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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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Calls from an influential business organisation for more flexible working could be a boost for unified communications.
The Confederation for British Industry (CBI) has revealed the measures it believes need to be taken in order to improve the nation’s jobs market.
The UK is head and shoulders above France and Germany when it comes to flexible working and workforce mobility, new research reveals.
According to Citrix Online, responding to growing regulatory, social and environmental pressures, almost half of UK businesses (47%) have seen an increase in workforce mobility over the past five years, compared to 31% in France and 27% in Germany.
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…
