All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1345

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    Industry ripe for merger mania

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    A new report by Plimsoll Publishing claims more than a quarter of all UK security companies will either be taken over or be dissolved by the end of 2001

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    Showsec gains stewarding qualification

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Showsec International has become the first private security company to be awarded the Football Stewarding Qualification (FSQ) which carries approval by The Football League, Football Association and the FA Premier League.

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    Rescue service fits the need

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    A new company has been formed to provide services, training, manpower and equipment in the emergency rescue arena.

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    Chip scheme 'flawed'

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Pundits claim £4.5m scheme will raise costs and administration

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    Cerberus

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Cerberus n. 1. Greek mythology a three-headed dog who guarded the entrance to Hades. 2. a sop to Cerberus a bribe given to appease a potential threat

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    NHS walk-in centre guarded

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Avon Health Authority planned and budgeted for security from the outset

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    Mobile CCTV network cuts crime

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Council orders 13 more rapid deployment cameras from Petards International

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    Integrated CCTV and PA system boosts rail security

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    As part of a major investment by First Great Western Trains and Railtrack, Philips CSI has completed the design and installation of a combined railway CCTV/PA and customer information display at 19 stations covering Wales and the West of England.

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    A blast from the past

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    As the year 2000 draws to a close, SMT casts a backward eye over some of the events that made the industry sit up and take notice and will have numerous ramifications for the year to come.

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    Don't hold back!

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Responding to the series of comments on training in the last issue, Amanda Moore of Group 4 Total Security argues that companies in the industry need to believe that investment in training will yield positive and beneficial results.

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    Nottingham wins award for crackdown

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Nottingham City Council's Homewatch initiative has won this year's Institute of Maintenance and Building Management's (IMBM) Security and Protection Award.

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    Appointments

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Keeping you up to date with who's gone where and what they're up to in the industry

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    Managing aggression

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    "People who work directly with the public may face aggressive or violent behaviour. They may be sworn at, threatened or even attacked", says the HSE. Phil Hardy of the Institute of Conflict Management explains how the right training can help to reduce the problems of violence in the ...

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    After the strike

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Security professionals need to be aware of the threat that lightning can pose to their systems. Most know the danger of a direct lightning strike to unprotected cameras, but few realise that transient overvoltages - the secondary effects of lightning - are the greater threat.

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    Lights, camera, action

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The interaction between lighting and cameras can make all the difference to the success of a CCTV installation, so it pays to take a bit of extra trouble and the lighting right.

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    New year kick-off for ACPO alarms policy

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    All systems to include confirmation technology from 1 October

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    ASSA ABLOY and HID promise intelligent locks after merger

    2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

    ASSA ABLOY AB is to acquire HID Corporation, which specialises in radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology for security applications leading to what the Swedish giant claims will be a new generation of intelligent locks.

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    Schemes 'must stay small'

    2000-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Areas can not simply be "wiped away" during regeneration programmes without huge social cost, a leading housing academic said this week.

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    Proposals given a warmer welcome

    2000-11-30T00:00:00Z

    The Rural White Paper has more teeth and cash to deal with housing problems than the Urban White Paper - but it is still not good enough, according to rural campaigners.

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    A culture of decline

    2000-11-30T00:00:00Z

    The scale of the task in turning around deprived housing estates was thrown into stark relief this week, with the release of two reports showing a nationwide culture of abandonment and deep seated decline.