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One of the UK’s (and the world’s) largest retail firms has revealed plans to create up to 300 new jobs in Northamptonshire by opening a new fulfilment centre in the area, a recent news report has been able to suggest. Amazon plans to open the new

Time and attendance systems and workforce management solutions should be among the top priorities for companies planning to open new facilities and hire a large number of staff members in a relatively short period of time. This is exactly the type of situation that could occur in Coventry, where two members of a Swedish industrial business cluster are likely to create 200 new jobs, according to a news report into this matter.

A financial services provided based in Lincolnshire is likely to make around 500 employees redundant as part of cost-cutting, business restructuring efforts, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest.

A residential developer has put forward a set of plans for building hundreds of new homes on agricultural land between Leicester and Market Harborough, a recent news report has been able to suggest. Housebuilding giant Persimmon has earmarked a 30-acre site located on the southern side of the village of Fleckney for this development. It is currently used as pasture for livestock grazing.

Multiple jobs at The Pizza Factory in Nottingham have come under threat as the company has lost a very lucrative supermarket contract, sources in the local business media have been able to suggest.

Integrated access control systems designed to monitor and manage the access of personnel to companies’ sites should be a mission-critical component for every new business park, such as the new one that’s set to be built in Worcestershire.

Time and attendance systems make it easier for restaurant chains to open new venues as they simplify the process of adding new members of staff to the database and then managing their respective rotas and working hours.

Multiple new jobs are set to be created in Ilkeston as a Derbyshire manufacturer of healthcare products has more than doubled its capacity following a £400,000 investment, a news report in the local business media has been able to suggest. Harlequin BPI, based on Manners Industrial Estate was founded in 2012 and makes a range of products such as eye drops, ear drops and nasal sprays.

Multiple new jobs will be created after a Scottish data analytics company has selected Derby as the location for its latest UK office, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Aquila Insight was founded in Edinburgh in 2012 and also has a base in London. Its expansion into Derby comes after turnover doubled to £4.2m in its 2015/16 financial year.

Construction work is set to begin on a £20m warehouse and manufacturing development near Wolverhampton that, when completed, is likely to create around 400 local jobs, a news report has been able to find.

Time and attendance and access control systems are a must for any hotel, especially one that will be situated in an area with a potential high footfall, namely near Birmingham Airport.

Over 320 East Midlands employees of CUK Clothing Ltd and Courtaulds Brands Ltd. will lose their jobs as the two companies have called in administrators, according to a recent news report in the local business media.