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Employers are more confident about hiring new staff and growing their workforce this year, figures published in the latest BDO Business Trends Report suggest. The report argues that the two past months’ strong employment data means company’s hiring intentions are now “sky high”. This feeling is strengthened by the fact these levels are now stronger […]

Increased stress levels can lead to a surge in absenteeism and lower productivity levels, especially among ambulance workers, a segment where 82% of employees have considered leaving their jobs as a result of workplace stress, according to figures from a recent survey by Unison. The poll of nearly 3,000 ambulance workers revealed that 91% are […]

A new biometric time and attendance system has been deployed in South Africa’s National Assembly in order to improve attendance monitoring for Members of Parliament, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The biometric identification system for MPs uses Members’ fingerprints – captured at the start of the establishment […]

As part of its sustained efforts to further advance the adoption of high security smart card-based physical access control systems (PACS), the Smart Card Alliance has recently release a very useful guide specification designed to help architects, engineers, consultants, integrators, manufacturers and end users incorporate smart card-based PACS cards and readers into architectural and engineering […]

Migrating a CCTV surveillance system from legacy NTSC or PAL video to 720p or 1080p high-definition feeds is not an easy task, but industry group the HDcctv Alliance plans to demonstrate just how smooth this process can be when using the HDCVI 2.0 standard at ISC West 2015, which takes place at Sands Expo, Las […]

The UK economy recorded a steady growth in the three months to March, but is likely to accelerate over the next few months, figures from the CBI’s latest Growth Indicator, a survey of 764 businesses, has been able to reveal. The research shows stronger growth in the distribution (retail, wholesale & motor trades) and consumer […]

Personnel management systems can help companies and organizations improve their staff’s overall performance and productivity levels. The need for such systems is especially dire across the NHS, where performance levels have dropped over the past couple of years. A recent report by The King’s Fund found that, in the most recent quarter (Q3 2014/15) 7.4 […]

The number of workers applying to work from home under the UK’s Right to Request Flexible Working policy is on the rise, statistical figures published in a new survey from Unify have been able to reveal. Almost a third (29 per cent) of the 15,000 British workers participating in the poll stated that they worked […]

Biometric time and attendance systems are typically used for monitoring and managing employee attendance, but a UK police force has decided to use this advanced technology for a very different and innovative purpose: bail enforcement. Merseyside Police are replacing a paper-based bail system with a biometric process, saying that biometrics will save money and cut […]

Implementing improved visitor monitoring systems is becoming a must for UK prisons because of continuing problems with drugs being smuggled into jails, a recent news report into this matter has been able to reveal. As part of this new initiative to improve visitor monitoring, a new generation of drugs scanners is to be purchased for […]

UK businesses looking to bolster their overall performance and mitigate any future challenges should also consider implementing a very solid and reliable strategic workforce planning solution, a survey from the Corporate Research Forum and KPMG has been able to reveal. Data from the survey suggests that, while workforce planning was actively used in organisations, it […]

Market research by Gartner revealed that there will be nearly 26 billion devices on the Internet of Things by 2020 driving a revenue opportunity of over $4 trillion, and also bolstering the adoption of IP access control systems, experts in the field have argued. Relying solely on the existing network infrastructure, a comprehensive IP access […]