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The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has taken legal action against a West Virginia mining company over the use of an attendance tracking system equipped with a biometric hand scanner, a media news report has revealed.

Lack of proper access to growth capital and skills shortages have a significant adverse effect on UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), a new market research study from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA (Institute of Management Accountants) ha

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has significantly upgraded its forecast for UK growth this year, the estimate now being set at 1.4%, up from July’s value of just 0.9%.  

The latest figures released as part of the British Chambers of Commerce’s Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) show improvements in most key areas for both manufacturing and services compared with Q2, thus proving that the UK economy is on i

Boston Borough’s Operation Fly Swat team cleaned up 199 dumping sites in the period from July through to the end of September, a news report in the local media has revealed.

The latest figures from the Markit/CIPS PMI services index have revealed that the UK services sector, the engine of British economy, grew at its fastest pace since 1997. As expected, the most impressive growth levels were recorded in the financial services sector, bolstered by the housing market, and the business sector.

A recent research study carried out by healthcare provider Simplyhealth has revealed that providing one’s employees’ with a health cash plan could significantly reduce the number of sick leaves they take, thus reducing overall costs.

Residential construction work has recorded the fastest rise in ten years, as the industry starts “firing on all cylinders”, sources in the construction buyers’ segment have revealed.

Following the announcement that phone manufacturer BlackBerry is about to slash 4,500 staff worldwide in a bid to significantly reduce operational costs, the company also revealed that hundreds of British staff at BlackBerry’s European headquarters in Slough will be made redundant.

A new report published by Transparency Market Research and focusing on the healthcare biometrics market predicts that the sector is expected to grow at a CAGR of 25.9% from 2013 to 2019, reaching an estimated value of USD 5.8 billion towards the end of this interval.

Around half (49%) of small businesses with employees on the National Minimum Wage have either increased their employees’ wages over the past 12 months or plan to do so as soon as possible, a report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has revealed.

Gaining access to their own workplace can sometimes be a lengthy and difficult process for employees, especially if their employer’s site is secured using multiple access control systems installed by different suppliers.