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A police force has revealed plans to implement a facial recognition CCTV system in a bid to improve their efficiency and identify criminals and terrorists faster and easier than before, a news report has been able to reveal. Police officials in Hyderabad, India, explained that the city already has a robust network of CCTV cameras, […]

Increased stress levels amidst college staff can lead to a surge in absenteeism and lower productivity levels, figures from a recent poll by the University and College Union (UCU) have been able to reveal. Almost nine in 10 (87%) college workers participating in the interview say they find their job stressful, compared with just under […]

Many UK firms have complained about their workforce management and absence monitoring systems not being up-to-date and suitable for the needs of a modern workforce, figures from a recent Workforce Management Trends & Challenges survey have been able to reveal. Out of the people participating in the survey, almost half (47%) of respondents indicated that […]

The global biometrics market will increase from $2.0 billion in 2015 to $14.9 billion by 2024, with cumulative revenue for the 10-year period totalling $67.8 billion, a recent market research report from Tractica has been able to reveal. The key industries in the biometrics market over the next decade will likely be finance, consumer devices, […]

Integrated Access Control Systems that deliver superior security and prevent the access of unauthorized personnel should be a compulsory feature in any hospital, and recent events at Abergavenny’s Nevill Hall Hospital prove that only too well. The sites run by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board are currently having a security and delivery review following an […]

Fully automated time and attendance systems can assist managers by alerting them when staffing levels are expected to go under a pre-set level – for example, when workers decide to go on strike. And unfortunately, that will be the case this week, when members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union have scheduled a […]

The UK economy has reached the strongest growth rate for a year in the three months leading to May, statistical figures from the CBI’s latest Growth Indicator have been able to reveal. The rate of growth quickened in all three main sectors, with the business & professional services sector being the stand-out performer. This sector […]

Advanced workforce management systems designed to help managers optimize staff allocation will become increasingly important across the NHS as the service will embark on an initiative aimed at capping the amount Trusts spend on temporary staff, a recent media news report has been able to reveal. Health secretary Jeremy Hunt said the cost of agency […]

There are currently more jobs advertised than jobseekers across three of the UK’s top five cities, the latest figures from the Adzuna Jobs report have been able to reveal. Research has found that the number of advertised jobs has grown to more than one million, reaching a post-recession record of 1,033,435 in April 2015. This […]

The biometric time and attendance market in Saudi Arabia is set to grow at over 22% CAGR through 2020, a recent survey by Research and Markets has been able to reveal. The market research report found that this high growth is attributed to the surging demand for better biometric technologies in the country, from government, […]

Over 800,601 more people are working from home nowadays than they were in 2005, with the total number of remote workers reaching an impressive 4.2 million, recent market analysis by TUC has been able to find. Figures show that employment has increased during the past decade, but this rise has been outstripped by the growth […]

Mobile identities, biometrics, hosted/managed services and IT integrators are among the most disruptive trends set to affect the access control market over the next two to three years, researchers from IHS have recently forecasted. Research from the IHS has revealed that the global electronic access control market (excluding China) grew by 6.3 percent in 2014 […]