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The UK’s largest businesses are gearing up for some serious expansions over the course of 2015, a survey of top finance chiefs drawn up by financial services giant Deloitte said. 41 per cent of chief financial officers (CFOs) participating in the poll revealed that expanding into new markets or introducing new products and services was […]

Workforce analytics tools could help organizations drive improved business performance, but, unfortunately, they’re currently quite low on the business and HR leaders’ scale of priorities, recent research has been able to find. The survey by Fairsail found that four in 10 (38%) senior business and HR leaders have little, basic or no knowledge of workforce […]

Almost half of global firms expect their workforces to expand significantly over the next year, recent research by from recruitment firm Michael Page has found. The survey of more than 2,500 HR leaders from 65 different countries found that the UK and Ireland lead the way in demand for global talent, with 60 per cent […]

Biometric access control systems are being used to crack down on food welfare fraud in India’s food banks and distribution centers, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find. The aim of the scheme is to authenticate customers using their government-issued biometric ID cards to ensure that they are indeed […]

A housing association could add an impressive £2.2bn to the UK economy by building 6,100 homes over the next five years, a new report has been able to reveal. The Hyde Group’s ambitious house-building programme is committed to supporting the Government’s drive to build new homes and also includes the creation of 1,300 new jobs […]

The Big Energy Saving Week 2015, the campaign by Citizens Advice, the Energy Saving Trust and the Department of Energy and Climate Change that aims to highlight other ways for homeowners to save money on their heating bills with tips including the best ways to insulate a house, the most efficient way to use a […]

Around one in five UK workers did not use all their paid holiday allowance in 2014, according to the latest research from Canada Life Group Insurance. The report’s findings suggest employees are being prevented from taking the time off they are entitled to. Around one in seven blame staffing issues such as maternity leave or members […]

An impressive two thirds of small businesses across the UK have implemented specific measures to improve their productivity over the past year and, as such, expected their output over the next couple of years, a recent research report has been able to reveal. The paper by Albion Ventures suggests that improved training and increasing the […]

ONVIF, the open industry forum for the development of a global standard for the interface of IP-based physical security products, has recently announced the Release Candidate for Profile A, a new draft specification that establishes an interface for access control clients and expands the configuration options for access control systems that comply to the ONVIF […]

The unemployment rate has dropped to 5.4% in the three months leading to August 2015, the lowest level since 2008, while the employment rate (the proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 who were in work) was 73.6%, the highest since comparable records began in 1971, data from Office for National Statistics (ONS) has […]

A biometric system that was deployed using UK aid funding has helped bolster school attendance in Kenya, a news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The Adolescent Girls Initiative- Kenya (AGI-Kenya) is conducting a biometric registration trial for 3,000 adolescent girls in 60 schools in Wajir County, Kenya. Implemented by Save […]

A large number of employees are still not benefiting from flexible working hours despite asking for them repeatedly, recent research has been able to reveal. The report from workingmums.co.uk over a fifth of working mothers have been forced to vacate their jobs because flexible working was not available when asked for. 38% of new mums […]