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as title really, thinking of starting doing subby work, what kind of insurances do i need, what are rough costs of these? anything other advice you guys can offer about that side of things would be great! In the process of sorting a van etc, as i have a good few contracts offered to me by an old company that i used to work for Thanks in advance

Came across an RRT keypad connected to an old Scantronic 9500 system. It looks like a Scantronic product, not really sure. It didn't seem to be working too good, couldn't fathom out how it was supposed to interact with the alarm. I assume an output from the panel (possibly BELL trigger output or INTRUDER relay) fires the remote reset of which is interlocked in some way back to the panel (possibly via a ZONE or TAMPER input). I had a quick squiffy inside the RRT keypad and noticed it had TRIG, SIG, 0V, 12V and 2 x TAMP terminals as well as a set of relay connections (NC, C and NO). I've tried searching through the Scantronic website and nothing. Any ideas?

Lad's, Have the technical boys at Honeywell released a version of the ACCeSS Lite software which will run on Vista yet because i've got a new lappy and it's not larking. And before you state the obvious they don't reply to my emails. Is there a patch or a fix out there. Help. (A Subby From Hull)

Hi Guys, Just quick Q.How much public liability cover is required by most companys? 1,5,10 million? Thanks Tony

Fire Safety Risk Assessment is obviously a very serious business as it can present a threat to life. Due to the seriousness and enormity of the subject Fire Safety Risk Assessment Guides: ur guides fellow engineers

Hi Guys after years of working as installation engineer I am having strong intresest in the Rirsk assesment feild any tips on how to get started welcome thanks

ok here go my first post i am thinking about starting up and joining your ship guys long business experience but a very modest technical one i was wondering here how many of you import there hardware and how many of you just buy it locally ? a simple (I buy locally) or (I import ) will do thank you

Dear all. I want to start my own business. well, get my own work as that is definatly where the money is but i want to go about it the correct way. I have been in the security industry for 3.5 years covering all aspects but mainly intruder. i have got a business name and had some business cards made but not sure whether i have to register the name first before i hand them out. Secondly, i would like some sort of acreditation (ssaib, nsi) but i believe that there are a lot of rules n regs to go by for that and money. Would i be best of just handing out my cards, try and get some work, build up my capital and clientel then apply for ssaib or nsi. Finally as i have neve…

It seems that ISO9001 is a topic that polarises opinion. In the "Starting a new business" thread, there's a good spread of views for and against. Those that recall the "good ol days" of BS5750 - Total Quality Management, if you will - will also recall that the most common saying about it was "c##p in, c##p out". And that's kind of the point of the management system - it is supposed to document *your* business, and reflect the way *your* business is run. Too many firms go after ISO, then figure that they can't do something because it isn't in the manual, or that they can't get somewhere because the manual says different. This is where ISO fails, or at least where ther…

Hi, Anyone know what approvals there are for small businesses? Dont have alot of money in the budget for much but was thinking about something the goverment like trust mark or similar (they may be just as expensive though cant find prices). I personally have lots of experience in fire, lots of manufacture courses, all the bfpsa units ect ect My trading company however does not have iso or anything. Bafe SP201, ssiab and nsi seem quite pricy (the prices i can find on the net) and i think they all require iso. Please correct me if im wrong and they do do some sort of small business approval. Apoligies if i am wrong been to busy to have a proper look into it and the pricy…

Not something i am going to go for soon but. The last company which i was officially employed for was just starting to go for iso as I left to work for myself. Just wondering what simple things i could be doing now which would help me in the future. For example does all company litrature \ forms ect have to be nubered and logged for diffrent revisions. Does any have a rough idea what i could be doing now or is there anywhere on the net that has a rough guide to iso? Thanks guys,

Had this through from our accountant ..... "Business people have been used to Revenue officials visiting them to examine their VAT Returns and to give employment compliance checks, however a fundamental additional power has been awarded to those in the employ of HMRC. With effect from April 2009 they will begin compliance visits to monitor a persons tax position. The implications of this are far reaching. It has effectively given the Revenue the right to conduct a fishing expedition as they can check past, present and future liabilities to pay tax, claims and penalties. In practice they will only need to give 7 days notice of their intention to visit the business premis…

Hi any advice for getting payed for work Ive done I'm a security sub contractor and have been working for one of the smaller alarm companies they keep avoiding payment ,phone calls etc, lots of excuses, any advise on actually getting this money, There is no reason why they should not pay sean

Anyone have any good software or tips how your orginise your contract and certs. Mine are currently all word documents in a cert folder and a contract folder. Not sure if i could do something with access maybe. My customers keep the same contract number for life but obviously have a new contract each year end up having thousand of word documents and there not the quickest thing to keep updating. I wonder how many tabs you can have on excel maybe another option. Any ideas thanks guys. Adam

hi im just wondering what qualifications you nead to install alarms. from what iv read you start as a electricion and then specialise in alarms. is this the only way to qualify ?. or can you go from installing networks wired to alarms? the reson im asking is that i live in a small city in the west of ireland. i dont see the point of going to collage to get a very pricies degree in IT and have little or no prospect of getting suitable imployment. shurle there is a position for want of a better word an IT fiter that can fit or at least prewire an alarm while im at it.