All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 852
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EP willing to accept below-value price for Milton Keynes land
Competition for 600-home scheme to be judged on '40% price, 60% quality' basis
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Overcrowding: more opinion 4
I deal primarily with tenants seeking transfers. The chances of a single parent with a child being transferred from a one-bed to a two-bed are minimal – as opposed to a single parent in temporary accommodation who will eventually be offered a two-bedroom flat. While I do not wish to ...
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Overcrowding: more opinion 3
The 1985 Housing Act states, and I quote section 325, "a room is available as sleeping accommodation if it is of a type normally used in the locality either as a bedroom or a living room". Over many years as a working environmental health officer in housing it has not ...
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2nd opinion: The price of democracy
Get ready to defend yourself against cost-cutters, says David Walker – multiple committees can be a good thing
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Overcrowding: more opinion 2
Yes, there are indeed too many families waiting for suitable housing. There are also thousands of pensioners and/or single people living in three-bedroom houses where the rent is paid by way of housing benefit. How can such a situation be tolerated? I would not want to anybody to be evicted ...
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Right to buy sales could plug decent homes gap 10 times over
Councils need £2.5bn to hit target; right to buy receipts have raised £23bn in past 20 years
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Anglia pays £1m to save tenants from eviction
An East Anglian housing association has paid £1m for 14 homes to stop the families living there being evicted.
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Archive TitlesLondon part of Thames Gateway should have 60,000 more homes, says report
Leading academics have called for 150,000 homes to be built in the London section of the Thames Gateway growth area – 60,000 more than the government has planned.
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Who's watching The Wardens?
As part of the Home Secretary's 'extended police family', Neighbourhood and Community Wardens are already playing their part in the fight against opportunist crime. We've seen how well Legion Security's West Lancashire scheme has done ('Partners on patrol', SMT, August 2002, pp20-23), but what's happening in the Capital? We outline ...
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Responding to the wider threat
As evidenced by the February edition of Security Management Today, the draft Civil Contingencies Bill indicates a number of possibilities as to how private sector security officers might be deployed in an emergency scenario. In trying to predict how those officers could contribute to civil law and order, we argue ...
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The security professional
What level of qualification and experience actually denotes that someone is a security professional? We describe the criteria established by The Security Institute, and reviews the validation process the organisation uses to assess where individuals might be on their chosen career path.
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Archive TitlesSecuritas strikes up major partnership with Trillium
Manned security contractor Securitas Security Services has signed a major long-term agreement with Land Securities Trillium to deliver security services on a national basis covering over 1,000 buildings on the former Employment Service Estate administered by the Department for Work and Pensions.
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The White Heat in Security
In a world where technology is developing apace, it's only by adopting radical thinking and looking far into the future that commercial and entrepreneurial development can be freed from traditional regulatory constraints. We explain how end users will soon be able to benefit from the services of NSI-recognised systems installers ...
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Guarding in a post-regulation landscape
SIR – I refer to Terry O'Neil's letter to the editor ('UK Guarding's at the crossroads', Letters, SMT, February 2004, pp12-13), and once more find myself in genuine accord with Terry's basic point.
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Archive TitlesOn solid ground
Security Management Today is keen to find out how well the industry thinks the regulator – the Security Industry Authority – is doing in its bid to help ramp up standards in the private sector. With this in mind, Brian Sims visits Security House for talks with David Dickinson in ...
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Hackers can be a good thing!
Although hackers and virus writers are the perennial bane of the IT security manager's life, they can sometimes be a Godsend – helping, as they often do, to raise awareness among Members of the Board that information and data security issues must be addressed at all times. Once that hurdle ...
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Just who, exactly, is taking ownership?
Sir – although in certain areas TSI's 'Guide to the Procurement and Management of Manned Security' ('Selection box', SMT, February 2004, pp34-35) is probably beyond reach – certainly in terms of the industry in its current state – it nevertheless represents a good purchase for any manager who's responsible for ...
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Engaging with the end user
We examine the installer-end user relationship, where 'culture of service' on the part of installers should always be the driving force. How is the march of new technology affecting that relationship, and should industry practitioners really be contemplating e-tendering of systems and manned security?