FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS (Details)	9 Months Ended		25 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended						9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 15, 2014	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2010 UK_subsidiaries	Sep. 30, 2012 FACTOCIC SA finance facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 FACTOCIC [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 FACTOCIC [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Bridge Bank [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Bridge Bank [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Lloyds term loan [Member] EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2012 Lloyds term loan [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Lloyds term loan [Member] GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2011 Lloyds term loan [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Loan [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Loan [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 PEMtermloan [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 PEMtermloan [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Capital Lease Obligations [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Capital Lease Obligations [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance [Member] GBP (£)	Sep. 30, 2012 Bridge Bank credit facility [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Bridge Bank [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Lloyds term loan [Member] GBP (£)	Sep. 30, 2012 Lloyds term loan [Member] GBP (£)	Sep. 30, 2012 PEMtermloan [Member] USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
number of UK subsidiaries					2
loan advance																							$ 4,446,200	£ 2,750,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period						1.40%	2.50%
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage																							0.20%	0.20%
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity													750,000
loan collateral													125,000
bank discounting facility																									800,000
Line of Credit, Maximum Borrowing Percentage									90.00%		80.00%
Restricted cash	404,000			386,000										404,000	250,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	4.75%																		15.50%							3.25%
Repayments of Long-term Debt	812,000	168,000
Loan period	60 months
loan period before repayments commence	one month
Debt Covenant, Required Minimum Net Worth																											4,200,000
Debt Covenant, Miminum Annual Increase in Net Worth																												200,000
Line of Credit	348,000			468,000			0	139,000	222,000	329,000	126,000	0
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	4,083,000			5,228,000										982,000		1,093,000	2,877,000	2,877,000	0	1,000,000	224,000	258,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity																			26,000,000
Long-term Debt	4,083,000			5,273,000											607,599
Line of Credit Facility, Periodic Payment, Principal																			500,000										225,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms	0.01		0.04
Repayments of Notes Payable	300,000
Repayments of Other Debt	1,700,000
Long-term Debt, Current Maturities	(1,069,000)			(1,658,000)
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium), Net	0			45,000
Long-term debt	$ 3,014,000			$ 3,615,000