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Archive TitlesHermitage appointed full-time SIA supremo
Home Secretary David Blunkett has appointed Peter Hermitage as chairman of the Security Industry Authority for the next four years
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Search for an answer no longer!
SIR – I read with much interest John Hesketh’s Letter To The Editor in your June edition (‘Who are the ones to be searched?’, pp18-20) asking as to whether or not there is an optimum figure for the percentage of people to be searched on entering a venue in order ...
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Archive TitlesAlex Carmichael honoured by Peter Greenwood Award
BSIA technical director Alex Carmichael was honoured to be presented with a prestigious award bestowed by The Company of Security Professionals at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel as part of this year’s BSIA Annual Luncheon and Awards.
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Archive TitlesCity businesses to defend against suicide bombers
The Metropolitan Police, the City of London Police and the British Transport Police are busily working as a unit to draft advice sheets for businesses and residents in the Square Mile on how they might deal with suicide bombings.
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Archive TitlesSMT wins 2005 BSIA Chairman’s Award for Promoting The Industry
Security Management Today’s Editor Brian Sims received the 2005 BSIA Chairman’s Award for Promoting The Industry at the Association’s Annual Luncheon, held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel
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SITO Conference Programme announced for 2005
The Security Industry Training Organisation (SITO) has unveiled details of its 2005 National Conference Programme, with this year’s presentations being delivered under the banner ‘Raising Standards, Transforming Industry’.
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Archive TitlesAppointments
Security Management Today keeps you up-to date with all the latest people moves in the security sector
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Archive TitlesUnder study
As commuters warily return to London’s Tube network after the recent attacks, a new project means they may soon find that conditions are not as stifling as they once were.
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Archive TitlesTall story
If you were told that this gallery cost just £6m to build, rises up from a footprint the size of two tennis courts and expects to consume 75% less energy than a typical scheme, you might not believe it. But, says Stephen Kennett, it’s all true
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Archive TitlesSun, sea and snow
Most people going to the desert city of Dubai wouldn’t think to pack their skis. But the creation of a huge snow centre, complete with five ski runs, is about to change all that.
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Archive TitlesPilkington triple trumped
Bruce William Nicol writes about Pilkington’s Triple First claim (GA July, p38):
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OBITUARY: Peter Watling
Wagner (GB) Ltd regrets to announce the death on 23rd June of former Sales Director, Peter Watling, following a stroke.
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Archive TitlesNational treasure
The air-conditioning system at the National Gallery of Australia was not something its owners were proud of. That is until government funding led to the development of a brand new ultrasonic humidification system
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Money well spent
Congratulations on the publication of the new Guide K: Electricity in Buildings. I was extremely pleased to receive my own copy. As an electrical engineer, I have always considered myself to be a fairly rare bird as a member of CIBSE, and much of the design information that I have ...
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Micro-power is the safe option
The potential of micro-generation has been critically overlooked as a means of meeting the UK’s energy needs, according to a report published by the New Economics Foundation.
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Archive TitlesProskills, licensed for traini
Proskills, the new Government backed skills and training organisation for the process and manufacturing industries, was recommended to receive a licence to operate from the Education and Skills Secretary, Ruth Kelly on 6th July.
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HW pulls out of plastics
Heywood Williams Group PLC has announced that it plans to sell its Plastics Division (including Spectus and Kestrel/BCE) following a strategic review. In future, Heywood Williams will focus on its specialist distribution businesses.
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Sieving for the grains of truth
Steve Ashton writes about Low price – at what cost? (GA July, page 54):
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Archive TitlesFurther innovations from Radius
Radius Plastics claims to be the market leader in the profile bending and special frames market, although the company is quite happy to share its expertise with others.
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Archive TitlesA Scottish first for Strathclyde
Strathclyde Insulating Glass Ltd has achieved Part 3 accreditation under the new EN1279 regulations, and announces that it is the first Scottish manufacturer to do so.