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Archive TitlesHome Office minister Vernon Coaker officially opens new BSIA hq
Vernon Coaker MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office with direct responsibility for security and policing matters officially opened the British Security Industry Association’s (BSIA) new corporate headquarters at Kirkham House, John Comyn Drive in Worcester on Thursday 14 December.
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BSIA: providing essential services
During 2006, the british security Industry Association (BSIA) surveyed members to find out the perceived strengths and weaknesses of its services and communication methods.
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Archive TitlesOur farmland is unused, so let’s build on it
It is New Year and time to make a resolution. Resolving to eat and drink less will last but a few days; finishing the kitchen and bathroom in the house was what I thought I could manage last year. But the need to earn a living gets in the way ...
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Archive TitlesSmall businesses to help police in ‘war on terror’
The City of London Police are planning to extend the successful Project Griffin scheme to small and medium-sized businesses, gathering further intelligence on suspicious persons
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Calendar
8-10 January – ‘Security Management’, Leicester. Course run by Perpetuity Training on the role of the modern-day security manager. For more information, or to book a place, e-mail: training@perpetuitygroup.com
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Archive TitlesCaption of the month
Caption of the monthOur choice of photo last issue was so unfunny that there isn’t a winner this time. Instead we thought we would award our £20 drinks voucher to reader Ian Salked MCIOB, who snapped this slightly overloaded lorry in the UAE. Have you got any ‘interesting’ site shots ...
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Archive TitlesCaption competition
Caption competitionNext issue: Realise that dream of seeing your name in CM. Send us a caption and we’ll send a £20 drinks voucher to the writer of the wittiest.
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Corporate cards must be marked
SIR – The widespread use of corporate credit cards is exposing companies to unacceptable business risk. Just what controls are in place to monitor purchases, ranging from stationery and IT equipment through to corporate entertainment?
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Archive TitlesCarriage under fire
In a world where terrorist activity and crime are on the increase, corporate executives are able to protect themselves by travelling in one of the latest armoured vehicles designed by Jaguar, Audi, Mercedes-Benz or BMW. Anthony Hildebrand looks at some of the models on the market.
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White: ‘Catch up consultants’
Consultants need to catch up with contractors if the industry is to become more efficient, according to the new chairman of Constructing Excellence in the Built Environment, Bob White.
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Archive TitlesDedicated to the cause
Pauline Norstrom is very much a key figure in the development of CCTV standards. A great champion of Best Practice philosophies, the worldwide head of marketing at AD Group company Dedicated Micros has been instrumental in developing the British Security Industry Association’s Code of Practice for Digital Recording and CCTV ...
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Archive TitlesChain-wide roll-out of securit
Tag company has finalised the installation of its Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) systems across the entire Woolworths estate, in turn marking a major milestone in the five-year exclusive agreement between the two companies.
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Archive TitlesSafer communities
In the second and final instalment of Security Management Today’s review of the 2006 Skills for Security National Conference, Brian Sims and Ian Drury examine presentations made on Project Griffin, the myriad issues surrounding race and diversity in relation to training and The Security Practitioner (a new qualification being developed ...
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Competency? Are we sure?
SIR – I would like to share with the readers of Security Management Today a short piece gleaned from The Daily Telegraph (reproduced below) which makes for very interesting reading.
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Archive TitlesRIPA III “may compromise data confidentiality”
New UK legislation aimed at fighting terrorism and organised crime and which grants the police enhanced powers to decrypt files for use as evidence – could compromise data confidentiality and security.
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SIR – I would just like to confirm
that OCS Resolution Security is keen to support the Four Issues, One Voice Campaign being run by Security Management Today and Infologue.com
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Archive TitlesContractors tackle skills gap by taking training on site
large contractors are taking further education into their own hands by setting up site-based training where students will receive a mixture of classroom and on-the-job learning.
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Let’s give credit where credit is due
SIR – Your Editorial Leader in the November edition of Security Management Today (‘Leading by example’,) struck, if I may say so, exactly the right note about where we are with regulation and licensing, while also offering timely recognition of the enormous contribution that John Saunders has made as chief ...
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Standard for Security Data
SIR – APACS (the Association of Payment Clearing Services) has just launched its initiative to raise awareness of the increase in fraudulent financial activities and help safeguard UK businesses and consumers by providing salient security advice.
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David Kilgour to project manage SoCo
Developer Whiteburn has appointed David Kilgour to project manage a £40m redevelopment of a site in Cowgate, Edinburgh, which was destroyed by a fire in 2002. The mixture of housing, leisure and shops will be called SoCo.How did you get into construction?My father told me not to go anywhere near ...