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Interesting stories on remote working from aroud the web.
Vaillant, a leading manufacturer of gas and solid fuel domestic heating appliance boilers, called for Interchange’s help to install the latest GPRS mobile technology to enhance and develop its service and support business even further.
The solution helped out the company’s national service organisation Heatcall, which provides after sales support through it team of 100 engineers.
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The London Borough of Harrow is taking a lead in mobile working, according to the Harrow Times.
Harrow Council hopes to save around £300,000 by ditching its housing department offices and investing in laptops and scanners to allow council officers to work on the road. The new way of working is being phased in and, if it proves successful, could be rolled out across all council departments.
The Harrow Times itself is following a similar path, equipping all its journalists with laptops, mobile phones and digital cameras, so they can be based outside the office.
The Government’s announcement that it is reviewing its decision to extend flexible working, as reported in BBC online among others, has provoked a mixed reception.
While industry leaders welcomed Business Secretary Lord Mandelson’s controversial move, designed to ease the burden on smaller firms in uncertain economic times, others, gave it a cool reception.
Organisations are reporting that the inability to offer a more modern approach to a flexible work-life balance is costing them staff and causing difficulties in recruiting talented individuals.
Companies are recognising that in order to be able to recruit the best employees they will need to adopt more flexible working policies. Cherie Booth QC comments in The Times that practicing law would not remain a choice for people without reform to its current working practices in order to provide a more balanced approach. Continue reading…
In the current economic climate it isn’t just large companies that are being affected by increased costs. Small businesses are suffering in the same way but have the power to reap rewards by introducing more flexible working arrangements for their employees.
However, there are beliefs that small businesses are more reluctant to grant flexible working for their staff but are considering alternatives in a bid to cut rising overheads.
BT’s Business Managing Director Bill Murphy comments on nebusiness that the economic slowdown may be the key reason behind the reluctance to grant more flexible working. Continue reading…
Working from home is 
fast becoming the alternative to travelling to work. No more daily commute, spending time going to and from the office, just one of the benefits of having an office at home. The latest figures, as reported by the The Independent, suggest one in eight of us now works from home. This equates to a total of 3.5 million people in the UK, an increase from 600,000 people just 10 years ago. Continue reading…
