All Archive Titles articles – Page 913
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Act now on Data Protection issues
Sir – David White's article in SMT ('Putting a stop to PC abuses', Secure IT, September 2003, pp59-60) really set my mind racing.
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Archive TitlesBalancing act: how to provide access for the disabled
Come October 2004, the terms and conditions of the Disability Discrimination Act will be fully enforced. Security managers need to be thinking about how they might reconfigure their company's building(s) to comply with the Act – allowing disabled people unhindered access while maintaining tight security at all times. We offer ...
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Archive TitlesAbsorbing the cost of change
Guarding companies and their clients are having to come to terms not only with security industry regulation, but also a raft of Government and European legislative documents that will radically revise the cost – and structure – of security provision in the UK. Is the Government creating too much bureaucracy ...
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What about Stonewall?
Your feature on the 40 women who "are some of the most important people in housing" (21 November, page 24) made for encouraging reading. But I was disappointed that Jackie Fernandez, director of Stonewall Housing, was not included. Stonewall is, after all, the only lesbian and gay housing association in ...
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Council housing departments' £80m windfall
Council housing departments are in line for an £80m windfall after new rules on government subsidies for housing benefits were announced on Monday.
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Archive TitlesBeth Johnson Group chairman dies suddenly aged 57
Roland Ashley, the chairman of Beth Johnson Housing Group, has died aged 57.
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Looking back on 2003
As another eventful 12 months in the security sector draws to a close, Security Management Today pinpoints some of the major events and talking points that helped shape the industry's route towards regulation.
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ODPM ministers hold back £200m in grant to pay to developers
The government and the Housing Corporation are at loggerheads over a request by the ODPM that £200m in development grant be set aside in 2005/6 to pay housebuilders for social housing.
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2nd opinion: The truth is out there
Statistics offer useful insights, but there's no substitute for frontline experience says George Tzilivakis
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Archive TitlesNet fuels £110 million credit fraud
Losses running into £300,000 per day are being experienced by retailers and consumers in the UK as a direct result of 'card not present' fraud fuelled by the growth in online shopping
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Archive Titles10 ways to spot a sustainable community
This estate used to be known as "Beirut". Now it's a model sustainable community and has won an award from the deputy prime minister. Katie Puckett reports on how the Beacon estate in Falmouth won a special place in John Prescott's heart
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Hill agrees to 30,000 more homes for Gateway
Housing Minister Keith Hill has given his backing to plans to build 30,000 more homes in the Thames Gateway's than outlined in the Communities Plan.
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Archive TitlesPast presentation
BSj takes a look back at another exciting year for building services and the construction industry...
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Archive TitlesNew for old
Clients talk about two major boiler replacement projects, and highlight the importance of good design, regular maintenance and teamwork.
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Archive TitlesMyths and realities
We say that independent tests have once and for all exposed the myth that wire mesh cable trays are bad for communication cables.
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Joint venture launches new solar product
BP Solar is to work on the development of photovoltaic panels which can be incorporated into building structures.
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Archive TitlesSunshine homes
With energy efficiency high on the agenda, we describe two European funded projects which have been looking into the design and construction of energy efficient housing across the continent.
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Archive TitlesHistory makers
Building services engineering has come a long way since Henry Lea set up as a consulting engineer in 1862. We look at some of those whose influence is still felt today.
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Red Ken goes green in London
Delegates at the BSRIA Briefing heard how Ken Livingstone intends to make London a greener city