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Courts find security director guilty of operating without SIA licence
Jeremy Bailey – the 30-year-old director of Basingstoke-based Barons Security – is the first individual to be found guilty of working as the head of a security company without holding the necessary Security Industry Authority licence.
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Route to corporate recognition
ARC Training’s International Academy for Security Management has teamed up with the Centre for Criminology and the School of Health and Social Sciences at Middlesex University to offer post-graduate, work-based studies leading to academic awards in the field of security management – up to and including an MSc.
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Archive TitlesTake control
Pressure independent control valves simplify hvac design and reduce system installation and running costs, says Terry Dodge
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Archive TitlesSIA urges guarding contractors
SIA deputy chief executive Andy Drane makes a personal plea for private sector security providers to honour their commitment to regulation
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Archive TitlesWhen is a consultant not a consultant?
Preliminary discussions at the Security Industry Authority (SIA) aimed at bringing security consultants under the licensing spotlight have met with much interest, but also caused confusion in relation to the timetable, procedures and direction in which the SIA proposes to take practitioners operating in this sector. Security Installer Today explains ...
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Construction site deaths increase, says HSE
Fatal injuries to workers in construction this year stand at 72, according to figures from the Health and Safety Executive. This compares to 71 for 2003/4. However, the HSE points out that due to the numbers in employment in the sector, the fatal injury rate has fallen by 3% to ...
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Only Connect
Today’s security sector is nothing if not high-tech. Digital recording, the monitoring of surveillance imagery over the Internet, the ubiquitous use of PDAs, Blackberry technology and biometric access control all point to an industry that is as far removed in nature from Joe Public’s vision of security officers ...
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Would a register help gain recognition for ciob members?
Re: CIOB? sorry, that just won’t do, CM, MayIn 1995 I experienced the same problem with my current employer (a major local authority in Northern Ireland) where I am employed as a building surveyor. Following representations from other CIOB colleagues and correspondence from Englemere, they finally agreed to recognise the ...
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Archive TitlesHealth check
A new project management concept is helping the Department of Health to deliver schemes more effectively.
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Nothing changes
I write this while waiting for a phone call from my son with his GCSE results. The last couple of weeks have been a bit tense with thoughts about what his future holds and where his career will take him.
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Archive TitlesEmbracing systems change
It seems that, as an industry, the uk’s security sector is constantly facing change. At the present time, this is certainly true in the intruder alarms sector where new European Standards are making their presence felt.Those standards will come into force on 1 October and, in turn, place a structured ...
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Archive TitlesCaption of the month
Caption of the month:“Heavens angel reads up on the latest working at height regulations.”Thanks be to Jayne H Pierce, senior technician, Carillion Engineering Services
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Archive TitlesCaption competition
Caption competition: Send us a caption and we’ll grudgingly hand over a £20 drinks voucher for the wittiest entry. It has to be darned good to make us part with the dough, mind... Email: construction_manager@cmpinformation.com
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CIBSE supports business leaders
CIBSE has added its support to an influential set of business leaders in the UK calling for an economic framework in which real progress can be made to prevent further climate change and alleviate its effects.
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Archive TitlesBSIA research reveals ‘buoyant’ CCTV sector
The results of a British Security Industry Association (BSIA) research initiative have revealed that business in the CCTV sector has increased over the past 12 months. The really good news is that this pattern is likely to be repeated during the coming year.The research canvassed opinion from members of the ...
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Archive TitlesBritish-made kit homes go on site to help Maldives housing renewal
The British Red Cross are using factory-produced Kit Homes as construction site offices in the tsunami-stricken Maldives. Timber frame specialist and Chartered Building Company Benfield ATT is supplying six kits to serve as construction site offices on the islands.
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British Gas invests in fuel cell future
Domestic fuel cells could be available to the mass market in as little as five years, according to British Gas.
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Archive TitlesSOCA: is this Britains FBI?
The Home Office is setting up the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) to tackle high level criminality in an “efficient and ruthless” manner. Due to be operational from 2006, the SOCA represents the biggest shake-up of our national policing structure since 1964, when the 43 force areas were initially devised. ...
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Career break challenge
I was interested to read about the foresightedness of the Simons Group. A 50:50 male-to-female staff ratio by 2011 is an excellent strategy and I wish them the best of luck. As a contracts manager and a woman I’ve had positive and derogatory comments from male clients, but I can ...