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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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work-life balance

Family-first flexible working policies a winner

Modern economies are increasingly introducing flexible working conditions as a way of retaining skilled and competent employees, while simultaneously meeting their personal and family needs, ensuring good health.

Flexible working is especially relevant to parents who want to be as available for their children as possible and for those who care for sick or needy family members.

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Mobile technology leads to improved work-life balance

According to a survey by Motorola, European consumers believe that mobile technology is enhancing their work-life balance rather than overloading them with communications.

The survey polled 3,500 Europeans of working age in France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

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Flexible working, incentives and recognition ‘needed’ to avoid absences

A new survey has revealed that one-fifth of employees have admitted calling in sick when they were not ill in the first place.

The survey, on Management in Practice, found that over 70 per cent of the respondents said they may take a day off spontaneously, with Friday being top of the chart.

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Minister calls for wider flexible working rights

Ministers are considering giving all employees the right to ask for flexible working hours “from the beginning” of a new job as part of plans to encourage a fundamental shift in working habits.

The work and pensions secretary, Yvette Cooper, said her office is working with employers and organisations such as the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) to draw up new ways of supporting men, women, non-parents and parents to work more flexible hours.

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Family Friendly Working guide launched by the TUC

The TUC has launched a new guide on how to persuade employers of the benefits of introducing family friendly policies at work.

This includes policies such as flexible working, which are designed to improve the work-life balance of employees, especially those with families.

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