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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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Find out more about remote working, whether you are about to embark on a remote working operation or are looking for new techniques and technology to improve your existing virtual business

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Flexible working to promote barrier-free policies for people with mental health conditions

Implementing reasonable adjustments like flexible working hours could help people with mental health conditions remain in work.

This is the view of mental health experts who believe that later starting times or barrier-free policies to facilitate medical appointments might enable some sufferers to make an excellent recovery and successful transition back into working life.

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Flexible working requires employer support

According to research, the key to making working from home work is for employers to support their staff.
 
The study stated that telecommuters balance work and family life better than people who work in an office.

Their research also found that home workers are sometimes able to put in an extra couple of days worth of work every week, as well as maintaining a good work/life balance.

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Swindon residents to get free WiFi access

Swindon’s residents are to have access to free internet access after the local borough struck a deal to provide WiFi for the town.

Users of the service will likely be restricted to the amount of time they can have free access and will have to register for the service. But they’ll also be able to upgrade to a faster download speed of 20MB for a cost that Swindon Borough Council said would be lower than rival broadband services.

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Staff seek more flexible working

According to a survey of 1,500 adults by Kellogg’s, many workers would rather have flexible hours or time off for their birthday than a pay rise or a bonus.

The research revealed that two out of five would prefer flexible working hours or a day off on their birthday or for Christmas shopping, to a pay rise.

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Flexible working gives UK organisations strongest chance of recovery

Business leaders are starting to realise the benefits of getting staff working on the move and ensuring they’re able to deliver greatest value while at their most productive, which is especially relevant during the current recession.
 
This is likely to increase organisations’ use of remote and flexible working technologies to ensure that employers can still work when they’re on the move.

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