All Archive Titles articles – Page 500
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Immunity from transgression
I have read the full statement on your web site (Byng defends record after RICS misconduct charge, QS News, 18 November) and find it amazing that Mr Byng appears to expect immunity from any transgressions in his life, private or otherwise.
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Gateway in a jam
Few eyebrows would have been raised in response to this week’s CBI announcement that transport problems are damaging the nation’s reputation as a place to do business.
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Help the Institute in shaping its future
Sir – The Security Institute (TSI) has taken a major step forward in its development with the appointment of Di Thomas as general manager (see this month’s Appointments on page 61).
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Politics, transport and floods overshadow Thames Gateway
Experts raise concerns over South East regeneration while Livingstone pushes for Crossrail
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ISPs: they’re your first line
Sir – Nick Palmer’s present campaign to bring together the security industry, the police service and IT professionals in order to combat the ongoing problem of Spyware is a good first step towards increasing awareness and educating consumers.
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ODPM picks Homes firms
EC Harris and Gleeds have won key roles in a programme to deliver the Decent Homes standard by 2010
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Archive TitlesTaking our firm to market
Steve Driver tells Roxane McMeeken about the incessant hard graft needed during the build up to his firm’s successful flotation on the stock exchange
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A real milestone or the finishing post?
Sir – I read with some dismay National Security Inspectorate (NSI) chief executive Tom Mullarkey’s latest article in his Raising The Standard series (‘Specialist or generalist?’, SMT, November 2005, pp33-34).
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...as RICS survey finds member satisfaction
Seven out of ten RICS members are satisfied with the institution’s faculties and forums, according to a new survey.
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When time is of the essence
Are you bored of having to add up timesheets supplied by your security officers? Do some of those officers often go on ‘walkabout’ and cannot be found? Security managers recognise the need for reliable timesheet and roster management information systems. Many are clamouring for simple software packages linked to state-of-the-art ...
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Archive TitlesEmployment fact... or is it fiction
In what is now an increasingly litigious society, client organisation Boards of Directors and their section managers absolutely must possess an in-depth practical knowledge of employment legislation. It doesn’t help that several myths have grown around the key areas of engagement between manager and worker. With this in mind, Naeema ...
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Don’t forget the human element!
Sir – Having read Efraim Halevy’s excellent Opinion piece concerning the London suicide bombings (‘Taking the fight to the terrorists’, SMT, August 2005, pp13-14), I was extremely interested to learn that the Government now plans to trial airport-style security scanners at railway stations.
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Archive TitlesUK and German software firms develop new estimation tool
The creators of RIPAC and Allplan enhance design-based costing and tendering methods
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Davis Langdon tops QS rankings
Research reveals the top 30 QS and PM firms on work won in the last year
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Archive TitlesCounting the cost
The past five years have seen the UK’s major retailers spend over £3.5 billion on crime prevention, yet the losses stemming from criminality have been more than double that investment. Any supposition that retail crime is on its way down is plainly not true. What can the Government, the police ...
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Learning to ‘connect’ on those ID issues
Sir – The ongoing and somewhat controversial debate concerning national ID cards is jumping the gun.