All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 725
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Prescott: we’ll look again at housing finance
Inquiry launched after ‘fourth way’ campaigners inflict humiliating defeat on government
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Still looking after my ‘babies’ but now I’m the granddaddy
A year and a half ago I said that one of the main problems with registered social landlords was that the majority of their board members were white, middle-class, middle-aged men who were friends of the chief executive. And now, here I am – white, male and middle-class – becoming ...
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Archive Titles‘We got it wrong’ on efficiency index, admits Rouse
Renamed ‘operating cost index’ to be published with other indicators later this year
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Archive TitlesAPIG targets update of Computer Misuse Act
The All-Party Internet Group’s investigation into cybercrime calls for the Home Office to update the Computer Misuse Act
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Act now on equal pay schemes or face claims deluge, RSLs told
Social landlords have been warned to address pay inequalities between men and women or risk “myriad compensation claims” running into hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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Archive TitlesAccess Denied
Heavy push doors and steps without stairlifts aren’t just an upsetting barrier to disabled people – from today, they could be illegal. Yet the offices of housing providers are often shockingly inaccessible for wheelchair users, as Kate Freeman discovered when she tested them with the help of John Walsh.
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A pioneering Academy
Integrated securityCCTVPerimeter protectionThe security system designed by Bell Security for the Business Academy Bexley – the Government’s flagship Academy in Thamesmead – combines CCTV, access control (complete with smart card capabilities), external perimeter and intruder detection to capture and identify images of would-be intruders at the school’s premises.Billed as the ...
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80% of associations will not comply with new disability law
Eight out of 10 housing associations do not expect to comply with Disability Discrimination Act rules coming into force today, a survey has found.
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Archive TitlesArmour-plated security bolsters BMW X5 Series
Expanding the range of special security vehicles offering company executives protection from firearms attack, robbery, kidnapping and car jacking, BMW has introduced the X5 Series of vehicles to complement its popular 7 Series.
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Northern Ireland spends £45m buying homes from intimidated owners
The Northern Ireland Housing Executive spent a record £45m last year buying properties from owners forced from their homes by intimidation, writes Paul Gosling.
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Birmingham faces £4.7m bill as compensation claims soar
Council increases fund to cope with tenants’ legal actions over disrepair
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Anglia Housing and Circle 33 to merge
Two of southern England’s biggest housing associations agreed to merge last Friday.
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2nd opinion: What did you call me?
Changing your name to Cubist breaks the link with the districts you work in, says Barbara Thorndick. Don’t do it
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Dual running for EN 50131-1
The security industry has released a statement on the implementation of EN 50131-1 – the new European intruder alarm installation standard – stating that there’ll be a dual running of PD 6662 and British Standards until October 2005.
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Archive TitlesProfits with Style
Style Group, one of the UK’s largest independents in PVC-U windows and doors has reported group trading profits of £5.7m for 2003 – more than double the £2.7m reported for the previous financial year. During the same period retail sales of the Group reached record levels, exceeding £100m ...
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Louder than Words Mark
The deadline for organisations to be compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) is upon us – the final rights of access will come into force in October 2004.
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Archive TitlesHeritage improvements
Following on from their win at the 2004 Shropshire Business Awards for Best Customer Service, Heritage Glass have further shown commitment to this area by expanding their customer service division.
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Archive TitlesGQA to sponsor Glassex Install
Following a highly energetic and successful first appearance at Glassex 2004, the Glassex Challenge – which seeks to expose the most talented and committed window, door and conservatory installers in the UK – will not only be back for Glassex 2005 but will also appropriately be sponsored by the Glass ...
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Ritec get shipshape for Glasstec
Ritec is taking to the water in style both in the UK and at Glasstec in Düsseldorf later this year. Recently the company entertained a group of trade press editors on a narrowboat to give them a chance to find out more about Ritec and its ClearShield glass surface protection ...
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Leah’s Tidy Exit
Leah Tidy, the driving force behind last year’s successful Glass Processing & Technology exhibition and before that part of the sales team on Glassex, has left GP&T. However, she remains at exhibition organiser EMAP, in sales for the Structural Building Hall of Interbuild 2006.