UK businesses stand to benefit from £34.1 billion in productivity gains if their workforce had better access to connectivity, according to research released by O2 Business. Better access to tools and data could see each worker gain an extra 3.14 hours a week, or almost 18 working days a year. (Or £1500 per employee over a year for the cleaning and FM sector).

The CIPD, the UK’s professional body for HR and people development is urging Government to make future immigration policy more flexible and user-friendly as new research shows many employers are not prepared for EU worker restrictions.

​New research from Genesys finds employees across the UK are positive about the uptake of AI-based technologies, with 59% saying they don’t feel it threatens their jobs. Employees in UK businesses are optimistic about the future impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on their jobs

The Contract Cleaning sector is a highly competitive market with tight margins and where the customer is king. The need to ensure contract compliance, validate service delivery and automate key processes has never been higher.

Global provider of workforce management solutions Ezitracker has joined Australia’s industry representative body for building services; the Building Service Contractors Association of Australia (BSCAA) Queensland, as a Gold Business Partner.

Years ago, people would probably have experienced more sophisticated technology at work than at home. With the proliferation of consumer internet-enabled devices, wearable technology and IoT devices though, it’s no longer the case.

Enhanced ‘data driven cleaning’ was expected to be a key differentiation tactic and boost productivity in 2019. We are noticing that ‘enhanced ‘data driven cleaning’ is in fact, a powerful key tactic to differentiate cleaning service offerings.

Greater Manchester is set to see £14.3m invested into a digital transformation programme which aims to allow the safe and secure sharing of health-related information.

The TUC has warned that the UK is facing a looming skills crisis after new analysis revealed a sharp drop in workplace training. The TUC says that with automation and new technology changing the way many work, millions will need the chance to re-skill over the next 20 years.

For supervisors, managing staff attendance and processing payroll from paper timesheets had become very time consuming; a major burden of the administration team. Searching for a simple and effective solution, and one that could be implemented quickly and easily, they concluded that Ezitracker fitted the bill perfectly.