Avocet Hardware Ltd goes into administration

Andrew Stoneman and Ben Wiles, both of the Global Restructuring Advisory practice at financial advisory and investment banking firm, Duff & Phelps, have been appointed (as of 23 January 2012) joint administrators of Avocet Hardware Limited.

The company was established in 1978 and operates through three UK divisions: Builders Hardware, which supplies fixings, fasteners and general ironmongery to the UK DIY retail sector; a Door & Window Hardware division, manufacturing door and window hardware and a High Security Lock division, established in 2010 to market an 'innovative' high security door lock.
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Lockie dad furious over theft of son's memorial plaque

By Sam Masters

Metal thieves have struck again - this time stealing a memorial to a 22-year-old. After Kane Gorny's death in 2009, his family put a plaque on a bench at The Rookery in Streatham Common, which was one of his favourite places. But on or around Christmas Day, thieves snatched the plaque, which bore the words: "Gone too soon and missed so much".

A nearby sundial was also stolen. Kane's dad Peter said this week he was almost sick with shock when he saw what had happened.

The Pinks letterbox tool from Tradelocks

The Pink's Letterbox Tool is ideal for wooden or uPVC doors with a latch as it fits through the letterbox to push the latch allowing the door to open within seconds - totally removing the time consuming process of trying to pick an ever spinning barrel or having to destructively snap the cylinder. This handy tool allows for none destructive entry within seconds.
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Security 'a top concern for 2012'

Disrupted staffing, security and transport are big British businesses' top concerns about the London 2012 Games.

Staffing could be a problem, according to 42% of companies, while 41% picked security as a concern and 32% were worried about potential transport chaos. The availability of staff could be a problem because of transport problems and the risk that large numbers of people will decide to take their holidays during the Games, according to research by Deloitte.

Heathrow airport security prepares for influx of olympic guns as busiest ever day looms

Special measures are being put in place to deal with the "higher number" of guns that will be brought into Britain for the London Olympics, Heathrow officials said.

A Heathrow document about preparations as host airport for the Games quoted by the Press Association reads: "All passengers will travel through the normal customs procedures when arriving at Heathrow.

Varonis Systems says latest NHS data leak highlights need for security automation

Following the news that a former NHS care assistant has been convicted of obtaining the medical records of five members of her ex-husband's family in order to obtain their new phone numbers, Varonis Systems says this rogue employee incident shows why the automation of IT security enforcement is critical to organisations with large databases.

According to the data governance specialist - while the case initially appears to be one of a rogue employee with access to the medical records of the patients concerned - the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has reported that the patients whose details had been compromised were not under the worker's direct care.
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Borders Agency and Home Office savaged for failures that led to suspension of fingerprint checks at British ports

A 'highly-troubling' string of communication failures led to the UK's border checks being relaxed too frequently, MPs said recently.

The body charged with protecting Britain's borders came under fire last year when it emerged that vital checks for criminals and terrorists were abandoned over the summer to help prevent congestion for holidaymakers at airports.

Security guard who stole valuables from a car involved in a fatal road crash has avoided jail

Anthony Brown was working as a security guard and recovery agent at the time of the crash on the M25 on October 15 last year. Izabela Derbis, 27, from west London, was a rear-seat passenger in a friend's car when it collided with other vehicles. She died at the scene.

Woman passes airport security with gun in handbag

A 65-year-old passenger was charged with a felony after boarding an American Airlines flight with a gun in her handbag and passing through security screening at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport in the US, authorities said.

The loaded .38-calibre revolver was spotted during an X-ray check of the bag, Greg Soule, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration, said in an interview. The woman took the bag from the conveyor and left the security area before the TSA could notify police, he said. Soule declined to elaborate.

Hard cheese for Swiss prisoners where there are more cameras than guards

Milestone Systems' open platform IP video management software is the flexible basis for a customised solution in a new central prison in Switzerland, which has twice as many cameras as guards observing the life of those inside and outside the cells.
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