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Members of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) have reported a further increase in the demand for British security products and services in 2015 from overseas buyers, one of the BSIA’s recent surveys has been able to reveal. In this year’s annual survey, respondents revealed that there continues to be a high demand for British […]

The phenomenon of presenteeism – workers coming to work while sick – is the biggest threat to UK workplace productivity, its costs being ‘twice that of absenteeism’, Professor Sir Cary Cooper from the Manchester Business School has recently warned. Drawing on research from the CIPD’s annual Absence Management Report, Professor Cooper said: “Nearly one third […]

Members of staff were evacuated safely following a fire on an industrial premises in North Herefordshire, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Fire crews from Leominster and Kingsland, a water carrier and an aerial ladder platform from Hereford were scrambled to the site, near Stretford Bridge. The fire […]

Following the reports on BBC London and Newsnight (Wednesday 21 October) regarding people fraudulently obtaining construction related qualifications, the CSCS has taken steps to suspend the offending companies and will accelerate plans to introduce new anti-fraud measures, the organization has recently revealed. The investigation carried out by Newsnight and BBC London found that at least […]

A new biometric system designed to monitor the student’s attendance and times of entry an exit will be deployed at the hostels pertaining to the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) in India, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The MIT campus houses engineering and management students in about […]

Australia’s law enforcement agencies are quietly rolling out facial recognition technology across the country in a bid to ensure a higher level of safety and security for all its citizens, a news report has been able to reveal. The new and advanced National Facial Biometric Matching Capability system will be able to cross-reference 100 million […]

The biometrics segment is set to record a transformational year in 2015, recent research from Frost & Sullivan seems to suggest, with the consultancy predicting a “significant growth in both public and commercial applications” of the technology. The report uses 2014 as a base year and points out that fingerprint scanning was the dominant modality […]

Hospitals in South Korea have been ordered to track all emergency ward visitors, after a large outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was blamed on difficulties locating every person exposed to the disease, the country’s health ministry has recently revealed. Many of the 180 MERS cases in South Korea, were caught from sufferers encountered […]

The UK’s SMEs are likely to reach the highest growth levels in five years, the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) latest Small Business Index has been able to reveal. The survey discovered a considerable increase in positivity and confidence among small business owners and supports recent data published by the Enterprise Research Centre which suggested […]

Biometric time and attendance software solutions will make life a lot easier for employers and employees alike, experts in the field have recently argued. Time and attendance software enables employees to rest assured that all of their working hours are properly counted and that they get paid for all the time they work. Furthermore, these […]

A modern time and attendance system could be easily implemented and used for managing and monitoring manning levels in the shipping industry, as the international trade association for in-house and third-party ship managers is currently investigating the minimum manning levels for diverse vessels trading on different routes and carrying various cargo types. The aforementioned investigation, […]

Almost three quarters of UK employees are stressed and worried about taking time off, recent figures from the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) have been able to reveal. The survey found that more than two-thirds (68%) of respondents worked late the day before their holiday began, and almost one in five (18%) said they […]