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    Prettier access control helps to boost product demand

    2005-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Installers should give more thought to the looks of access control, according to a new report. The transition to more 'aesthetically pleasing' access control products will help to boost demand, says the IMS report.

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    Fear of fire: Part 3

    2005-03-16T00:00:00Z

    In the final part of our series designed to help security installers break into the lucrative fire sector, Peter Holmes of Gardiner Security looks at legislation that will drive the fire industry and shows how it can become a major profit generator for you ...

  • With the 2,000th card are: Tony Morgan, President, Electrical Contractors Association; recipient Andrew Vick and Sir Michael Latham.
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    2000th card allows installers on site

    2005-03-16T00:00:00Z

    It was certainly bigger than its predecessors … but the 2000th Electrotechnical Certification Scheme Fire and Security Card to be awarded is seen as an industry milestone.

  • The unmistakable hand of a top flight design department is evident from the camera's sleek, uncluttered lines
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    The bench test 2: Exwave of the future

    2005-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Sony’s SSC-E478P day/night colour video camera is pleasing on the eye - and functional, too…

  • One of the detector's major features is its use of Anti-Cloak Technology
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    The bench test 1: Living the high life

    2005-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Rokonet's Industrial Lunar has a major height advantage, even if it is a bit funny looking...

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    CCTV: Back to basics: Part 1

    2005-03-16T00:00:00Z

    With CCTV's rapid development, there is a danger that installers – especially those new to security – know all about the latest developments, but have embarrassing knowledge gaps when it comes to the basics. Our four part feature, written by Gerard Honey, will fill in those gaps and give you ...

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    5,000 installations

    2005-03-16T00:00:00Z

    High Wycombe-based installers Vidionics has just achieved its 5,000th installation with the completion of a 28-door monitored access control system at the Oxford Brookes University's New School of Health & Social Care.Established in 1973, it was one of the first companies to be awarded British Standards Institute accreditation in 1988. ...

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    136,000 small firms will be hit by crime survey

    2005-03-16T00:00:00Z

    New research suggests that 12 per cent of small businesses, or around 136,000 companies in total, could suffer from some form of criminal activity in the next 12 months.

  • Phoenix Initiative and Historic Quarter, Coventry
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    Light fantastic

    2005-03-15T10:44:00Z

    And the winner is…Who grabbed the gongs at this year’s Lighting Design Awards?

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    Your job and the law

    2005-03-11T15:39:00Z

    Unions have finally scored a partial victory in persuading the government to close, in part, the loophole in protecting pension benefits when employees transfer from one employer to another under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 (TUPE).TUPE protects the terms and conditions of transferring employees, but excludes ...

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    Job doctor

    2005-03-11T15:35:00Z

    What can you do when your manager is holding you back?

  • Barry Thompson
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    On the move

    2005-03-11T15:32:00Z

    Barry ThompsonBarry Thompson (right), previously director of finance at Severn Vale Housing, has been appointed director of finance at Forest of Dean Housing.Peter GilroyPeter Gilroy is the new chief executive of Kent council. He joined the council from East Sussex in 1991, taking over as social services director seven years ...

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    Thats the way to do it

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    I attended the antisocial behaviour conference in London on 15 November 2004 and was very encouraged by John Priday’s presentation of how they had obtained injunctions (18 February, page 32).

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    Someones spinning you a yarn

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    As a quantity surveyor from the only registered social landlord with in-house consultants using Fusion 21 I am shocked by the proposed adoption by Buy 4 London of a Fusion 21-based procurement model (4 February, page 14).

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    Standards are slipping

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    There appears to be an increasing reliance on the private rented sector for meeting demands in housing.

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    Raising a smile

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Celebrities from Comic Relief Does Fame Academy visited a Centrepoint hostel this week to see how Comic Relief funding is spent. C

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    A window of opportunity

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Thanks for Zoe Cacanas’ useful article on the issues surrounding leaseholders’ concerns and the replacement of windows (4 March, page 28).

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    Letter of the week

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Thank you for Bishop David Walker’s cogent and lucid article on immigration control, which struck a chord with many of my own feelings about the subject.

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    Liverpool to ration less urgent repairs

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Liverpool council is cutting back on discretionary council house repairs in a bid to balance its books over the financial year 2004/5.

  • Road to success: people with communication and management skills will go miles
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    Land of opportunity

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Pathfinders in the Midlands and the North are hunting for skilled staff, reports