Property specialist CBRE Manchester and the industrial and distribution property experts B8 Real Estate have been appointed joint agents to the Haydock, acting on behalf of private clients. 

 

The property is a neighbour to many well-known names such as Booker, Wolseley UK, Costco, Briggs Automotive and Sainsbury’s. 

Paul Cook, senior director for the industrial team at CBRE Manchester, said: "We are pleased to be appointed to market Haydock Industrial Estate, which is a recognised location for distribution facilities in the North West and offers a superb warehouse facility.

 

"With demand for warehouse space high in the area, we expect high interest in the property."

 

Whichever company manages to snap up this sought-after distribution space, they will need to consider their options for time and attendance management. Buddy punching is a well-known problem in working environments which clock in and out. There are a number of solutions available, from checking surveillance cameras and looking for patterns in clocking times of suspects, but many companies are making the switch to technological solutions. 

 

A common option is the use of smartcards, which are registered to just one person and record whenever and wherever they are used. However, these are still open to buddy punching if employees swap cards around. Therefore, the current gold standard is a biometric time and attendance system. 

Time and Attendance North West offers a biometric clocking terminal with clocking options ranging from smartcard only right up to 3 factor authentication of smartcard, PIN and biometrics. The biometrics offered are a hand scanner or a fingerprint scanner. 

 

The HSCAN Hand Scanner Terminal captures an image of the hand each time the employee clocks in or out. The hand’s size and the shape are used to verify their identity with unparalleled accuracy. No finger or palm prints are utilized. 

 

The T34xx Series Biometric Fingerprint Reader is designed to give absolute peace of mind that the correct person was present when scanning. Once registered on the fingerprint scanner, the image of the patterns usually found on the fingertip is converted into a code through a secure algorithm, which is then stored on the Time and Attendance system database for future comparison and authentication. 

 

To learn more about Time and Attendance North West’s secure and affordable biometric time and attendance systems, please give our dedicated team a ring and they will be happy to help you with any queries.