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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.
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Government

Flexible working plans mean big changes for employers

The government has announced plans for a consultation on working patterns, which could see all employees granted the right to request flexible working arrangements.

In the Queen’s Speech it was announced that the new government intends to extend the right to flexible working, which is currently only granted to parents of young children.

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REC urges government to protect the UK flexible labour market

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has called on the government to protect the UK’s flexible labour market.

Flexibility in the market and smarter working practices have both been vital in ensuring that unemployment levels in the UK have not been as high as some other countries.

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Conservatives tackle flexible working and parental leave at conference

The Conservatives reiterated their plans for improved flexible working and parental leave at a conference in London discussing the future of work.

Shadow work and pensions secretary Theresa May called for a further extension to the right to request flexible working.

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Broadband growing quicker than expected

According to new figures, broadband is growing at a healthier rate than expected.

There were 445,000 new internet lines of this type in the first half of this year, boosting the total number up to 17.8 million. These new figures will interest users of telecoms services such as VoIP.

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Flexible working becoming major part of UK workforce

Flexible working is moving to the centre of the economic, social and environmental agenda as employers try to marry the efficiency of their business with the growing demands from employees for a better work-life balance.

The approach is gaining ground right across the UK business spectrum, with a recent BT Business report discovering 74 per cent of UK companies now claim to offer their staff some form of flexible working.

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