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The London Olympics 2012 site, one of the biggest construction projects held in recent times in the United Kingdom, has had a few problems including a delay in implementing its security measures. Originally there were plans to introduce the latest face recognition and fingerprint access control technology controlling entry to the 2012 site at the earliest possible opportunity.

Current figures suggest that identity fraud costs the UK £1.7bn a year, and it is the fastest growing white collar crime, so your company is correct to be concerned. A major worry would be clever thieves gaining unauthorised access to your site, whether by posing as bogus workmen or using more direct methods like breaking in.

Effective measures can be implemented by businesses to combat the practice known as 'ram-raiding'. Many companies in the last 30 years have come up with solutions to this craze which has evolved during that time - it entails smashing a car directly into a store front in order to steal its contents.

Owners of a country petrol station may have spared themselves a large repair bill, after a foiled smash-and-grab attempt by offenders meant they only got away with a bag of logs from the forecourt, by using access control methods from Access Control UK. There was no evidence of a barrier or device that would bar the main method of entry to the building, which was the front door, in order to put off opportunistic thieves.

Local council budgets are facing the squeeze as the country faces difficult financial decisions concerning reducing the national debt. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition has already outlined plans for £6.2bn of cuts this financial year and is preparing for an emergency Budget on June 22.

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