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More than one million public sector workers went on strike today over pay and pensions, including teachers, civil servants, coastguards, civilian police staff and prison staff, with services across England and Wales being severely affected as a result.

A local council’s CCTV system has managed to help the local police officers make more than 400 arrests over the course of 2013, a news report in the local media was able to reveal.

The changing attitudes towards access control systems, CCTV surveillance systems and other security products among end-users are set to go under scrutiny as part of the British Security Industry Association latest survey.

HR departments are faced with a huge amount of employee-related data these days, and will likely require extensive guidance to ensure it is interpreted properly, a new report by KPMG has revealed.    According to a media news report on the matter, Mr.

The British manufacturing sector is set to record a significant growth over 2014, surpassing the other western European economies such as Germany and France, a brand-new report has revealed.

SME owners in Scotland are worried about the rising level of sickness-related absences recorded over the past 12 months, a new Close Brothers Business Barometer survey has revealed.

Over 1.28 million students in secondary schools and academies have had their fingerprints taken by their school, figures obtained from the new Big Brother Watch report “Biometrics in Schools” have revealed.

The level of business optimism across UK companies has soared by an impressive 74% over the course of 2013, the latest International Business Report (IBR) from Grant Thornton has revealed.

The number of active SMEs (small and medium enterprises) across the UK has reached 2.16m in 2013, the highest value in six years, a brand new market report has revealed.

Britain’s largest employers will boost their graduate intake by 8.7% in 2014, the biggest annual rise in recruitment for four years, the “Graduate Market in 2014” study forecasts.

Close to 62% of all UK businesses have no talent management strategy in place, despite being quite worried about the prospect of losing valuable employees, a recent study by recruitment specialist REED has revealed.

The UK construction industry continued its positive trend throughout December, a market survey compiled by Markit has recently revealed.