All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 330
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Archive TitlesThe NHS Security Management Service: an alternative view from within...
Sir – In response to Nick van der Bijl’s article ‘Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’ (SMT, August 2006, pp24-26), I would like to thank him for the positive and supportive comments made therein concerning the work carried out by the NHS Security Management Service (SMS).
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Archive TitlesHarnser almost lifts prize
Just 12 months after its launch, the innovative new window lifting crane from Eazi Lift has been feted at the annual Health & Safety Awards in London.
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Archive TitlesSigno all at sea
Surface protection specialists, Signo, have a top-deck position aboard one of the world’s largest cruise liners, the Freedom of the Seas.
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Dogs must be in safe hands at all times...
Sir – I would like to offer an opinion on what I believe to be a hugely important issue – the non-licensing of specialist security dog handlers by the Security Industry Authority (SIA).
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Archive TitlesRegulation: has it all been worthwhile?
Licensing and regulation of security officers courtesy of the Security Industry Authority has been in force for six months now. The $64,000 question that many practitioners are beginning to ask is: “Has it all been worthwhile for those directly involved?” Nick Evans explains why his answer is of the negative ...
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Archive TitlesDisputed Trellick Tower window replacement gets go ahead
It has been tough to strike the right balance between conserving the design of a listed landmark and the necessity of modern technology.
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Archive TitlesA cross-channel agreement: kippax links with janbac-baudin in recriprocal agreement
An ‘entente cordiale’ between H G Kippax & Sons and Janbac-Baudin will see the UK company’s flat glass screen-printing machines distributed throughout the Francophone world – and the French firm’s drilling, edging and bevelling equipment sold here.
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Archive TitlesResolution agenda
As chairman and managing director respectively of OCS Resolution Security, Dai Prichard and Richard Fenton-Jones head up the country’s eighth largest guarding contractor and determine the business strategy that generates a more-than-healthy £85 million annual turnover. Has their outlook on life been substantially altered by the Approved Contractor Scheme-driven ...
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Archive TitlesGlass Age Raceday: A winning formula
Over 100 industry folk gathered at Haydock Park to enjoy a day of horse racing and hospitality
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Archive TitlesAge legislation could bring health issues
Companies could find themselves in court if they discriminate on the basis of age.
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Archive TitlesCWG team start again in Corby
New it might be but CWG Choices Ltd, the new trade only supplier of frames to installers has started with quite a pedigree. With a lineage that goes back to 1992, directors Jason Wilder and Philip de Clermont are once again based at the Corby site where Rehau Tritec and ...
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Archive TitlesTaking on the fraudsters... again
Research results emanating from Cardiff University suggest that three million online customers of HSBC Bank may be vulnerable to fraudulent attacks on their accounts.
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Advice falls on deaf ears
I write further to Stephen Kennett’s article on the Governments promise of an energy review (leader, BSJ 08/06)
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Archive TitlesTake full advantage: Challenge your colleagues & the whole industry
Fantasy football fever has gripped the glazing world again. Taking full advantage of your five transfers per month will help you to challenge for the overall prize and eight monthly prizes
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Archive TitlesThe Dane attraction: A wealth of history and experience adds up to a bright future
Ice cold schnapps is not the only good thing to come out of Denmark. Hardware company, Peder Nielsen, shows that a commitment to high quality exports keeps customers coming back.
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Archive TitlesAdding another Dimension
Yorkshire Trade Windows in Castleford, West Yorkshire is one of the first fabricators to begin manufacturing the new Rehau-Dimension conservatory roofs.
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Archive TitlesGetting Activ on the road
Cervoglass has been building its reputation for supplying top quality conservatory roof glass through a corporate expansion phase. This has involved a structured and ongoing recruitment and development programme.
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Heywood Williams acquires Carlisle Brass
The distributor of branded building products, Heywood Williams Group PLC, has signed an acquisition agreement to buy the Carlisle Brass Group.
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Abbseal owner makes Norman & Underwood acquisition
Abbseal (UK) Ltd announces that with immediate effect it has taken management control of the glass processing and merchanting operations of Norman & Underwood (Eastern) Limited, based at Kings Lynn in Norfolk. Abbseal’s owner, Epic Reconstruction, made the acquisition.
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Archive TitlesLife begins again at 40
With the British Security Industry Association rapidly approaching its 40th Birthday, and the recent launch of a new corporate identity under its belt, now is perhaps an opportune moment to take stock of where the organisation might be heading in the years to come. Brian Sims talks to chief ...