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Despite being able to collect specific data regarding their employees’ activity, the large majority of companies don’t use it properly in order to drive business decisions, a new report carried out by Alexander Mann Solutions and the HRO Today Institute between May and September this year has suggests.

Eligible SMEs in the East of England region will be able to access investment funds between £25,000 and £75,000 for implementing low carbon business projects under a new scheme that’s just been announced by the Low Carbon Innovation Fund (

The UK manufacturing sector is set to grow by 2.7% over the course of 2014, at a faster rate than the overall UK economy, an industry report published by the UK manufacturers’ organisation EEF has revealed.

The Government’s Help to Buy scheme has managed to drive a significant surge in the construction sector, Housing Minister Kris Hopkins has recently revealed during a visit at a brick factory in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

More than half of UK workers believe that their managers don’t do enough in order to motivate them, which leads to lower overall performance levels within teams, a brand new study by benefits provider Edenred has revealed.

Close to 47% of all microbusiness owners and sole traders feel that they’re working harder than ever before, with new technology keeping them connected to their work at all times.

The level of job insecurity among public sector workers has risen significantly since the mid-2000s, a survey from the Workplace Employment Relations Study (WERS) has revealed.

Up to 28,000 temporary workers will be hired per week between now and Christmas, as the major retailers gear up for the seasonal shopping rush, a new market report published by a major multi-brand recruitment organisation has revealed.

A very serious fire broke out at a plastics factory located on the Lichfield Road Industrial Estate in Tamworth, Staffordshire on Thursday, a news report in the local media has revealed.

Almost half of the recent university graduates in the UK are currently employed in non-graduate jobs, a new report by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has recently revealed, up from just 38% around 5 years ago.

Prisoners being transferred from the soon-to-close Peterhead and Aberdeen jails to the new Grampian Prison, set to open next year, will be able to use a temporary ‘virtual visiting’ system until the transfer process is complete.

94 percent of UK firms have seen an overall increase of around 3.5 percent in their business costs over 2013, figures published within the Forum of Private Business’ latest report indicate.