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Unemployment across the UK has fallen by 57,000 since December, which means that a total of 2.51 million, or 7.8% of the labour force, are now out of work, the latest report from the ONS has revealed.

A new survey carried out by Centre for Cities revealed the fact that the SMEs that are most vulnerable to significant changes in the conditions on the local markets (such as lower wages, welfare cuts and job losses) are all located in the North of England.

Vince Cable, the business secretary, announced last Friday plans to invest £1bn in a research centre to develop low-carbon technologies to succeed diesel and petrol engines, a media outlet reveals.

As most SMEs have reached the highest level of confidence in 5 years, it’s quite likely that hiring is set to take off around the UK until the end of 2013, a new market survey reveals.

The government and Professional Business Services Council have worked together in order to produce a set of guidelines that would help the UK strengthen its position in the professional and business services (PBS) sector. This strategy is actually very important, since the sector employs four million people in the UK and is worth more than £150bn to the economy.

Over the past few years, an increasingly higher number of upper-education organizations have started adopting smart card technology, due to the fact that it grants both staff and students faster and easier access to various facilities, and, in some cases, even specific services (such as library printing, etc.).

The large majority of EU citizens fully support the use of biometrics-based solutions for criminal identification and for identity documents and passports, a new survey carried out by Toluna reveals.

A new research carried out by lobby group Forum of Private Business (FPB) revealed the fact that the cost of meeting compliance measures has risen by a staggering 8.5% over the past two years for small and medium businesses, despite of the Government’s promises to actually reduce compliance-related costs.

The UK’s Ministry of Justice has recently revealed plans to create a set of so-called “re-settlement jails”, aimed at reducing the re-offending phenomenon, a news report reveals.

Famous international technology products manufacturer Kyocera has just announced that it has opened a brand-new

A recent research study by Lloyds Banking Group revealed the fact that up to two thirds of small or medium employers (SMEs) across the UK have various alternative working arrangements set for their employees, in order to help them optimize their activity and attain a superior level of efficiency and productivity.

Andrew Rennison, the UK’s first CCTV commissioner, has recently revealed plans for setting some new, strict guidelines regarding the use of CCTV by both private individuals and public authorities, a