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"We are currently treating the fire as deliberately set and inquiries are ongoing,” said a Gwent Police spokeswoman on a blaze at four industrial units. The fierce fire required two days to tackle at the site in Torfaen, south Wales at the beginning of the weekend. Firefighters were still at the scene on Monday morning when a gas leak was reported and a nearby factory had to be evacuated. The fire service said two units were severely damaged. Tensor's smart card time and attendance and security products can be integrated with fire roll call software that will automatically generate a report if a fire or other emergency occurs – a must for any safety-conscious employer. The advantage of this system is this function is executed directly from the clocking stations and does not rely on the controlling PC or computer infrastructure. Your employees use their smart cards or key fobs to record their presence. If employees have not brought their cards with them, they can be checked off manually using the generated reports.  

The chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which is 83%-owned by the UK government, has been awarded a pay package worth £7.7m for 2010. Stephen Hester’s remuneration includes £6.5 million worth of shares that will not be available for three years, and 66 per cent of these are pegged to meeting management targets. The package includes his £1.2m salary, which has stayed the same since he replaced Sir Fred Goodwin in 2008. WinTA Net is Tensor's world-class web enabled Time & Attendance and integrated security management system which handles all major hours calculation methods. From simple determination of overtime by the number of daily hours worked to the more complex payment of overtime hours adjusted when periodic targets are not met, WinTAnet can supply working rules to calculate the correct result. The payroll software contains special rules to accommodate the formal flexitime contracts worked by many public sector employees. Workers paid on an annual contract basis can be handled by the annualised hours procedures and reports within WinTAnet.  

Regional organiser of the public sector union Unison, Phil Thompson, said Londoners and those coming to the 2012 Olympics will be put at risk by the London Ambulance Service seeking to cut 890 jobs over the next five years to reduce costs. Mr Thompson said: "These cuts are so deep they may not heal. If allowed to be carried out they will put at risk the many Londoners who rely on the LAS every day." A Tensor advanced time and attendance clocking recording system handles all major hours calculation methods and include features such as inserting unpaid breaks if employees do not clock them. Manning levels in our WinTA systems are based upon employee skills required during the working week. Any shortfalls to the expected requirement, due to absenteeism for example, can trigger a system email or SMS alerts. A separate module is available for rostering and manpower scheduling. Our online self service module allows employees to view or change their personal information via an Internet browser.

A man had been questioned and police said would be studying CCTV pictures after a goalkeeper was allegedly assaulted in a Football League game. Bury goalkeeper Cameron Belford was taunted by a number of people who invaded the pitch during the League Two match at Chesterfield on Monday (April 25). During this time Mr Belford was allegedly punched by a spectator. Officers confirmed a man had been arrested, and they will look at CCTV and liaise with the club. A Tensor digital CCTV system works extremely well as a standalone system, and can also be fully integrated with any previously installed Tensor access control or visitor monitoring equipment to provide a top notch surveillance and security network. If you already have an analogue CCTV system installed at your business site, you may only require a simple upgrade of some of the elements on your network in order to adopt to an evidence quality digital CCTV system. We have already installed a CCTV at one Football League club, Peterborough United FC.  

The car firm Toyota has announced more closures and non-production days throughout May due to a prolonged shortage of parts. Mondays will be used as more non-production days in May and volume will be reduced on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Last week, Toyota, announced that its factories in the Midlands and North Wales would have a non-production day. Both sites also shut down for the three days up to the royal wedding public holiday tomorrow (Friday, April 29). Both large industrial plants and small offices can reap the benefits of a Tensor all-in-one smart card operated Time and Attendance system with multiple shift pattern creation, overtime, Job Booking and Job Costing facilities, among others. Using the powerful software, the Group Holiday Planner displays a whole year of absences at a time. It allows easy viewing of incidences of multiple absences, whether in the past or the future, making it an ideal management tool. Absence codes or colours are user definable with separate rules for each.  

Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union are due to stage strike action at 37 UK offices. Their bosses, the Department for Work and Pensions, said it was disappointed by the decision. The union claims members are prevented from providing a service because of "unnecessary and unrealistic" call centre targets, adding: "The problem is that management obsessed with targets. We should be able to use our judgment about how long a call takes.” Tensor can help your workforce achieve its targets, and also produce greater productivity, using our Time and Attendance systems’ job costing and extensive labour hours analysis. The WinTA Lite system stores information on up to 1000 production or department jobs. A simple and quick process with their smart cards or key fobs, employees book time against these jobs to produce a fully costed analysis and break down of time spent on each one. Software reports show jobs that are over budget or those approaching their budget limit. This information can also be exported to spreadsheets.

Residents have clamoured for temporary toilets to be brought in to Edinburgh's biggest park, which is served by only one set of public toilets, because demand is outstripping the facilities’ capacity to cope. There is only one set of public toilets available to users of The Meadows, which is at least a ten-minute walk away from some parts of the park and the recent hot spells have shown current provision to be inadequate. Tensor coin operated toilet turnstiles are perfect for public toilets as they offer improved security and extend flow capacity. They can be installed to cope with frequent use and with all denominations of coins while helping to pay for maintenance costs. Without compromising the safety of those who use the turnstile, speed and reliability are provided even during rush hour periods. Available as a double half height turnstile, your throughput can be doubled whilst keeping the amount of space down to a minimum. Tensor's turnstiles fully integrate with our smart card and biometric access control systems.  

Policing and Criminal Justice Minister Nick Herbert said of the latest statistics, where total crime numbers fell by 3 per cent last year compared with 2009: "There is clearly no room for complacency. The public rightly remain concerned about levels of crime and particularly antisocial behaviour, and we are determined to ensure that the police have the right powers to do the job.” The British Crime Survey showed burglaries rose by 14 per cent. Contactless smart cards are used to operate your Tensor access control, time and attendance and visitor monitoring systems which offer protection and peace of mind for your premises. Our most popular smart card is the T1305, which is approximately the size of a standard credit card and is thin and flexible enough to be carried in your wallet. The smart card microchip is a passive device which holds a unique factory encoded ID number that cannot be duplicated, making it very secure indeed, and a card can only be used by one employee.  

Police vowed to catch more people who were involved in violent disorder recently in Bristol. Supt Julian Moss, of Avon and Somerset Police, said: "We are still scrutinising at a large amount of CCTV footage and local people can be assured that we will arrest anybody who we identify as having played a part in the events which disrupted the lives of so many residents and traders." The trouble centred around a former squat on which a Tesco Express store has subsequently been built. Experts Tensor can put together a complete package to monitor your business premises for total security and protection. The technology includes digital CCTV surveillance, visitor and access control, and barriers. An automatic barrier is capable of operating with any installed access control or ticketing systems. Suitable for both large and small premises, car park barriers are highly adaptable, can work in any weather, and are able to immediately recognise authorised personnel. They are ideal for controlling your site's car park and road entry points.

Some of the best behaved pupils in Britain are to be found in Dorset, the latest figures have shown. Bournemouth primary schools in particular achieved a perfect 100 per cent of schools rated as good or outstanding in behaviour league tables published by the Department for Education. Charlie Taylor, a new government adviser on behaviour, said that tough new powers being introduced in the new Education Bill will give teachers more power to crack down on bad behaviour in schools. Tensor can aid good behaviour among pupils with our WinTA PC Clock, a simple PC based booking system ideal for organisations like schools where each pupil has access to a PC. Schoolchildren are simply presented with an input screen on their PC allowing them to register their attendance. PC Clock's analysis module consists of a scaled-down version of Tensor's acclaimed WinTA Lite time and attendance software. Many of the features of WinTA Lite are included in PC Clock, such as the holiday and absence planners.

Reverend Antony MacRow-Wood said he was saddened by stolen items from his St George’s church which has been targeted by copper thieves who left a £4,000 repair bill following an overnight raid. Thefts of copper have spiralled up across the UK, as the price of the metal is considerably higher than this time last year. Copper drainpipes and some porch guttering was ripped from St George’s in Poole. Beginning with single-door access control through to a fully computerised, multi-site network of control points, a Tensor Access System is the solution for your business security needs. You can control most standard types of internal and external electronic and magnetic door releases and devices, including barriers making full use of location points, whether in full view or hidden out of sight. The T351x range is the ultimate smart card access control units for doors, car park barriers and turnstiles, whether single-door or up to a four-door. You can upgrade Tensor Access to include digital CCTV or automatic number plate recognition.  

Echoing the national trend, crime figures in a region of southern England have dropped to a 12-year low. The overall reduction was more than six per cent (2,394 fewer crimes) in Dorset, with even bigger decreases in violent crime and anti-social behaviour. “I am particularly pleased to report on the continued good work and significant achievements of all divisions,” said the county’s Chief Constable Martin Baker. Tensor Access Lite is the latest in our proven range of Windows™ based Access Control products for your office or site. The scanner controller is the unit to which all access control equipment within your network is connected. A Tensor T32xx clocking station can have up to 12 T8424 scanner controllers attached to it. Your clocking station network can consist of one or more clocks, and is connected to a main server PC either via the PC's standard serial port or an ethernet network adapter. Each T8424 scanner controller can have combinations of up to two T149x access point scanners or fingerprint readers.