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Small and medium businesses that want to improve their overall operational efficiency can now access the funds to do so as HSBC has launched a £10 billion lending fund to support small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK. The £10 billion fund is the largest package of support to be announced by HSBC for UK […]

Two of the UK’s largest residential developers have managed to secure a £142 million contract which will see 1,000 new homes developed in Leeds, a news report has been able to find. Working in partnership with the city council, Keepmoat and Strata will redevelop 13 sites of brownfield land in the Seacroft, Halton Moor and […]

Three of the largest housing associations in London have begun merger talks, a sources has been able to reveal. L&Q, The Hyde Group and East Thames have entered into merger talks with plans to create one of the UK’s top four largest house builders. The move would result in the organisation being capable of building […]

Hundreds of new houses are set to be built across the London Borough of Waltham Forest as part of a large scale building scheme commissioned by the local authority and conducted by Keepmoat, a news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The first phase of the project will see 13 derelict […]

Time and attendance systems can help firms navigate through less fortunate times in their activity, such as when they are forced to implement mass staff layoffs, as will happen with RBS in the near future. As a news source can reveal, the Royal Bank of Scotland is preparing to shed 550 jobs as part of […]

Construction work is set to begin on a new £150 million hospital in North London, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest. The local council has approved planning consent for the redevelopment of Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, a project that is being delivered by the Integrated Health […]

Implementing solid time and attendance and workforce management systems will become a very important over the next couple of years since close to a million retail jobs could be slashed as the high street adapts to changing shopping habits and makes adjustments to the introduction of the living wage. A new report compiled by the […]

The state of Hawaii has revealed plans to upgrade its its payroll and time and attendance systems, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. An upgraded, modern time and attendance system would provide functionality and efficiency in serving the state’s more than 75,000 full and part-time employees. The system […]

As the mobile workforce is on the rise in pretty much every part of the world, the need for advanced workforce management solutions that are fully capable to keep up with these developments is becoming more and more dire, experts believe. This extensive migration to a more mobile workspace is driving security and workforce management […]

97 percent of board members across the UK and their direct reports admit they need new or additional skills to successfully deliver their strategies while 66 percent reported needing these new capabilities to a great or fair extent, an increase of six percent from 2014, new figures from the Barometer on Change produced by business […]

Modern and flexible time and attendance systems will become a must have for companies who want to take on apprentices, especially since the number of young people, aged under 19, earning and learning on apprenticeships, is growing, according to recent statistical figures. There have been over 150,000 starts across England, with every region seeing at […]

Time and attendance and workforce monitoring systems designed to provide accurate insights into employee’s overall efficiency and working lives could potentially help bolster their overall productivity as well, even when affected by financial pressures. The number of people in the UK under increased financial pressure has doubled since 2014, a new report by the Social […]