News

A distraught owner of a local butcher’s shop reacted to thieves robbing £2,000 worth of Christmas orders. Julie Smith said the South Wales business had only been open six months, and added: “It’s really hard to see someone has destroyed your business.” As well as turkeys, the criminals also stole kids’ Christmas presents. “All the money we had is gone to give the boys a good Christmas. They have just taken everything – there's nothing left,” she said. From the control of a single internal door through to a fully computerised, multi-site network of control points, a Tensor Access System is the solution for businesses. Most standard types of internal and external electronic and magnetic door releases and devices can be controlled, including barriers making full use of location points, whether in full view or hidden out of sight. People are assigned to an access group, either unique to them or common to their department or status. Access groups include separate rules for shutdown days.  

The general secretary of the National Union of Teachers is hopeful the deadlock would be broken over pensions for teachers and other public servants by the time Christmas arrives. Christine Blower was commenting on the current dispute surrounding the new Local Government Pension Scheme which is due to be introduced in 2014. Ms Blower said she was negotiating with the officials at the Department for Education. “I always go in in an optimistic frame of mind,” she said. Tensor supplies web enabled Time & Attendance technology incorporating smart cards, including support for iClass and MiFare cards. Absenteeism and lateness reporting with email notifications or alerts and comprehensive user-definable working patterns, rosters, and shifts are just some of the advanced features of the WinTA system software. Annualised hours and flexi patterns can be created, monitored and analysed. The Export to Payroll function allows data from WinTAnet to communicate with all the major payroll such as Sage, Pegasus, Centrefile, Unipay and many more.

A prisoner who fled jail was given a lenient sentence because he gave himself up after a short period. When asked why he absconded, the defendant’s solicitor Lloyd Jenkins said that Peter Wildsmith was “very worried about his release in October. He says it is a vicious circle because every time he is released he has no accommodation or support and he commits crime again.” The judge passed a consecutive sentence of two months for the escape from Leyhill Prison near Gloucester. Tensor’s PC-controlled visitor monitoring system has been extended to improve security in the HM Prison Service. Pre-booking of legal representatives, contractors and inmate visitors can be entered into the system at any time, and cross-checked when the visitor actually arrives at the prison. The visitor monitoring software allows any HM Prison Service officer to quickly check the identity and monitor the movements of visitors. Accurate records of any visitors to the prison are stored within the monitoring software, and can instantly be produced.  

Suspected criminals openly dealing in black market scrap and outlining their techniques in evading the police are just some practices which have been exposed. British Transport Police (BTP) co-operated with the BBC in an undercover deal involving stolen BT cable. Det Sgt Chris Hearne from BTP commented on when a buyer wanted BT details erased on the cable: “The fact he wants you to get rid of identification to me is showing he is acting in an inappropriate manner that is bordering on being criminal.” Large exterior locations such as yards and depots are difficult to monitor and keep secure from theft. Tensor’s range of high quality, durable gates offer reliable performance in the most demanding environments. Ideal for controlling vehicle access to and from your site, Tensor’s gates are quick to respond to the user’s instructions. Along with car park barriers and CCTV surveillance cameras, this is the number one solution for controlling vehicle access to your site’s road entry points.  

A Conservative Member of Parliament has hit out at councils delaying deducting a day's pay from striking workers until the New Year. Aberconwy MP Guto Bebb said Gwynedd and Conwy councils had acquiesced to unions in going along with the ‘strike now, pay later’ arrangement. Mr Bebb claimed Gwynedd was due to make the pay adjustments in February. Gwynedd council would not comment before staff had been informed while Conwy said its payroll system meant it had to make deductions in January. Web enabled, mobile and wireless technology backs Tensor’s Time & Attendance payroll systems for those employing 20 people up to 10,000-plus staff. WinTAnet is a proactive clocking system that keeps your supervisors or management abreast of events. It does this by automatically emailing or SMS text messaging both employees and system users. With speakers attached to a PC or to Tensor's audio distribution network, spoken alerts are heard in a variety of voices and on screen ‘agents’ (similar to the Microsoft paperclip).

A man was warned he faces a custodial sentence after he admitted stealing signalling cable over a rail track, a court heard. Prosecutor Claire Fear said the offences took place on January 27, when Lee Vincent used bolt croppers to steal £785 worth of cable from the line belonging to Network Rail. She said around £25,665 damage was caused to cable under the Gaer Bridge in Wales. Mr Vincent will be sentenced next month. Tensor Access is a door access control system based on smart cards which can also include digital CCTV, barriers and other security technology. When a person attempts to pass through an access point, the T32xx access control unit compares the individual’s security profile with that of the access point. Security profiles are based upon the day, time of day, and the security threat level of the attempted access. An individual's security profile is based upon their access group. People are assigned to an access group, either unique to them or common to their department or status.  

A 39-year-old thief caused more than £25,000 damage after stealing just £700 worth of signalling cable, a court heard. Lee Vincent pleaded guilty to destroying signalling equipment belonging to Network Rail, stealing signalling cable and going equipped for theft on the Brecon Mountain Railway. Fortunately for Welsh passengers no rail services were disrupted as the signalling works were not connected at the time. Vincent was released on bail until receiving sentence on December 15. Recent advances in technology have revolutionised the security sector and, in particular, the methods available to monitor movement and access within a specific area. Businesses investing in a Tensor Digital CCTV system will find it works extremely well as a standalone system, and it can also be fully integrated with previously installed Tensor access control or visitor monitoring equipment to provide a security network that is top notch. The CCTV footage generated by your camera network is recorded on a dedicated digital video recorder, which can be located either onsite or offsite.  

Hundreds went on strike today (Wednesday, December 7) at an oil refinery and similar sites over working conditions. Construction workers took wildcat strikes and protests at locations in London, Cardiff, Glasgow, Hull, Lincolnshire, London, Manchester and Merseyside this morning. Union members when balloted had voted 80% in favour of strike action. Employers Balfour Beatty Engineering Services challenged the walkout and a re-ballot was ordered by the trade union. Glasgow saw protesters stood outside the headquarters of Balfour Beatty Engineering Services. WinTA Enterprise is Tensor's multi-user, networked, multi-site Time and Attendance, Fire Roll Call and security system intended for larger companies. It is a complete Time & Attendance system for 20 to 10,000-plus people. It features web enabled, mobile and wireless technology. Up to 2000 users can be stored on one clock, with extra scanners used for time and attendance, access control, job booking and job costing. Comprehensive user-definable working patterns, rosters and shifts, annualised hours and flexi patterns can be created with the software.  

Steel workers will be taking a 50 per cent pay cut to help their employer stay afloat. As well as the cut, employees at the North Lincolnshire firm Caparo Merchant Bar will take an extended holiday over the festive period. Staff will return to work on January 3, 2012 after taking a longer break than usual and at half their usual wage. Workers are being supported by Community which is one of the largest trade unions for the steel industry in the region. The business benefits of an advanced Tensor Time & Attendance system are widespread. It combines rostering, job costing and fast Smart Card time management, while handling all major hours calculation methods. The likes of WinTAnet and WinTA Enterprise simply determine matters like overtime and working rules. It can accommodate different overtime rates, handle night shift working and will insert unpaid breaks if employees do not clock them. You can also use WinTA to ensure breaks are activated between set times.

A former Manchester United player has been jailed for 15 months after being involved in a stolen car parts ring. The ex-soccer star Ronnie Wallwork, now retired from the game, was found breaking up the parts at a scrap yard and as a result he admitted three counts of receiving stolen goods earlier this year. Among the activities investigated by detectives, he was observed driving a Mazda Furano into the scrap yard three days after it was stolen from a car dealer. The T34xx Biometric Access Control Scanner combines Tensor smart card technology with a fingerprint reader which provides irrefutable proof of identity. In an elegant case and easy to use, this high-end security product is for those companies who want the absolute peace-of-mind, certainty and the assurance that only the right people can gain access to a site’s sensitive or dangerous areas. The unit can be directly connected via a peer to peer cable connection, or be part of a network using your existing Ethernet IT backbone.

A raid on a warehouse fetched thieves £120,000 worth of high-value metal and cabling. Police are appealing for witnesses after the criminals stole supplies intended for the Great Dorset Steam Fair. The thieves broke into locked shipping containers in the store sometime between 12pm on Sunday, October 30, and 11.30am on Wednesday, November 16. Officers are especially keen to hear from scrap yard dealers or anyone who has been offered any of these items under for a particularly low price. Visitor Management Systems (VMS) from security experts Tensor use the latest PC technology that controls, records and monitors the arrivals and departures of an organisation’s visitors and contractors. Unlike paper-based systems VMS provides individualised, bar-coded passes with monitored expiry dates and biometric fingerprint recording of visitors and contractors, plus signature recording. VMS can print different styles of pass documentation depending on the type of visitor or contractor. These can be produced in advance of a scheduled appointment or impromptu on arrival.

An 84-year-old woman was attacked and mugged in a public toilet in a quiet market town on Tuesday morning. The woman, who has not been named, suffered head injuries in the attack in the Yorkshire Dales. North Yorkshire Police said the pensioner was hit on the head four times before her handbag was taken. She was said to be in a stable condition. The bag was later found in a separate block of public toilets with its contents missing. With heightened security now paramount, it is imperative to have a durable and reliable system. Tensor will provide a business premises with just that, as our gates, barriers and turnstiles prevent unauthorised access while providing minimum inconvenience to those who do have authorised access to your site. Our turnstiles, which are available as either single or double half height, even adapt to control access to toilet facilities. They are suitable for prestige access points and can come in attractive glass models.