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Following a competitive tender process, Tensor plc, the UK based, award winning designer, manufacturer and installer of security, access control, attendance monitoring and energy management & monitoring solutions, is proud to announce that we have been appointed as one of only 19 official suppliers on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) RM6089 Workplace Services Framework Agreement […]

Several weeks ago, we covered the ‘Opinion’ of the Advocate General of the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ), in which he suggested that EU members should order businesses to keep records of the exact hours worked by their full-time employees, in order to fully comply with the requirements of the Working Time Regulations. See more […]

UK workers are less optimistic about their future, new research from the Institute for the Future of Work and Opinium has been able to suggest, with a 5th of workers becoming more pessimistic about their career prospects than last year (22%) and only a quarter (26%) of workers trust the Government to provide. According to […]

After an intensive competitive tender process, Tensor plc, the UK based, award winning designer, manufacturer and installer of security, access control, attendance monitoring and energy management & monitoring products has been placed on the ESPO public sector Surveillance Equipment/Services Framework (No. 628_19) for the provision of both Private Space Surveillance Systems (Lot 2) and Access […]

At Tensor, we strive to consistently develop new features and functions for our flagship Time and Attendance/Access Control/Visitor Monitoring/HR software solution, the Tensor.NET suite. Updating to the latest software version will not only help you enjoy the most recent and up-to-date features we’ve developed, but it will also make your Tensor system run faster and […]

In conjunction with the world’s first Surveillance Camera Day, Tony Porter, the Surveillance Camera Commissioner, has announced the launch of a set of minimum standards for the manufacturers of surveillance camera systems and components. Driven by the need to ensure the UK’s resilience against this and other forms of cyber security vulnerability, as well as […]

Fingerprint biometrics and facial recognition solutions are likely to become standard for customer authentication in the banking sector and Thailand’s leading the way in this particular sector, as their central bank has announced that biometrics can be used by the country’s financial institutions to verify account openings in compliance with electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC) […]

Access control systems that enable the restriction of staff access to specific areas based on the roles of individual users are a staple feature in most modern Identity and Access Management systems, whose sector is poised for a very strong level of growth over the next 5 years. According to the “Identity and Access Management […]

Accurate data and insights into the behaviour and expectations of a company’s workforce will likely represent a very significant asset in the continuous struggle to attract, engage and retain high quality skills and talent, a recent study has been able to suggest. A recent survey by Capita Employee Solutions – based on interviews with 200 […]

Flexible and part time working are among the most important challenges British SMEs are currently facing in terms of recruiting high-skilled women, new research into the challenges faced by working women and their employers has been able to suggest. The first ever ‘Women in Business’ survey was led by Denise Friend, founder of Friend Partnership, […]

The Tensor Self-Service Visitor Management (SSVM) App has been specifically designed to run on tablets placed in reception areas, where Wi-Fi connectivity is typically good. However, we do acknowledge the fact that, due to site-specific restrictions, tablets might sometimes be located in areas where Wi-Fi coverage does not reach the required level of performance. For […]

Without a doubt, the forthcoming heatwave that will affect the UK this week (possibly bringing about the highest ever July temperature on record) will have a detrimental effect on workers’ productivity – the combination of hot, muggy nights and hot days not helping at all. Although the current workplace legislation provides strict limits for minimum […]