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The British manufacturing sector is set to record a significant growth over 2014, surpassing the other western European economies such as Germany and France, a brand-new report has revealed.

SME owners in Scotland are worried about the rising level of sickness-related absences recorded over the past 12 months, a new Close Brothers Business Barometer survey has revealed.

Over 1.28 million students in secondary schools and academies have had their fingerprints taken by their school, figures obtained from the new Big Brother Watch report “Biometrics in Schools” have revealed.

The level of business optimism across UK companies has soared by an impressive 74% over the course of 2013, the latest International Business Report (IBR) from Grant Thornton has revealed.

The number of active SMEs (small and medium enterprises) across the UK has reached 2.16m in 2013, the highest value in six years, a brand new market report has revealed.

Britain’s largest employers will boost their graduate intake by 8.7% in 2014, the biggest annual rise in recruitment for four years, the “Graduate Market in 2014” study forecasts.

Close to 62% of all UK businesses have no talent management strategy in place, despite being quite worried about the prospect of losing valuable employees, a recent study by recruitment specialist REED has revealed.

The UK construction industry continued its positive trend throughout December, a market survey compiled by Markit has recently revealed.

The European Parliament has managed to officially adopt a revised set of procurement directives that are likely to make it a lot easier for UK firms to tender for public sector work across the common market, a new media report has revealed.

Companies who fail to pay their employees the national minimum wage will face significantly increased penalties, as part of a Government crackdown, with the value of the maximum fines quadrupling compared to current values.

As part of a major initiative to address lean energy efficient retrofit of 1950s solid wall homes, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) is set to launch S-IMPLER, a new research and demonstration project that has been specifically designed to help the r

The International Monetary Fund is expected to raise its UK growth forecasts for 2014 from 1.9% to 2.4%, which would push up the country’s growth forecasts by more than for any other major economy.