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The Blackberry Curve 8900

The Blackberry Curve 8900 is the thinnest and lightest full-QWERTY smartphone packed with the latest features.

The striking 480 x 360 - pixel screen offers crisp-on-the-go video, images, text, maps and more. With a sleek new twist on a classic style, the Blackberry Curve 8900 smartphone is an easy-to-use device that delivers expanded functionality and […]

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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.
Under […]

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Flexible working tops benefits wish-list

Flexible working is the most valued benefit for employees, proving far more popular than material perks such as bonuses, according to a new survey carried out in the UK by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

PwC quizzed more than 1,000 professionals in the UK and found that flexible working arrangements were rated the most important benefit by almost half (47 per cent) of those questioned, with the second most popular benefit - performance-related bonuses - cited by just one in five (19 per cent).

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B&Q advocates of flexible working

B&Q has been a long-time advocate of flexible working, as well as a diverse workforce, and is a finalist in the Innovation of Flexible Working category. A quarter of the workforce is over the age of 50, with a similar number under 25. These groups are identified as most in need of flexible working arrangements.

B&Q has introduced policies such as term-time contracts for parents and grandparents, an online job share register and the facility for older workers to reduce their hours and draw final-salary pensions at the same time.

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