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Chapman Taylor promotes Tim Partington to the board
Also: Architect Stride Treglown take on three more staff and Davis Langdon promote Carl Dainter to partner
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Archive TitlesQS develops software to combat poor procurement
New software will halve administration costs, claims founder
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Archive TitlesTwo to tender
Information supplied in CCTV tender documents is often sensitive, so why not think about splitting the detail into two parts (one of which is submitted on a confidential basis)? Brian Sims examines this theory as part of the latest instalment in SMT’s review of TSI’s Client Guide to CCTV Procurement ...
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Security's true value
Attempting to make customers recognise the genuine value of a quality security service has long been a problem for UK solutions providers but, as Michael Carre explains, certain factors now in play are helping the penny to drop.
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Archive TitlesPreparing for transfer
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations remains one of the most important pieces of legislation for those companies involved in security contracting. Given that the 1981 Regulations have just been revised, what are the major changes in law? In the first of a three-part series, Dr John McMullen ...
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Will your plan work in practice?
Sir [-] Not before time, it seems that an increasingly fearful and risk aware business community has finally started to embrace the need for continuity planning by looking to new technologies ('Broadband stand', SMT, June 2006, pp33-34).
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Archive TitlesThrough the pinhole…
In the days of the Cold War, spying and audio-surveillance were something of an elite profession limited to Government agencies. Not so now, where the Internet has proven a rich picking ground for criminals who want to 'bug and steal'. Crispin Sturrock examines the scale of the espionage problem, and ...
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Archive TitlesProtecting our staff
Security operatives are facing ever-increased threat levels when on duty, with the rising tide of gun and knife crime dominating national newspaper headlines. Although arguably now better trained than at any time in the past, there is a constant need to monitor training provision and thus ensure staff are as ...
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Putting matters into perspective
Sir [-] If the UK's security industry thinks it is having difficulties in becoming accustomed to the new operational practises demanded by Security Industry Authority regulation, dispensation notices and so on, let's just spare a thought for our colleagues in South Africa.
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Archive TitlesLet's Park those thoughts…
Poorly-designed, ill-maintained and badly-managed car parks [-] or those located in 'difficult' areas [-] might easily become crime 'hot spots'. What can security professionals do to make these vital spaces a touch more safe and secure for end users? In this introductory article, David Hincks and Ken Holt explain the ...
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Archive TitlesLicensing of in-house is the key
Sir [-] I would like to offer the support of Lodge Service to your Four Issues, One Voice campaign, which certainly has the potential to strike all of the most important notes.
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Archive TitlesThe true value of good security
Attempting to make customers recognise the genuine value of a quality security service has long been a problem for UK solutions providers but, as Michael Carre explains, certain factors now in play are helping the penny to drop.
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Archive TitlesFour Issues, One Voice: In Support
SIR [-] The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) fully supports the Four Issues, One Voice Campaign (SMT, April 2006, pp34-36). It focuses on issues that have been at the very heart of the Association's work during these past three years. We commend Security Management Today and Infologue.com for engaging so ...
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Archive TitlesThe Four Issues are vital!
Sir [-] The Security Institute welcomes the Four Issues, One Voice campaign, which looks at a number of important strands in the current bid to regulate the industry. We are ardent supporters of the Security Industry Authority's (SIA) efforts, and applaud not only the many achievements the Regulator has already ...
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Archive TitlesRegulator targets non-compliant security firms
Following the introduction of compulsory Security Industry Authority (SIA) licensing for contracted-in security operatives on 20 March, SIA investigators have conducted a nationwide series of operations as part of enforcement action
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Archive TitlesFinest in the land
Rewarding the security industry's best operatives was the main focus of the British Security Industry Association's 2006 Annual Luncheon, held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Wednesday 5 July.
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We need more dialogue
Sir [-] We at Skills for Security would like to congratulate Security Management Today on your joint campaign with Infologue.com entitled Four Issues, One Voice, and would very much like to add our voice to the swelling chorus of support you are no doubt beginning to attract.Campaign 1: Licensing of ...