All Archive Titles articles – Page 667
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Keep screening in Securi-Check
Following on from December’s Opinion by Security Watchdog managing director Terry O’Neil (‘Raising the bar beyond BS 7858’, p11), Phillip Ullmann firmly believes that the quality of reference checking should be far more important than the quantity – which is why Securi-Check (a brand new screening regime devised in conjunction ...
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Archive TitlesLicensing for security officer
As any regular reader of Securiyt Management Today (SMT) is no doubt aware, licensing of the security guarding sector by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) began on Monday 10 January.
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Archive TitlesOut on a limb?
Physical assaults and verbal abuse are growing threats to Health and Safety in the workplace. Security officers – and in particular those manning sites on a solo basis – are very much at risk. What, then, is being done to protect them from harm? Patrick Dealtry, Brian Sims and Michael ...
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Archive TitlesListen without prejudice
Four years ago, Bill Muskin determined to establish a security company that could deliver a client service second to none. Today, the Vision Security Group (VSG) turns over £42 million, boasts 300 satisfied, regulation-savvy customers and is about to branch out into remote monitoring. Brian Sims visits VSG’s Northampton hq ...
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The measure of what we do
Our indicators of success say very little about the contribution we really make
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Archive TitlesMillbank: the right message
Public Address systemsVoice Alarm systemsChubb has collaborated with Public Address (PA)/Voice Alarm (VA) specialist Millbank to provide multi-purpose integrated systems for the Welsh National Assembly Building in Cardiff.The £50 million building, designed by Lord Richard Rogers, is scheduled for completion this coming August.For this project, Millbank has designed-in a sophisticated ...
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Archive TitlesOn the move
Clare BuddenClare Budden has been appointed managing director of PLUS Housing Group subsidiary CDS Housing. Clare was previously deputy chief executive at South Liverpool Housing.Martyn PearlMartyn Pearl has been made managing director of Medina Housing Association. He was head of housing and community support at Isle of Wight council.Vivian SchaperRegistered ...
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Archive TitlesSecurity on the network: pitfalls and prizes
Running an access control system over the corporate network can lead to security managers unknowingly bypassing all of the data network security provisions already in place for their organisation. Peter Goodenough suggests that ‘migrating’ security managers ought to ask tough questions of their system suppliers prior to any transition.
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Archive TitlesIn your own time
You might have heard of flexible working, but what does it really mean?
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Archive TitlesTied up with paperwork
I was encouraged by Tony Soares’ article “Not good on paper” (21 January, page 21).
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Archive TitlesPersistence of time
It seems like barely a year can pass by without a new proposal emanating from either the European Commission (EC) or the UK Government regarding the former’s Working Time Directive or the latter’s implementation of that Directive in our own Working Time Regulations 1998. What’s the current state of play? ...
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Archive TitlesQuestion time
John Prescott’s announcement last week that housing association tenants will be able to buy a share of their home at a discount prompted as many questions as it answered. So how will the scheme work, what are its implications - and do we really have reason to fear it? Housing ...
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Revisionist theory
It’s never easy to gauge public opinion on issues that are in any way contentious. Now and again, the outcry of angst is almost unanimous – the introduction of the Community Charge springs to mind – but at times peoples’ views will be divided. The Labour Government’s decision to ...
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Security… with no snags
Retail securityTagging systemsLIBERTY IS ONE OF THE UK’S BEST known brands for high quality fashion and fabrics. However, like many other retailers, the company is prone to stock ‘shrinkage’. Until now, the difficulty in tagging garments has always been the weight of the hard tags, which could often pull items ...
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Think tank
Too shelteredMy association has48 sheltered flats for the elderly. A resident recently died who held an assured tenancy in a two-bedroom flat designed for wheelchair access. A son still resides in the flat. He has no right of succession under the 1988 Housing Act but the Housing Corporation does express ...
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Archive TitlesAppointments
Security Management Today keeps you up-to-date with all the latest people moves in the security sector
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Archive TitlesG 05 is the new G 04
Following on from the successful reintroduction of the G-Awards to the industry calendar, the date for the G 05 Awards Presentation Gala Dinner has been announced. The event will take place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, NEC Complex on June 10th 2005 and will be held once more in ...
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Archive TitlesTotal customer support is the key to K2’s success
It’s hard to believe that it is still less than five years since K2 first took the conservatory market by storm. The company has invested significantly in developing its range since then, securing its place at the forefront of the industry.
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Forecasts buck slowdown: competition will intensify in the slower economy in 2005
Year on year sales for for the UK conservatory market were up in the last quarter of 2004, and expectations remain high despite signs of a slowdown in the economy
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Archive TitlesCleaninng up our act: safe, non-hazardous manufacturing is already possible
Chris Wood of Siegenia-Aubi Ltd looks at how the window industry can join the move towards ‘cleaner, greener’ manufacturing