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British SMEs are now very confident and optimistic than ever about their future prospects, a recent report has been able to reveal, with recruitment difficulties being the only real reasons for concern. The new report, produced by Aldermore in conjunction with YouGov and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr),* suggests that that a […]

Smart cards are likely to become thinner and incorporate more extensive security features after HID Global has announced an ultra-thin Polycarbonate (PC) ePrelaminate inlay for electronic ID (e-ID) cards that is more than 30 percent thinner than alternatives. The new inlay takes advantage of its proven process of directly bonding chips to wire-embedded air-coil antennas for […]

An advanced time and attendance system can easily become the ideal tool for holiday management within any company, helping employees on all levels attain a better balance between work and personal life. This seems to be a very serious problem nowadays, as the average full-time worker only takes 22 days of their average 25 days […]

The significant growth in employment experienced across the UK for the past year has started to stall, as official figures released by the ONS (Office for National Statistics) can reveal a small dip in the number of people in work for the the three months leading to June 2015. For the aforementioned time period, there […]

Poor execution is the most common cause of failure when trying to implement an effective workforce planning process, a new guide to workforce planning from the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) has been able to reveal. Whilst the pressure may be on to collect as much data as possible, the paper advises stepping back to […]

The number of employers who are seriously considering hiring young jobseekers has recorded a significant growth over the past quarter, recent data from CIPD’s latest Labour Market Outlook (LMO) has been able to reveal. The report suggests that 33 per cent of organisations with ‘hard-to-fill vacancies’ are planning to hire more young people to fill […]

Granting employees the freedom of flexible working is starting to become an increasingly popular trend, even with employers where working long-hours in the office is somewhat of a well-established tradition, such as the legal sector. For example, Magic Circle law firm, Clifford Chance, has revealed it will be adopting an ‘agile working’ philosophy over the […]

The number of people taking up night shifts has increased significantly over the past couple of years, recent data published by TUC has been able to suggest. The report, titled ”A Hard Day’s Night”, points out that there has been a 6.9% increase in people working nights between 2007 and 2014. The number of women […]

Close to half of UK employees went to work despite being ill, a situation that seriously affects their overall productivity, recent data from the Health in the Workplace Report has been able to reveal. The research found that that 40% of employees have not taken a single day off for illness in the last 12 […]

The market for all biometric workforce management solutions (i.e., cloud-, software- and hardware-based) will reach US$600 million in sales by 2018, market researchers at Biometrics Research Group, Inc. have forecast within their latest market analysis report. The paper examines the growing demand for biometric applications for labor management, workforce productivity and time and attendance solutions. […]

British small and medium-sized (SME) manufacturers have continued to grow in the three months to July, but were slightly affected by a lower level of performance in terms of exports, a recent news report has been able to reveal. The survey of 408 companies reported steady growth in new domestic orders over the quarter and […]

An advanced system designed to use CCTV cameras and automatic image recognition software to detect litter being dropped is currently being developed