All Archive Titles articles – Page 984
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Archive TitlesDon't be scared of change
Installers should embrace new opportunities in IP and other areas of the market
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The secret of community cohesion can be found at the supermarket, says CRE chairman
Towns with a history of racial tension could find salvation in the supermarket queue, according to a new model of community cohesion.
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Peter Dixon to chair Housing Corporation
Appointment of relative unknown seen as sign the corporation's role is to be further reduced
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IP push to fuel CCTV growth
A new report published by market intelligence provider Key Note predicts that future growth of the CCTV industry will be driven by integrated systems designed to be used over IT networks.
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CCTV haunt
Bradling Security, based in Braintree, has secured a contract to supply, install and maintain a security system at Borley Church, said to be the most haunted house in England.
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Archive TitlesCaring community
Caring community: Geoffrey Osborne, the housebuilder, has started a £2m project to convert a grade I-listed building in Maidstone, Kent, into accommodation and daycare facilities for homeless people.English Churches Housing Group will run the hostel on Knightrider Street and Maidstone Christian Care will run the adjoining day centre. Osborne has ...
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Web cam
CCTV distributor Videcon plc is giving away a free Verso compact camera housing to the first 50 installers who register their company details on its web site. Visit www.videcon.co.uk or call 0800 316 0209 for the new 2003 catalogue.
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Kent cash call goes online
Kent council's report demanding £10bn to spend on infrastructure is now available online.
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Archive TitlesMove brings speedy delivery
Aprimatic UK, formerly the Automation Warehouse, has moved to new premises at Chineham, Basing-stoke, Hants, which has 40 per cent more warehousing and office space.
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Board pay costs may be even higher
I am one of those who feel that individual registered social landlords should not have to make the decision on paying board members. We should all pay or not pay. But as it may be difficult to find the money, the projected costs are interesting.Your article on paid board members ...
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Blame the landlord, not the budgie
Am I the only one to see a contradiction between your stories on the shoddy state of housing repairs (11 July, page 7) and the compensation culture, which is blamed for rising legal costs and insurance premiums ("Sick as a budgie", 11 July, page 18)?Your examples – quoting social landlords, ...
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Security Beyond The Camera
A robust security system is easily undermined without adequate data integrity planning argues Ajay Lukha of StorCase Technology
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Councils form benchmarking group as PFI claims new victim
Four local authorities left with one bidder each for PFI deals will compare costs
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Archive TitlesThe ones they leave behind
When housing management staff sail off to a new life in an ALMO, those left at the council must learn to adapt – and it's often far from plain sailing.
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Archive TitlesBeginner's guide
Just four days ago, Colchester tenants voted yes to an ALMO. If the service gets past the inspectors, it can go ahead. What the council needs is a little expert advice – and who better to give it than Westminster's CityWest Homes, one of the country's most successful ALMOs? Mark ...
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Archive TitlesAward gives boost to sales innovation
Calvin Avery, systems sales manager at ADT Fire and Security's City of London branch, has received an award for Innovation in Sales at the 2003 National Sales Awards organised by the Instititute of Professional Sales (IPS).
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Mercian Housing Association plans community bank
Mercian Housing Association plans to set up a community banking service with Bank of Scotlan
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Archive TitlesColchester tenants say yes to arm's-length management
Colchester council tenants have voted resoundingly in favour of handing control of their homes to an arm's-length management organisation.
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Archive TitlesLong arm of the law
'The council owns the housing; the ALMO runs it.' If that's as far as your grasp of the legal meaning of arm's-length management goes, it's time for a slapped wrist