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A £250 reward is offered for information leading to a successful prosecution of cruel thieves who stole children’s artworks. The pupils made up the special mosaics as part of a special community history project. Martin Taylor-Cockayne, the chairman of the crestfallen community group in Nottinghamshire, said the size of the items means the crime must have been pre-planned. “They couldn’t have possibly been taken by an opportunist thief,” he commented. “They went to a lot of trouble.” Tensor is the first port of call for organisations seeking more effective outdoor security. The T1481 Access Control Scanner is tailored for granting or denying access to car park or exterior areas. The T1481 has similar dimensions to a standard light switch and its features include a high quality gloss finish and impact-resistant casing. Access control scanners are supplied ready to install and can operate across a cable or Ethernet network. They can also be mounted next to your barriers enabling the swift setting up of a security network.

Fire-fighters wearing breathing apparatus fought a shop blaze that caused people to be evacuated from flats. The fire broke out in the early hours of the morning at the convenience shop in Yorkshire on Tuesday last week. Three fire crews arrived to find a store room to the rear of the premises on fire. The store room and staircase in the building were damaged by the blaze, which is understood to have been started by overloaded electrical sockets. Installing a Tensor T3510 Low Cost 4 Scanner Controller at your retail or business premises will improve staff safety owing to its Fire Roll Call reporting capabilities. The T3510 is the ultimate Smart Card Access Control system for doors and barriers. The image shows a typical two door access control application using a smart card reader to gain entry and exit. This has the advantage of recording who entered and who left the building, essential for accurate Fire Roll Call in an emergency.

Outsourcing specialist Capita said it was looking into the concerns of employees who had been taken on and then suddenly found themselves surplus to requirements. The bemused recruits were paid an extra week as notice by Royal Bank of Scotland, who had originally asked Capita to supply them with untrained complaints handlers. One temp worker complained: “I had spent £377 on a monthly rail pass and £120 on childminding, and given up a job working in a friend’s business.” Tensor makes sure your workplace gets its decisions correct over staff and hours with our class leading time and attendance systems. The large LCD colour display and illuminated keypad on a Tensor T32xx clocking station makes it simple for colleagues to check flexi-time hours, confirm their clockings, or make job-booking transactions. There is even a rugged outdoor version of the T32xx, the T3240BK. The T3240BK can handle even the harshest of exterior conditions, providing excellent reliability through rain, storms and heavy use.

A group of demonstrators, many wearing Guy Fawkes masks, marched on Parliament yesterday evening to mark the traditional date of Bonfire Night. Ten people were arrested but police said the demonstration was largely peaceful. The anti-capitalist protesters included activists from the Anonymous and Occupy movement, and their march echoed the ending of the film V for Vendetta in which a crowd dressed in Guy Fawkes masks rose up against an authoritarian government. Sparkling Access Control Systems and Visitor Management Systems (VMS) for all manner of buildings are the stock-in-trade of Tensor. Companies that do not have a front desk receptionist can take advantage of the VMS Unmanned Reception Console. The console is operated via touch screen technology only, therefore no mouse or keyboard is needed. Here, visitors with appointments can book themselves in and out and the back office can contact their host upon their arrival. This can be done manually or the host can be automatically notified by email.

Management and unions are in deadlock on pay issues, raising fears of a third successive Boxing Day strike on the Tube. The Aslef union has been demanding triple pay and a day off in lieu for working on bank holidays. On the other hand, bosses Transport for London say there has been a long-term agreement for working on bank holidays, including Boxing Day. Aslef said if the issue was not resolved soon it may ballot its members for industrial action. Tensor provides the ultimate in web enabled, mobile or wireless technology based Time & Attendance for those employing a few people up to 10,000-plus. Absenteeism and lateness reporting, including email, SMS, speech notifications and alerts, is one of the key features of WinTAnet. The proactive WinTAnet system keeps you abreast of events 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 court heard how a man got past a security cordon in order to protest against the Prime Minister. The defence in the recent trial of 23-year-old Stuart Rodger said the cordon he encountered was someone asking if he had a pass; and that he only made it a few metres into the room. The Prime Minister was addressing hundreds of Conservatives in a speech at the time. At Glasgow Sheriff Court the offender was handed a community payback order. A variety of Access Control security devices and releases can be connected via the Tensor T8424 scanner control unit including: alarms or hooters, door locks and scanners. A Tensor T32xx clocking station can have up to 12 T8424 scanner controllers attached to it. Each T8424 scanner controller can have combinations of up to two T149x access point scanners or fingerprint readers, giving your organisation full control over who is allowed access to your premises through any controlled point at any time of day.

Financial advisors Deloitte and the BBC have been going through the television giant’s payroll following allegations of tax malpractice. Deloitte and the internal auditors identified 804 freelance talent paid more than £50,000 in the previous financial year that should be the subject of the BBC's new employment rules. Roughly 131 of these could be offered staff contracts when their current contracts expire. The broadcaster hoped the changes will be in place when the new tax year begins in April 2013. Tensor sorts out contract and payroll issues in a flash with our unbeatable Time and Attendance technology. Within hours of a WinTA system being installed it gives your organisation total control over your HR and staffing operation. WinTAnet contains special working 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 the advanced WinTAnet version of our networks.

Disciplinary procedures are taking place after an intruder stole a set of keys at the Tower of London. The break-in occurred in the early hours of last Tuesday (November 6). Keys for an internal lock, a restaurant, some conference rooms and to the drawbridges were on the stolen set. A spokeswoman for the Tower said an internal investigation was carried out and that “a staff disciplinary procedure is under way to address this issue”. Tensor security and barrier technology will help keep out intruders from your premises. For example, Tensor gates (the swing variety is pictured here) work alongside our smart card and access control products. Ideal for controlling vehicle access to and from your site, Tensor’s gates are quick to respond to the user's instructions. All gates include a manual override facility preventing closure on a pedestrian or vehicle as well as offering safety in a power failure. Tensor gates can cope with high traffic volumes and severe operating conditions.

The government will enable all employees to have the right to flexible working after it vowed to change the law. The pledge follows the publication of the Modern Workplaces consultation and is part of a range of family friendly legislation. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: “Currently any parent with a child under 17, or under 18 if their child is disabled, can ask for more flexible working patterns.” Under the plans, parents can ask for hours such as flexi-time. Smart card clocking systems from Tensor help bosses plan their workers’ hours more efficiently and cost-effectively. The proximity read smart cards have no battery, thus can be read a near-infinite number of times. The cards are the size of a standard credit card, so are thin and flexible enough to be carried in a wallet. They contain a factory encoded ID code that cannot be duplicated, therefore the cards are very secure. Adhesive labels are available for a photo and company logo.

Police carried out stop checks as part of a national day of action against metal theft. The checks took place across a variety of locales; ranging from officers and representatives from partner agencies stopping vehicles on the A1 motorway near Peterborough, to visits to scrap metal dealers, who should soon be enforcing new rules. The agencies involved were police officers, VOSA (Vehicle and Operator Services Agency), the Environment Agency and customs, all particularly focusing on the area of scrap yards. Metal fencing is the first line of defence when securing a yard, large outdoor area or depot. Tensor and our partners supply complete metal fencing solutions that boast the security of modern steel, coupled with the looks of traditional iron railings. Pre-welded panels with internal connectors make the metal fencing as vandalproof as possible. All supplied metal fencing comes complete with fittings, and can be installed by the trained Tensor technicians on your site. Fencing is available in a range of colours.

Today (November 15, 2012) the polls are open in order to elect the first police and crime commissioners for England and Wales. The voters are currently deciding on their favoured candidates in 41 police force areas, except in London, from 7am until 10pm tonight. When elected, the new police and crime commissioners (PCCs) assume office from November 22. The PCCs, designed to make police more accountable, will set spending plans and will have the power to dismiss chief constables. From the control of a single internal door through to a fully PC-powered, multi-site network of control points, a Tensor Access System is the answer. Operated by contactless smart cards or key fobs as a starting point, Tensor Access is fully upgradeable. The security status of each access point is controlled by the smart card scanner settings associated to that particular point. These settings determine the locked status of the door, minute-by-minute, 24 hours a day, seven days a week throughout the year.

Bus drivers, engineers and support staff walked out after midnight on Wednesday for 24 hours as part of a dispute over pay. The workers took the action after failing to reach an agreement with First Bus over a proposed pay offer. Managers and the RMT union have been locked in meetings over a pay deal which guaranteed employees a two per cent pay rise from December 2, followed by a 2.3% increase from next April, but this was turned down. Tensor has an all-in-one clocking recording system for unlimited users, dealing with time and attendance, job booking and job costing. The WinTA Enterprise package includes: software installation CD, T32xx Clocking Station, 50 Smart Cards, a User Manual, Serial Cable for communications to PC, plus 10 days of free helpdesk support from date of purchase. Powerful individual and group absence planners handles absence entitlements such as breaks, annual leave, allowed sickness and more. Its modular design can link to the Tensor Personnel Enterprise application.