Watch our fantastic Blue Tits – 10 Eggs Laid – Live Video From Our Bird Box
The image below links to a live video feed from the Blue Tit box on the side of our premises in Cullompton, Devon.
On the 20th April there were 10 eggs in the nest.
Last year we had 9 eggs and 7 baby blue tits flew the n...
CCTV
CCTV is now recognized as an excellent tool in the fight against crime and lawlessness, helping to protect homes, work places, private & public spaces of all kinds.
Whether viewed ‘live’ by an operator or used to record activity for review at a later time, CCTV video surveillance will ensure that crime against people, theft and vandalism are substantially reduced. If an incident should oc...
Intruder Alarm Systems
Intruder Alarm Systems are generally regarded as the number one weapon in the fight against crime and disorder, helping to protect homes and work places throughout the world.
Whether simple door contacts & movement sensors, or high security perimeter protection & dual-path signaling, intruder alarm systems can be tailored for any type of property.
metcalfeallen have installations ranging...
Access Control Systems
Access Control Systems are an ever-increasing part of our expanding business.
Whether simple door control using a mechanical digital lock or a multi-door, multi-building, multi-site system using local and wide area networks, access control systems can be tailored for any type of site or property.
metcalfeallen have installed a wide variety of systems since 1996 and primarily use equipment from P...
Integrated Security Systems
Whether the integration is across a single discipline eg. an access control solution incorporating control panels, card readers and access control cards with printed photo ID or whether the integration is across multiple disciplines such as an access control system with additional intruder detection, alarm monitoring, video surveillance, visitor management and boundary protection systems,...
GP Registrar Consultation Recording
Although better known for our security systems, metcalfeallen have for many years been installing equipment in General Practices & Medical Centres for recording Patient consultations for training and assessment purposes.
Older systems, relying on videocassette recorders, were cumbersome to operate and time consuming to edit but the introduction of the DVD recorder has simplified this c...
Phone or GSM Entry Systems
Where an access controlled entry point is a long distance from the main property or getting a cable back to the handset is problematic, a telephone or GSM based system could well be the answer. It might be that you have a remote site like a builders yard or stable and would like to know when people visit - one of the key features of this system is that pressing the call button will instigate a ca...
Country Shows
28th July 2012 - Mid Devon Show - Hartnoll Farm, Tiverton, Devon.
A big thank you to all who visited our marquee during last year's summer country shows - 2011 was our best year to date.
From the stories we are told, I am rarely surprised by the issues affecting the rural community - from fly-tipping to the theft of a whole flock of sheep - the problems are wide-ranging and varied. Sometime...
FSB
Metcalfe Allen Ltd are proud to be members of the Federation of Small Businesses and Managing Director Jerry Allen is actively involved both locally here in the South West as well as nationally.
Mid Devon Branch - First Friday breakfast meetings - 7:30 for 7:45.
Following a year of evolution and development, our monthly breakfast meetings now take place on the First Friday of each ...
Charities & Sponsorship
Metcalfe Allen are proud to support a number of small charities and were delighted to be invited to be kit sponsors for the South Devon Football League club Newton Abbot '66 AFC for the 2010/11 & 2011/12 seasons. "Providing kits for both the first team and the reserves is a great privilege" says Jerry Allen whose association with the Club goes back to 1983. "As a player between 1983 and 1...
Agricultural & Rural
We can alarm even this shed - and we did
“Until recently we would have tactfully told this customer that he was stark raving mad to think that we could alarm this rather ramshackled old workshop. However, due to tremendous advances in all of the equipment we install, we now not only can, but have installed an alarm system in this building.”
“Thousands of buildings like this are spread all across the South West and they contain everything from old tools and obsolete farming equipment, through classic cars and renovation projects to ride on mowers and quad bikes.
If this sounds like a shed or workshop that you have and you are worried about the possiblity of theft, then contact us and we”ll be pleased to help you secure your possessions.”