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Acre & Tweed, a security company, has moved into a new base in Bromsgrove.

Trident Hydraulics, which designs, manufactures and supplies hydraulic systems and circuits, has purchased a Southam site and built a facility there.

An international super budget hotel chain called easyHotel intends to open a new site in Derby.

Lontra, an engineering company, will open a factory in Warwickshire which should create 75 jobs.

A new primary school has been approved for an urban development in Derby. The Castleward Urban Village site will now include a primary school on Carrington Street. The school will be funded by local government, the local enterprise partnership and £3m of Homes England money.

Accurate monitoring of sickness absences is vital in any workplace. This means something more trackable than a phone-call, or an email to their line manager. Having reliable data allows employers to recognise any developing patterns, or unbalanced amounts of sickness absences. It is important not to immediately jump to negative conclusions if you discover that employees are taking a larger number of sickness absences than you or your organisation consider acceptable.

With the summer holiday season nearly over, your company might already have fallen foul of the many problems caused by out-of-date and inefficient holiday booking procedures.

More and more workplaces are needing to grapple with the additional needs of remote workers, as that option becomes steadily more popular. Over the last ten years, the number of UK workers moving into remote working positions has increased by almost 250,000 according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

The European Court of Justice has ruled that EU member states must ensure their employers set up:

Biometrics are measurements and/or calculations of the human body, used to identify people. There are many different types of biometrics, as there are many parts of the human body which can uniquely identify you.

The Construction Consultants, a construction consultancy, has moved into new premises in Birmingham city centre.

GoDaddy, the global domain registrar and web hosting company, has signed a ten-year office deal which should create up to 110 new jobs.