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Energy monitoring systems providing consumption readings that are very clear and easy to understand are the best solution for customers affected by energy billing errors, which have hit more than 4 million consumers last year, according to a news report in the national media. A poll by uSwitch.com has found that almost four million households […]

Custom printed ID Badges can easily add an additional level of security to any venue or building at very little cost, enabling a visual cross-check of the wearer and preventing unauthorized individuals from accessing the premises. Although few companies still rely solely on ID badges for access control purposes, these visual forms of identification still […]

Time and Attendance Systems with built-in workforce management features can help companies and organizations tackle the issue of presenteeism, which seems to be affecting the marketing and healthcare sectors in particular, according to a recent research report into this matter. Published in the Digital Healthcare Review, the research from PushDoctor.co.uk found that workers from Bradford and […]

The Global Electronic Access Control systems’ market is set to record a strong growth over the next few years due to the increasing need for advanced systems specifically designed to tackle fraudulence, illegal immigration, and criminal activity. A recent research report by Persistence Market Research suggests that, in order to address the rising concerns of […]

Allowing employers to offset private treatment costs for staff as a business expense would help them tackle the spiralling costs of long-term sickness absence, according to the EEF, one of the UK’s largest employer bodies. Research carried out by EEF and Jelf Employee Benefits found that 41 per cent of companies have reported an increase […]

The global critical infrastructure protection market by access control systems is expected to exceed USD 68 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of close to 15%, the ‘Global Critical Infrastructure Protection Market 2016-2020’ market study released by Technavio has been able to suggest. Access control systems grant employees access to protected areas only when […]

The UK’s unemployment rate dropped to five percent, the lowest level since 2005, between the 3 months to January 2016 and February to April 2016, recent statistical data released by the ONS has been able to suggest. In the aforementioned interval, there were 31.59 million people in work, 55,000 more than for the 3 months […]

Older workers are likely to represent the largest group in the UK workforce by 2024, a recent report by insurance company Aviva has been able to suggest. And, as a result, investing in them and make good use of their skills would prove highly beneficial for employers and the overall UK GDP, a separate PWC […]

Biometric time and attendance systems must be extended to cover contractual and daily wage employees, similar to regular staff, authorities in New Delhi, India, have recently decided. In a bid to prevent employees from keeping away from work during office hours, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has directed all departments to adopt biometric attendance for contractual […]

Ireland’s police force, the Garda Síochána, plans to increase the level of video surveillance across the country by boosting its CCTV and ANPR set-ups and also introducing facial and body-in-a-crowd biometrics technologies, a news report has been able to reveal. The Garda is seeking to introduce new “advanced IT systems” which will cost more than […]

Integrated access control systems that only allow authorized personnel to access specific areas could potentially help reduce the rising level of theft across UK hospitals. UK hospitals are affected by thefts up to 15 times every day but less than 5% of thefts result in criminal cases. The criminals are mostly targeting vulnerable patients for […]

An estimated 8.6 per cent of workers in the East of England want to work more hours, a study has found, with the gap between unemployment and ‘underemployment’ is at its largest since 2000, a recent study carried out by Reed in Partnership has been able to suggest. The research found that women (10.7 per […]