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While the number of small and medium enterprises in the UK is growing, existing SMEs are also much more confident about their future and are planning to go on a hiring spree, a new report by the Federation Of Small Businesses has revealed.

The CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, is urging companies to do their best in order to help tackle youth unemployment, a brand new media report has revealed.

A new report by the Office for National Statistics revealed the fact that UK unemployment rose by 70,000 to 2.56 million between December and February.

Following the tragic Boston Marathon bombings, that left three people dead and many more wounded, the FBI, police and other law-enforcement agencies across the US had to rapidly scramble in order to find and apprehend the persons responsible for the terrorist attack.

The Co-operative Group has just officially opened its £22m distribution centre in Castlewood, Derbyshire, also creating around 300 jobs in the process, a news report reveals.

After recording a very successful year, with sales figures rising by 17% up to £443m, fresh food chain Pret

Skanska, a contractor with a serious experience in the refurbishment of secured facilities, has just submitted plans for extending the Thameside prison in south east London. Should these plans go through, the prison’s capacity will be extended by around a quarter.

As European demand lowered over the course of March and due to the early Easter holiday, the UK car manufacturing industry also took a hit, a news report reveals.

Although few companies still rely solely on ID badges for access control purposes, these visual forms of identification still play an important part in any company, especially as far as visitors are concerned.

A Burton-on-Trent company manufacturing manhole covers and drainage, steel access covers for the civil engineering industry has managed to secure the necessary funding for moving to larger premisses, in order to accommodate further growth.

Construction company GB Building Solutions has managed to secure an impressive £10m contract to build a new care home in Surrey from Signature Senior Lifestyle, a news report reveals.

Modern time and attendance and access control solutions rely largely on the use of smart cards for faster, streamlined operation, and Tensor offers a very comprehensive series of solutions targeting specifically this market segment.