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Personnel management solutions are likely to come in handy for small and medium businesses who are faced with huge costs, especially when taking on their first employees, as recent analysis released by the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) was able to reveal. The new research estimates […]

The number of candidates for every new job advertised has reached 3.1 in August, compared to an average of 2.3 candidates over the course of the year, a recent market survey was able to reveal.

The number of work days lost to ill-health across the NHS trusts has dropped to the lowest level in five years, figures obtained from the Health and Social care Information Centre (HSCIC) annual report on staff absence were able to r

Time and attendance systems can easily provide accurate and up-to-date information on employee activity and performance, thus helping managers maintain productivity levels. Productivity (or lack thereof) is a vital topic nowadays, with average revenue generated by each full time UK employee dropping back £108,000 from £139,000 in 2010, according to a recent PwC report. The […]

A proper Management of Contractors and Visitors System can help curb theft and vandalism on UK building sites by easily tracking individuals and maintaining a history of who visited each site. The construction industry is severely affected by site thefts and vandalism, total costs rising to £400m a year or more than £1m a day, […]

Mobile access control systems could potentially overhaul the tenancy experience, enabling fast and easy access to a building’s premises and other advanced technologies (such as energy management systems, for example) by using solely one’s smartphone. As part of an ongoing effort to demonstrate the possible applications of a mobile access control system, HID Global created […]

Putting in place proper skills management systems and harnessing the skills and experience of more than a million people over the age of 50 that are still ready and willing to work could help British companies add an extra £88 billion to the UK’s GDP, a recent report by PRIME was able to reveal. The […]

Monitoring attendance and worked hours for building contractors is a major issue for residential developers, mostly because, in order to do so, they typically need to issue additional access cards. Putting in place proper systems designed to monitor attendance for contractors is particularly useful nowadays, as the construction of new homes in the UK reached […]

Solid and reliable time and attendance systems with extensive HR functionality are the perfect solution to help tackle some of the factors that challenge further growth in the third sector, namely employee turnover and absenteeism. According to figures published in the Agenda Consulting’s “People Count Third Sector” report, employee turnover in the voluntary sector has […]

The shrinking of fingerprint sensors technology will have a very positive effect on the whole Biometric Fingerprint Readers’ market and their extensive range of applications, such as biometric access control and biometric time and attendance solutions, a recent paper from market researchers over at Research and Markets was able to reveal. The “Fingerprint Sensors Market […]

Fire roll call systems should be an essential provision for every industrial estate or facility, as they could potentially save the lives of every single member of staff on the premises in case of a serious blaze. This could have also been the case on an industrial estate in Upper Edmonton, where more than 50 […]

Intelligent employee management systems will prove to be extremely helpful in terms of helping companies mitigate the possible problems posed by changes in parental leave legislation that will come into force in December 2014. The majority of organizations are likely to be unprepared for the forthcoming changes, a recent news report on this topic was […]