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More than half of the UK’s small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) are looking at new markets both locally and overseas for further growth, while also expressing a very high level of optimism regarding the year ahead, research by the BSI reveals.

Almost 33 percent of companies around the world plan to increase and redirect their investments in HR technology by up to 20% or more compared with the previous year, data from an annual survey by global professional services company Towers Watson suggests.

Employees in the manufacturing sector are taking 4.9 days off sick per year on average, which is a new record low, figures obtained from the most recent EEF survey suggest.

Small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are the companies most interested in hiring specialized contractors over the next 4 months, the latest Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) JobsOutlook was able to determine.

HR professionals are not showing strategic leadership in recruitment and candidate experience, statistical data obtained from the CEB Global Assessment Trends Report for 2014 has revealed.

The CSCS, the leading certification card scheme for the construction industry, has recently posted a short video promoting the use of CSCS SmartCards for recording attendance at on-site training quickly and efficiently.

A fire at ASOS‘ warehouse near Grimethorpe in Barnsley has destroyed 20% of the company’s stock and forced the online retailer to temporarily stop taking orde

Small or medium enterprises in the construction and manufacturing sectors are the most confident when it came to their ability to raise finance for investment purposes, figures obtained from a survey conducted on behalf of alternative finance company Platform Black was able to reveal.

Tensor plc, the UK based, award winning market leader in the design, manufacture and installation of security, access control, attendance monitoring and energy management solutions, is proud to announce that it has been awarded the NACOSS Gold Certification by the National Security Inspectorate (

Biometric access control is traditionally associated to the security, corporate and research environments, where making sure that only authorized members of staff are allowed to access specific areas is of utmost importance. Nevertheless, it seems that this high-security technology might be heading towards another important segment – luxury homes.

A senior care assistant who carried out sleepover shifts was entitled to receive the national minimum wage for all her nights shift hours, regardless of whether or not she was actually working during that time, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has recently decided.

Over one in six (17%) of British employees who have called in sick, despite not being ill, did so because they were tired, while 12% needed time off due to work-related stress but didn’t want to admit it, figures obtained from recent Canada Life Group Insurance research suggest.