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Applying for a CSCS card is typically a fairly straightforward process, but in order to make it even simpler and easier to understand, CITB and CSCS have produced a new video that provides advice for individuals applying for or renewing CSCS cards. The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) provides proof that individuals working on construction […]

A local police force will use an advanced facial recognition CCTV system in order to enforce security at one of the UK’s best-known music festivals, a news report into this matter has been able to find. Leicestershire Police has acknowledged that cameras positioned at the Download Festival, starting today, the 12’th of June, will scan […]

Up to 25 firefighters tackled large fire at an industrial estate in South Lanarkshire that broke out shortly before midnight on Sunday, a recent news report in the local media has revealed. The blaze errupted in a warehouse at the Farme Castle Estate in Rutherglen that was thought to contain about 30 vehicles with a […]

While the demand for highly-efficient time and attendance systems and workforce management solutions is still on the rise, most companies across the UK seem to be struggling when it comes to finding a solution that perfectly matches their specific requirements, data from a recent market survey has been able to reveal. Employee absences cost UK […]

Implementing an efficient, modern and reliable time and attendance system could help businesses mitigate the negative effects of long-term sickness absence, which seems to be affecting an increasingly higher number of employees, especially in the manufacturing sector. Recent research from manufacturers’ organisation EEF suggests that overall sickness absence in the sector remains low at 5.1 […]

While normally used for attendance monitoring in areas where the use of a smart card is more difficult or time consuming, biometric time and attendance systems can also be employed in military operations, for proper identification of POWs, for example. Such a specific use of this advanced technology was recently demonstrated by the US Marines, […]

Construction card fraud is still rife on the UK’s building sites due largely to the fact that the majority of firms still check workers’ CSCS cards using a paper-based system, recent data from a UK-wide survey conducted by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) has been able to […]

Offering employees the possibility of taking unlimited holiday instead of offering them flexible working conditions could represent a major alternative for numerous businesses and make it easier for them to monitor and manage employees, a top expert in the field of HR has recently argued. Director of EST Accountants Barry Esterhuizen believes that unlimited holiday, […]

Open standards between manufacturers of access control systems are a must-have nowadays, as end users and integrators require the flexibility and improved reliability that come from working with best-in-class technology rather than settling for products from a single, specific brand, Mitchell Kane, president of Vanderbilt Industries, has argued in a recent whitepaper. The paper argues […]

A major gas leak has led to the emergency evacuation of a very busy shop in Wigan in early August, a news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Fire crews were dispatched to the Co-operative store on Gathurst Road, Shevington, after shoppers reported smell of gas in store. All members of […]

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plans to recruit around 3,000 new workers on fixed 18-month contracts after making redundant thousands of full-time employees under a voluntary exit scheme, a news report has been able to reveal. A total of 3,824 staff opted to voluntarily leave the organisation at the end of June this […]

The financial services sector is a major driving force in the biometric time and attendance systems’ market, second only to government agencies, a recent market research report from Tractica has been able to reveal. The market research firm states that after the government, the financial services sector offers “the most mature market for biometrics technology”, […]