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Survey Sees British Companies Cracking Down on Employee Social Networking
May 2011 - Media and PR
The survey conducted by Lewis PR in partnership with HCL Technologies of over 2,000 employees has shown that 48% of British businesses have cracked down on the use of social networking sites over the past twelve months. In total, 63% of those surveyed had… Read more...
Survey Finds Sick Leave in the UK Work Place on the Decline
May 2011 - Business Support
A new survey has shown that work absences due to sickness are continuing to fall in the UK - employees took an average of 5.0 days off due to sickness last year compared to 6.7 days in 2007. The survey, carried out by Sheffield-based health insurance provider… Read more...
Study Links Breast Feeding With Improved Behaviour in Children
May 2011 - Health
Breast fed children are less inclined to grow up with behavioural problems compared to those who are given formula milk, a new survey of children born in the UK during the 2000-2001 period has shown. Research teams based at Oxford, Essex and York universities… Read more...
Graduate Survey Reveals Top 5 Engineering Icons
May 2011 - Engineering
A survey of 900 graduates in the UK, carried out by GE, has shown that two British innovators, one a legendary engineer and the other a contemporary inventor remain as heroes to the current generation of engineering students. Sir James Dyson and Isambard… Read more...
TV sets most likely to be replaced by UK consumers
May 2011 - Public Consultation
DisplaySearch, a Californian market research and consulting firm has found that British consumers are world leaders when it comes to replacing their TV sets over the last three years. Investigating TV ownership on a per-household basis, the DisplaySearch… Read more...