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A fully-featured remote workers module running on a smartphone can help employees spend less time in the office while improving their overall productivity and achieving a very good balance between their working and personal lives. A recent survey of 2000 UK employees carried out on behalf of Microsoft Lumia has revealed that, despite nearly a third […]

Improving building site security is something every company in the construction sector should seriously consider following the Hatton Garden incident, where robbers apparently used two diamond tipped drills stolen from a building site in the City of London last year, according to police sources. Drills that were identical to the model used in the Hatton […]

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) is the trade association for the British security industry, representing the members on European and British legislation matters. Over 500 members are responsible for more than 70% of UK security business. And now, the BSIA has announced the creation of two new sections of membership, which aim to better […]

The global access control and authentication market is set to grow at an estimated CAGR of 15.3% from 2014 to 2020, reaching an estimated US$ 49,890.3 mn by the end of the forecast period, a recent report from Transparency Market Research has been able to reveal. In the coming years, increase in security budgets for […]

Employers are more confident about hiring new staff and growing their workforce this year, figures published in the latest BDO Business Trends Report suggest. The report argues that the two past months’ strong employment data means company’s hiring intentions are now “sky high”. This feeling is strengthened by the fact these levels are now stronger […]

Increased stress levels can lead to a surge in absenteeism and lower productivity levels, especially among ambulance workers, a segment where 82% of employees have considered leaving their jobs as a result of workplace stress, according to figures from a recent survey by Unison. The poll of nearly 3,000 ambulance workers revealed that 91% are […]

Biometric time and attendance systems are typically used for monitoring and managing employee attendance, but a UK police force has decided to use this advanced technology for a very different and innovative purpose: bail enforcement. Merseyside Police are replacing a paper-based bail system with a biometric process, saying that biometrics will save money and cut […]

A new biometric time and attendance system has been deployed in South Africa’s National Assembly in order to improve attendance monitoring for Members of Parliament, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The biometric identification system for MPs uses Members’ fingerprints – captured at the start of the establishment […]

As part of its sustained efforts to further advance the adoption of high security smart card-based physical access control systems (PACS), the Smart Card Alliance has recently release a very useful guide specification designed to help architects, engineers, consultants, integrators, manufacturers and end users incorporate smart card-based PACS cards and readers into architectural and engineering […]

Migrating a CCTV surveillance system from legacy NTSC or PAL video to 720p or 1080p high-definition feeds is not an easy task, but industry group the HDcctv Alliance plans to demonstrate just how smooth this process can be when using the HDCVI 2.0 standard at ISC West 2015, which takes place at Sands Expo, Las […]

The UK economy recorded a steady growth in the three months to March, but is likely to accelerate over the next few months, figures from the CBI’s latest Growth Indicator, a survey of 764 businesses, has been able to reveal. The research shows stronger growth in the distribution (retail, wholesale & motor trades) and consumer […]

Personnel management systems can help companies and organizations improve their staff’s overall performance and productivity levels. The need for such systems is especially dire across the NHS, where performance levels have dropped over the past couple of years. A recent report by The King’s Fund found that, in the most recent quarter (Q3 2014/15) 7.4 […]