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A proper Management of Contractors and Visitors System can help curb theft and vandalism on UK building sites by easily tracking individuals and maintaining a history of who visited each site. The construction industry is severely affected by site thefts and vandalism, total costs rising to £400m a year or more than £1m a day, […]

Mobile access control systems could potentially overhaul the tenancy experience, enabling fast and easy access to a building’s premises and other advanced technologies (such as energy management systems, for example) by using solely one’s smartphone. As part of an ongoing effort to demonstrate the possible applications of a mobile access control system, HID Global created […]

Putting in place proper skills management systems and harnessing the skills and experience of more than a million people over the age of 50 that are still ready and willing to work could help British companies add an extra £88 billion to the UK’s GDP, a recent report by PRIME was able to reveal. The […]

Monitoring attendance and worked hours for building contractors is a major issue for residential developers, mostly because, in order to do so, they typically need to issue additional access cards. Putting in place proper systems designed to monitor attendance for contractors is particularly useful nowadays, as the construction of new homes in the UK reached […]

Solid and reliable time and attendance systems with extensive HR functionality are the perfect solution to help tackle some of the factors that challenge further growth in the third sector, namely employee turnover and absenteeism. According to figures published in the Agenda Consulting’s “People Count Third Sector” report, employee turnover in the voluntary sector has […]

The shrinking of fingerprint sensors technology will have a very positive effect on the whole Biometric Fingerprint Readers’ market and their extensive range of applications, such as biometric access control and biometric time and attendance solutions, a recent paper from market researchers over at Research and Markets was able to reveal. The “Fingerprint Sensors Market […]

Fire roll call systems should be an essential provision for every industrial estate or facility, as they could potentially save the lives of every single member of staff on the premises in case of a serious blaze. This could have also been the case on an industrial estate in Upper Edmonton, where more than 50 […]

Biometric access control systems are the most secure and reliable alternative to old “lock and key” door access control methods. However, even these technologically-advanced systems are not hacker-proof, so implementing multiple-authentication solutions is the best approach, an expert in the field have recently argued. Biometric technology uses human physical attributes as locks and keys, making […]

Intelligent employee management systems will prove to be extremely helpful in terms of helping companies mitigate the possible problems posed by changes in parental leave legislation that will come into force in December 2014. The majority of organizations are likely to be unprepared for the forthcoming changes, a recent news report on this topic was […]

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently published the updated CCTV code of practice, warning operators that surveillance cameras must only be used as a necessary and proportionate response to a real and pressing problem. The updated code includes a look at the data protection requirements placed on operators of new and emerging surveillance technologies, […]

Employee management and productivity monitoring systems could help SME bosses across the UK save a lot of time and money by providing the required tools to manage their workforce wherever they might be, at any given moment. Furthermore, it would also allow them to enjoy the little vacation they take throughout the year, a problem […]

The UK’s skills system has been severely affected by constant changes in the policies of successive administrations on skills and employment, a major new report published yesterday by the City & Guilds Group has warned. The paper, titled ‘Sense & Instability: three decades of skills and employment policy’, pointed out that there have been 61 […]