All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 808
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Archive TitlesRight first time
It can be tough for 16- and 17-year-olds to maintain their first independent tenancies. But new research has zoned in on the ways to help them stay. Jamie Harding reports on the seven steps to success for a teenager's tenancy
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Fight oppression, but leave the Nazis out of it
One of the things I learned during my period of squatting 20 years ago was that a sense of victimhood can lead to a loss of one's sense of proportion.
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Archive TitlesInstallers urged to join improved fencing scheme
STANDARDS AND SAFEGUARDS IN the perimeter fencing sector are to be significantly improved with the introduction of a quality assurance programme.
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SSAIB extends its scope
THE SSAIB HAS UNDERGONE A RIGOROUS INSPECTION BY UKAS and has been awarded extensions to its Scope of Accreditation to include:
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English Partnerships to set standards for project partners
Developers and RSLs that want quango's cash or land must meet national benchmarks
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Sparks fly as watchdog steps into electricity row
Consumer watchdog energywatch has stepped into a row over red tape that is threatening to hold up regeneration work across the North and Midlands.
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Editorial
I've had the privilege to be invited onto the judging panel for the IFSEC Awards for six years now and have seen good years and not so good years as far as notable security equipment is concerned.
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Archive TitlesShell honours door entry installer
STEPHEN BEECH OF Krypton Secure, Trafford, was a runner-up in the local heat of the Shell Livewire competition.
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Archive TitlesJob Well Done
Access control installations in the UK and abroad go to show the wide breadth of the sector
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Sole Silent Witness distribution
NORBAIN IS TO BE SOLE distributor for Silent Witness in the UK.
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Trainer offers security diploma
TAVCOM TRAINING has added a new BTEC qualification to its existing range.
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Developing the negatives
The announcement this week of a dowry to fund financially unviable stock transfers will throw a lifeline to councils and tenants in many inner cities. The new fund is to be used to bridge the funding gap left when the cost of refurbishing transferred homes is more than they are ...
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One day – one job
Getting a domestic done in three to four hours means you've cut corners – but taking two days is just as bad
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Archive TitlesKate Davies takes top job at Notting Hill Housing Trust
The appointment of Kate Davies as chief executive of Notting Hill Housing Trust has taken the sector a step closer to the Housing Corporation's target of female bosses at half the top 200 associations.
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Archive TitlesRSL launches loans for credit-blacklisted tenants
A housing association has set up a savings-and-loan service for tenants excluded from high-street banking services.
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Archive TitlesCramped family of six finally gets three-bedroom home
Westminster says about-face is because it ‘failed to account for’ youngest child
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Taking control
REMPLOY, THE LEADING provider of employment for disabled people, has taken over the day-to-day management of CCTV monitoring services for the control room which covers Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge and Malling borough councils.
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Delivering customer confidence
THE NATIONAL SECURITY inspectorate has organised a 'unique' one-day conference, to be chaired by the TV presenter Fiona Bruce, with the title Delivering Customer Confidence.
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Company formed to help PFI projects
An investment company for housing and regeneration projects using the ailing private finance initiative has been formed.
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Charity outcry as councils try to take rough-sleeper housing
Demands created by the Supporting People regime could lead to a cut of almost 25% in the number of homes for rough sleepers, London charities have warned.