. As Dominic Byrne explains, those barriers must always be in place, but it's just as crucial they're always available.
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Digital CCTV - That's the wonder of Woolies!
One of the UK's biggest High Street retail chains – Woolworths plc – has recently updated the surveillance systems at its London Head Office with the installation of domes and multiplexers supplied by Merit Li-Lin.Specified by Woolworths plc risk manager Simon Edwards, products installed include stainless steel high resolution fixed ...
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Archive TitlesEC deals with US on high risk cargo
European Commission officials are aiming to strike a deal with Washington power brokers that would harmonise levels and standards of control for European Union and US shipping
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Crane and cable
Crane and cable: One of 30 prefabricated homes is put in place by crane at the Aberfeldy Estate in Tower Hamlets, east London. The work is part of East Thames Housing Group's bid to provide more affordable homes in the area. The two-bedroom flats were manufactured and fitted by Yorkon, ...
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Buying-in to the ISO edict
Abbey Petkar presides over the first manned security company in Europe to attain UKAS-accredited ISO 14001 certification with the British Standards Institution. Here, he explains how Magenta Security Services is making environmental improvements in an industry which appears (for the most part) reluctant to either understand or implement environmental change.
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Archive TitlesSIA engages buyers at first regulation Roadshow
The Security Industry Authority began its series of regional licensing and regulation Roadshows last month with a packed-out seminar in central London. Brian Sims reports from The Congress Centre, where application procedures, criminality checks, training and the appeals and penalties procedures were all debated in some detail.
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Archive TitlesBSIA supremo welcomes debate on security officer working hours
BSIA chief executive David Dickinson has welcomed the prospect of a full and wide-ranging debate on working hours for security officers currently employed in the private sector
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Archive TitlesIs this the most powerful tory in britain?
Sandy Bruce-Lockhart runs Britain's largest county council and is one of the government's fiercest critics on everything from asylum to affordability. Unsurprisingly, he's not impressed by the Communities Plan either. He tells George Hay why.
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In the fast lane for Brands Hatch
The ever-popular Security Roadshows – organised by Security Management Today (SMT) and sister title Security Installer – roll on to the world famous Brands Hatch motor racing circuit this month for an event that promises to place over 50 of the industry’s best manufacturers in front of you, the discerning ...
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Contract boost stirs Remploy
Remploy – the UK’s leading promoter of employment for disabled people – has strengthened its position as a provider of CCTV monitoring services to local councils and the police by winning management contracts with three major local authorities.Preston, Herefordshire and East Dumbartonshire have all recently tasked the company with managing ...
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ODPM working group to look at bond financing for transfers
bond financing is to be among possible new financial models for stock transfer to be examined by a government working group.The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister working group, announced in the Communities Plan, will meet for the first time next week.Outgoing ODPM director of housing Mike Gahagan confirmed that ...
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‘Dirty’ bombs under threat from Corus
Europe’s first lightweight, compact radiation detection system capable of detecting low energy radiation levels such as those found in ‘dirty’ bombs has been launched by Corus, the international metals group.
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International SOS devises blueprint for Eastern evacuation
International SOS – the leading provider of global medical and security assistance to blue chip companies – has devised detailed logistical evacuation plans aimed at security managers working for organisations with offices in the Middle East region.
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Birmingham decides decent homes strategy
around eight out of 10 of Birmingham’s council homes fail to meet the decent homes standard.
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bird in the hand
Bird in the hand: Residents at Arena Housing Association, Liverpool, took their first steps into the art world by unveiling this exhibition of paper animals. The foyer residents were inspired by Suki Chan (right), artist in residence at the Turnpike Gallery in Wigan, as part of a project called Stampede. ...