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Small businesses are finally starting to create new jobs for the first time in over three years, painting a better picture in terms of the prospects of economic recovery, a brand-new industry report has revealed.

The UK’s immigration minister, Mark Harper, has recently announced quite an extensive list of changes regarding specific immigration rules, designed to make the country more attractive for international businesses, as well as international students.

The former Firestone site on the Wrexham Industrial Estate will be redeveloped into a £250m super-prison designed to house 2,000 inmates, a news report in the media has revealed.

Output per hour in the UK was 16 percentage points below the average for the rest of the major industrialised economies in 2012, the widest productivity gap since 1994, a recent report by the ONS (Office for National Statistics) has revealed.

In an attempt to provide greater peace of mind for parents and the best possible protection for infants in its care, a hospital has decided to implement a complex wireless infant tagging solution, coupled with an advanced access control system.

A recent report by the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) has provided some pretty positive insights into the evolution of British manufacturing, revealing a general improvement in demand, both at home and abroad.

Two British SMEs – Astins and Measom – have managed to secure construction contracts valued at £30m as part of a SEK14.5 (£1.42bn) hospital project being built by

Implementing a secure and reliable solution for managing the evacuation of personnel working within a plant in case of an emergency is really a vital measure for the industrial segment, considering just how dangerous and potentially deadly a fire can prove to be in this environment.

An industrial unit on Midland Terrace in Park Royal has been engulfed in a huge fire on Monday morning, which prompted twelve fire engines and 81 firefighters to rush to the site.

Gaining access to their own workplace can sometimes be a lengthy and difficult process for employees, especially if their employer’s site is secured using multiple access control systems installed by different suppliers.

Around half (49%) of small businesses with employees on the National Minimum Wage have either increased their employees’ wages over the past 12 months or plan to do so as soon as possible, a report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has revealed.

A new report published by Transparency Market Research and focusing on the healthcare biometrics market predicts that the sector is expected to grow at a CAGR of 25.9% from 2013 to 2019, reaching an estimated value of USD 5.8 billion towards the end of this interval.