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A well-known dairy products manufacturer has revealed plans to add an extension to its Telford factory, thereby doubling production and creating up to 50 new jobs in the process, a recent news report has been able to suggest.

Opening a new office to expand one’s business and workforce is the perfect time to consider extending or upgrading one’s time and attendance system. That’s also the case with housebuilders Crest Nicholson, who will open a new Midlands regional office in Tamworth.

A casino operator has revealed plans to invest more than £12m in a site in Dudley, creating up to 74 jobs in the process, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Casino 36 is now planning to relocate Dudley’s existing casino on Castle Hill and develop a new bingo hall in a bid to increase footfall to the town.

A Midlands-based company has created several new jobs and improved overall productivity following a £250,000 investment in new machinery, infrastructure upgrades and improvements to its assembly line, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest.

Workforce management systems can help streamline the HR processes for companies having to make a large number of employees redundant within a relatively short span of time.

Thousands of job could be created in Lincolnshire under plans to level an existing shopping park on the banks of the River Witham and replace it with a new development comprising, shops, restaurants, bars, homes, student accommodation and a hotel. The scheme submitted to the City of Lincoln Council suggests that a number of existing buildings will be demolished to make way for almost 355,000 sq ft of retail space, 82,500 sq ft for restaurant and bar use and up to 150 homes.

Advanced time and attendance systems designed to make very good use of CSCS cards for recording attendance are the perfect solutions to help streamline activities on busy construction sites, such as the new scheme near Ludlow that is set to comprise 140 new homes on a 43-acre site.

Plans for opening a new restaurant that will create 40 local jobs have been approved by Birmingham City Council, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Tasty plc, which trades as Wildwood, submitted an application to change the use of the basement and ground floor of 66 New Street in September 2016.

Outline plans for a major residential development that will see 750 homes, a 200-bed hotel and employment being built in the vicinity of Solihull have been approved recently by the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council’s planning committee, a news report in the local business media can reveal.

A well-known online car retailer based in Nottingham has revealed plans to go on a recruitment drive, aiming to add 300 extra technicians to its staff, a news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. Pendragon is aiming to fill the new roles, which will include a number of apprentices, before the end of 2016. They will be spread across Pendragon’s Evans Halshaw and Stratstone sites.

A cycling retailer is set to create 70 to 80 new jobs in Wolverhampton following a massive restructure process, a news report has been able to suggest. Wiggle and Chain Reaction Cycles merged in February this year to create a business with revenues of more than £300m. However, the now-named WiggleCRC has revealed plans to consolidate its operations after an operational post-merger review.

A time and attendance system that incorporates a number of rugged readers built for rough environments is the perfect solutions for streamline workforce management on large construction site, such as the one that’s set to open in Towcester, where Permission Homes has secured approval to construct 201 one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom properties.