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Ensuring School Security
is top of the Class
»»HEATH PARK SCHOOL, A
mixed secondary school and
sixth form has put security
top of the class with the
installation of a new wireless
electronic access control
solution from Tate Solutions
Ltd., the specialist access
controls and security division
of the Securefast Group plc.
The school has recently
relocated to a brand new
campus located in the Heath
Town area of Wolverhampton,
catering for 1,300 pupils and
140 teaching and support
staff.
Keith Clare-Brown,
director of Tate Solutions
commented: “School security
is probably one of the most
sensitive issues facing today’s
head teachers and trustees.
Problems can happen very
quickly due to a wide range of
incidents including strangers
coming into the school, violent
actions by children, parents or
staff, burglary, theft and arson
to name but a few.
“With this in mind pupils
need to know they have a safe
place in which to be educated
and that staff are in a safe place
in which to work. Delivering
on that is a given but it is not
always easy to achieve.”
Tate Solutions provided
SALTO’s high specification
XS4 proximity wireless based
solution, which incorporates
the very latest technology
that provides a safe, secure
and almost totally keyless
environment for the benefit of
both staff and pupils.
The XS4 solution is a
state-of-the-art electronic
lock system that programmes
contactless smartcards to allow
access to specific class rooms
or other areas for selected time
periods only, with the doors
auto locking at pre-specified
times. If security is breached
due to the loss or theft of a
card, it can be instantly deleted
from the system without the
need or cost of changing any
locks – saving the school time
and money.
www.securefast.co.uk
FORUM URGES BUSINESS TO TAKE BACK
CONTROL OVER ACCESS TO FINANCE
»»THE FORUM OF PRIVATE BUSINESS
is urging businesses to respond to the
Governor of the Bank of England’s
comments in the latest Financial Stability
Report that, “the determinant of credit
growth in the economy will be credit
demand as opposed to constraints over
credit supply.”
Reinforcing that there is sufficient
access to finance for small businesses,
the Small Firms Minister, Anna Soubry,
reported to the Business Innovation and
Skills Select Committee that there is a
limited awareness of alternative finance
providers and an over-reliance on their
local high street bank.
Ian Cass, Managing Director of the
Forum of Private Business stated, “The
banking system is much more robust than
it was a decade ago and whilst the banks
may have failed small firms in the past,
there is good evidence that there is now
an adequate supply of finance to support
growth, not just from the banks, but also
from the new challenger banks and peer
to peer lenders.”
“But businesses still seem reluctant to
shop around and are unaware of where
they can find information on the best
financial products for their business.”
“We endorse the Minister’s view that
more needs to be done to make it much
clearer to businesses what the options
available to them are. The Forum is taking a
lead on this and has put together a package
of services designed to help businesses take
back control of their finances.”
The Forum is looking to provide support
for businesses right through the business
cycle, teaming up with bus inessmoney.
co.uk to provide an online business
account service, with an alternative
funding platform, Funder Finder to help
businesses to find the most suitable sort
of funding and with Close Brothers, a long
established lender to the business sector.
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