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Archive TitlesWhat can you bring to the party?
The terms 'wider policy family' and 'extended police family' have become common parlance ever since Home Secretary David Blunkett revealed the key components of the Police Reform Act. What do they really mean, though? As we explain, these are phrases that demand closer attention.
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Watching brief
A multi-client study conducted by research analyst i&i Proplan suggests that the UK CCTV sector boasts a strong and competitive edge in comparison with its European cousins – but end users must stress the importance of technological development to their favoured suppliers if they want to stay ahead of the ...
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Bold STEPS into the future
SITO is facing up to a period of great change in the private security industry, and the ways in which training must now be delivered. In line with this, the organisation has devised STEPS – the Security Training and Education Partnership Strategy – to provide the industry's practitioners with an ...
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The big issue
It's no secret that attacks against Cash-in-Transit companies in the UK are on the rise.
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The best kept records
The second instalment of the Information Commissioner's Employment Practices Data Protection Code on employment records has now been issued. At over 100 pages, many security managers might find it a daunting prospect – but will need to familiarise themselves with the content if they're to process personal data in line ...
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Archive TitlesMark of Authority
Next April, the Security Industry Authority (SIA) officially opens for business. Its first task? To begin licensing strands for wheel clampers and door supervisors. How, though, is the SIA progressing when it comes to devising appropriate training regimes for each element of private sector security provision, and what's happening with ...
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Moyes calls for set up of national business crime association
British Retail Consortium (BRC) director general Bill Moyes has called upon the industry to back the establishment of an all-new national association of business crime partnerships with a view to tackling the blight of retail crime.
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Taking time out for assessment
With the discipline of security management changing to encompass new strands including fire protection and Health and Safety, practitioners must be clear about what skills they'll need for future career progression. We examine how managers might plot a path not only for their own professional development, but that of their ...
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UfI approval for SITO as LearnDirect Sector Hub
As part of its strategy to provide a dedicated gateway to e-learning within the security industry, SITO has been approved as the official LearnDirect SectorHub
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PAS 49 Code of Practice triggers industry debate on consultancy
The BSI's publication of PAS 49 – aimed at providing operational guidelines for consultants and end users contracting their services – has not been met with universal industry approval
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Archive TitlesTrafford Guardsafe initiative wins 2002 SITO Partnership award
Fresh from winning the Best Training Initiative category at the 2002 Security Excellence Awards (and having been bestowed with the BSIA Chairman's Award back in July), Widnes-based manned security contractor Noble Security Services and its partners in the Trafford Guardsafe and Trafford Park Security Initiative have now been judged first ...
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Security Excellence Awards 2002 hailed as "great success"
The Security excellence awards 2002 – held on Tuesday 12 November in The Ballroom of London's celebrated Grosvenor House Hotel – have been hailed "an outstanding event" by the private sector's major professionals.Run by Security Management Today and sister Builder Group Ltd title Security Installer, the Awards' fourth annual outing ...
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Looking back on 2002
As the year 2002 draws to a close, Security Management Today picks out some of the main events that made the industry sit up and take notice – and those which will have numerous ramifications for the year ahead.
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Think tank
Succession to obligationI work in a local authority housing environment but have an accountancy rather than a housing management background. It has been explained to me that no new tenancy is created by exercising a right to succession. So I presume that the obligations/ responsibilities on the new parties are ...
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Taxing situations
There are ways of getting around tax laws: just don't look at the middle bit.
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Regeneration needs residents, says JRF
Neighbourhood regeneration is best achieved through a legally constituted organisation with strong resident leadership and direct accountability to residents from all types of tenure, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. A report from the foundation published last Wednesday, called Approaches to Community Governance, also found that even in areas where ...
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How to … Set up a recording studio
Noisy neighbours? Tapes could be all the evidence you need, says David Craven
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Here's an idea
Training tenants to be mystery shoppers can test the quality of your services
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Hertfordshire Housing Forum launched
The Hertfordshire Housing Forum was launched last week at a meeting with housing minister Lord Rooker.