All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 928
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BME housing to ‘lose out’ on grant change
Black and minority-ethnic housing associations have claimed that the Housing Corporation’s approach to allocating housing grant will see them excluded from developing new houses.
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Archive TitlesBurglar Bob blitzed!
Installers use element of surprise to catch out reformed burglar who took part in makeover programme showing weakest links in domestic security
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Archive TitlesBlunkett and Blair tell sector: get tough on nuisance, or else
Prime minister and home secretary stamp joint authority on antisocial behaviour issue
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Power returns to Birmingham to check on progress
The high-profile housing academic who recommended a fundamental shake-up to Birmingham council's housing is to revisit the city to see how her plans are being implemented.
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Government to investigate Redcar over housing benefit failure
redcar & cleveland council is the only local authority to have undergone a special investigation after it failed to submit figures for the government's benefits league tables.
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Housing benefit reform is a waste of time
Lucy de Groot (26 September, page 27) says reform of housing benefit is an important element in the government's programme for providing choice. The trouble is that the revised system addresses the issues in only some parts of the country. Where demand exceeds supply, and where social rents are so ...
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Trailblazers' begging crackdown
Five English councils have been given a year and a half to reduce begging by up to 60% as part of the government's crack down on antisocial behaviour.
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The developer strikes back
Registered social landlords and councils are never left without a bargaining position when it comes to planning gain ("The umpire strikes back", 3 October, page 5). Their hands are not tied behind their backs; increasingly, the opposite is the case.Local authorities often expect their unadopted policies to be exercised without ...
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Archive TitlesDM celebrates enterprise award
Dedicated Micros, the CCTV equipment manufacturer, has been presented with the Queen's Award for Enterprise for its outstanding export performance.
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Archive TitlesAutomated gates keep residents safe ...
ACE Security of the London Borough of Bromley is helping to reduce vandalism for resi-dents of a block of flats in south London after auto-mating new ornamental gates.
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Positive move on asylum seekers
I am delighted that South Yorkshire Housing Association and Yorkshire Housing have been playing a positive role in housing asylum seekers and that Novas-Ouvertures intends to join them (“Novas-Ouvertures to bid for Home Office asylum-seeker housing contracts”, 26 September, page 12). ¶I hope this will give a positive signal to ...
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Connaught moves to corner arm's-length repairs market
Contractor will approach all 19 councils that are likely to bid for fourth-round ALMOs
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Redbridge deploys mobile ANPR
The London borough of Redbridge, working with the Metropolitan Police, has become the first local authority in the UK to deploy mobile automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology to help tackle local crime.
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Sheffield forms antisocial behaviour alliance with RSLs
Sheffield council has agreed a pact with the city's registered social landlords to tackle antisocial behaviour after it called for them to play a greater role.South Yorkshire Housing Association, North British Housing Association, Northern Counties Housing Association, Hallam Housing Society, Arches Housing, Equity Housing Group, Home Group and Target Housing ...
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Location, location, location – it's all change, due to fire
Three leading security organisations have been forced to change the location of events, following the fire at the National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham.
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Archive TitlesMagic in the air
'It was magic!' That was the overwhelming verdict of the 600-plus guests at this year's Security Excellence Awards organised by Security Installer and its sister magazine SMT.
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Archive TitlesADT secures future of servicemen
ADT Fire and Security has made it easier for ex-service men to secure employment after giving its stamp of approval to a training programme offered by the Forces Resettlement Training Centre.
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Archive TitlesPetards Vision, camera, action!
A new state-of-the-art CCTV system featuring Petards Vision equipment is making South Oxford-shire a safer place to live in, work in and visit.
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Cooper gets accredited
Cooper Security has been awarded ISO 9001:2000 accreditation, replacing the 1997 accreditation held previously.