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Archive TitlesMobile CCTV system targets ‘low level’ crime
A mobile wireless CCTV system has been deployed by Tonbridge and Malling crime and disorder reduction partnership to help combat problems including anti-social behaviour in this area of Kent.
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Unfinished business
We are marking two anniversaries this week: the modern social housing sector’s 40th birthday (pages 36-41) and the first of the National Housing Federation’s In Business for Neighbourhoods campaign. The individual milestones are significant by themselves, but the purpose and effectiveness of each is also symbolic of the eras in ...
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In Business is failing says half of sector
A year into £1m NHF rebranding campaign, poll reveals the message isn’t getting through
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We build relationships
In one case we persuaded the resident’s psychiatrist to come and talk to the other residents about their concerns, which related to some bizarre behaviour, and staff encouraged the resident, who had a mental illness, to come to them with any worries.
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Archive TitlesStrife breakers
Elaine Knutt visits the Flax Trust, a project in Belfast that holds valuable lessons for all housing providers working in divided communities. Illustration by Gillian Blease
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The government has bowed to Brussels: now what do RSLs do?
Associations must comply with European procurement rules, but there are a few loopholes
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Archive TitlesIP ignorance is not bliss!
Installers risk missing out on a valuable new revenue stream by neglecting IP innovations, warns Peter Goodenough, managing director UK for HI SEC International.
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Low morale blamed for Birmingham’s housing staff overhaul
A Birmingham councillor has blamed plummeting staff morale for last week’s decision by the new Conservative administration to overhaul the structure and management of the authority’s housing department.
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Why we should be scared of the latest mental health bill
If ministers hoped they’d win friends with their latest attempt to reform mental health law, they must be very disappointed.
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Tory peers demand new right to buy rules in Housing Bill
Conservative peers have proposed radical changes to the Housing Bill as it passes through the House of Lords.
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Be a better vetter
Screening your engineers is crucial to the success of your company ... but how should you go about it?
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Biometrics myths … six of the best
It’s probably the hottest sector in security today … yet the biometrics industry is weighed down with myths and fallacies, writes Russ Davis, CEO of ISL Biometrics
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Babay elephant
Architect De Rijke Marsh Morgan has unveiled its plan for the Wansey Street scheme in south-east London – the first housing project in the £1.5bn,10-year regeneration of Elephant & Castle.
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Prescott and McCarthy defend plan to axe regional housing boards
John prescott says The government’s plan to axe regional housing boards will improve housing professionals’ influence on regional decision-making, writes Stuart Macdonald.
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Award winner steers JVC into Europe
JVC Professional Europe has promoted Yash Patel (below) to Executive Director, CCTV Europe, in a new business plan for its CCTV operation.
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Archive TitlesAvoid the pitfalls
The installation of a remotely monitored CCTV system is as critical to its success as the control centre monitoring process itself. Here, Alan Collinge, Director of RemGuard’s Remote Video Response Centre, gives installers many tips on how their installation can avoid future headaches.
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We try to avoid going to court
We’d like to challenge the statement that “time and again social landlords fail to take account of the views of other tenants in the area apart from those of the complainant, or to check relevant medical evidence from GPs, psychiatrists or social workers”.
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Associations protest at costly service charge proposal
Housing associations could face a multimillion-pound bill if new rules on service charges for tenants and leaseholders come into force.
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Association in hot water over boiler inspection break-ins
Brunel & Family put under corporation supervision after using forced entry too often