THE PUBLICATION of the Pitt Report in June last year recognised that neither insurers, loss adjusters, nor indeed contractors knew what they were doing with regard to flood restoration or recovery in the recent floods affecting Hull, Sheffield, and Gloucester, writes JEFF CHARLTON of Claimtech.
SURVEILLANCE of public places, such as town centres, stations, car parks and housing estates, using closed-circuit television (CCTV) is increasingly commonplace.
The UK is first in the global league table for the ratio of cameras to people, with estimations ranging from a staggering one camera for every five people to one in 12.
John Holden is an associate director at forensic accountants Smith & Williamson.
He is responsible for managing and developing the firm’s forensic technology service. Your Witness editor Chris Wilson met him and his colleague, forensic accounting expert Graham Hain, to talk about this growing area of expertise and other disciplines.
THE LIVES of people who have a disability are often vastly improved by the adaptations and changes that can be made in their environment.
In the Information Age it is not surprising to find that computers and other technologies are at the heart of a lot of the resources available. The term ‘assistive technology’ has come to describe the combination of computer hardware, software and other modified equipment that has developed to meet the almost infinite range of needs faced by disabled people.
ELECTRONIC assisting technology (EAT) is a field which has been growing rapidly over recent years.
Included in this is augmented and alternative communication (AAC), which encompasses a wide range of measures from simple paper selection boards to the latest high-tech computer-based voice output communication aids, VOCAs.
