All Archive Titles articles – Page 937
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Archive TitlesThe magician
John Seddon is quite the showman. But there's more to the maverick management consultant than a winning smile. Now he's bringing his box of tricks for sorting out struggling services to the public sector. Stuart Macdonald met him.
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Take stock of locks
There is a whole raft of questions the installer is asking about locks … here are some of them
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Archive TitlesThe outer limits
Part 2 of a primer on outdoor perimeter protection by Michael E Rack, Vice president, Marketing and Business Development, Senstar-Stella Corporation
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Keep strategies local
It seems the writing is on the wall ("ODPM may rewrite regional housing strategies", 3 October, page 11). When local views do not comply with government policy, despite what the government says about serving the will of the people, it is government policy that will prevail.This contradiction, so often seen, ...
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Tools for the job
The government's added welcome new weapons to the armoury for tackling antisocial behaviour this week. To take just one example, the action plan, acknowledges that inordinate damage is done by just a few "neighbours from hell" and seeks to identify and tackle them with a series of "trailblazing" schemes (pages ...
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Archive TitlesJob of the week
Ellen Bennett meets Darshan Singh Matharoo, Beth Johnson Housing Group's new director of housing and support services
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Regulating the industry
John Saunders, chief executive of the Security Industry Authority, will present the SIA's case in person to users of security services at six regional seminars this autumn.
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Archive Titles'Inaction is not an option'
The fight against nuisance moved up a gear with this week's action plan. The stakes are high, says the Home Office's Louise Casey, but the government will give resources and advice
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Strike hits Liverpool's repairs service
Maintenance workers on Liverpool's 21,600 council houses are due to strike today after workers from one union voted eight to one in favour of industrial action.
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Here's an idea
Helping tenants make the most of window boxes costs little but makes a big difference
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Archive TitlesA rebranding guru writes …
The In Business for Neighbourhoods logo is really great, but I feel my version (right) captures the new reality more accurately.
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Archive TitlesGrowing green
Growing green: The developer that built the environmentally friendly BedZED project in south London is to submit a similar scheme to Harrow council in Middlesex. Developer Zed Homes has commissioned BedZED architect Bill Dunster to design the project. It hopes two-thirds of the 220 homes will be affordable, half of ...
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Tony and Iain go through the looking glass
Imagine that the Conservative party is proposing to bring housing into public ownership. Imagine Labour is going to repeal all legislation that currently protects tenants and that the Liberal Democrats intend to transfer all responsibilities for social housing from local to central government. All pretty improbable? Perhaps, but as the ...
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Gateway to profit
Most break-ins are opportunistic and carried out on impulse. Yet few people are willing to consider the obvious front line defence at the boundary of the property – a security gate
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Tenant groups fight for say in regional strategies
'Democratic deficit' on regional housing boards shutting tenants out, says TPAS
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Expanding operations
Derwent has doubled the size of its manufacturing facility in Northumberland as sales of its energy-saving infrared lighting products, CCTV cameras and number plate capture equipment continue to grow.The company has seen a 150 per cent rise in sales figures over the last 18 months, with encouraging performance in American, ...