telework
Are Your People Ready to Telework, Work and Collaborate Securely - Away From the Office?
White Paper Whether trying to address OMB telework mandates, address COOP requirements or prepare for a natural disaster, federal telework needs are growing. Microsoft has new software, today, that can enable... [31 Jan 2009]
Supermarket Retailer Enhances Telework Initiative With Unified Communications
White Paper Giant Eagle, one of the largest food retailers and distributors in the United States, instigated a corporate cost-saving initiative to transition 700 of its employees to home-based offices. To ensure that these teleworkers stay well... [20 Feb 2008]
Upwardly Mobile: There's no workplace like home
Comment According to recent statistics, three million of us now telework but the rate of uptake has been slow. Working from home is good for people and good for the planet. But how easy is it for a team to collaborate while... [17 May 2007]
Queen's speech highlights 'green IT'
News It also claims its Global Telework Program, which allows 11,400 employees to work from home, saves 57 million miles of travel and 24,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. The government is set to introduce legislation to reduce... [15 Nov 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.03.05
Round-Up The Round-Up suspects some of you may be nursing slightly tender heads this morning as the excesses of St Patrick's Day wear off.others may be wondering why everybody - except the Irish - celebrate somebody else's saint's day with such... [18 Mar 2005]
Redstone flexes its portfolio
News The number of teleworkers has doubled from one to two million in six years and that number could double again over the next six years," said Alan Denbigh, Telework Association executive director, welcoming the Redstone... [04 Nov 2003]
How call centres caught the teleworking bug
Comment A report from the Telework Association in 2001 found that although only four per cent of surveyed call centres employed home workers, 42 per cent of call centre managers expected to do so in the future. [29 Oct 2003]
Your flexible friend: Can you put a price on happiness?
Comment But the process also shows which staff work permanently on site, which travel frequently between sites and therefore need mobility tools and auxiliary desk space, and which telework from home. But the biggest savings can... [29 Oct 2003]
Teleworking - Staying sane by the Seine
News Now, not everyone will want to move abroad in order to telework but an increasing number of workers are reassessing their working lives. Having a laptop means you should be able to work from anywhere. [22 Apr 2002]
One in four face chop at TeleWork
News TeleWork Systems has been forced to lay off staff after plunging sales left the UK software company in the red. TeleWork's second quarter results showed pre-tax losses of £1.8m, compared with a profit of... [03 Dec 2001]
Companies excluded from the FSTE4GOOD UK
News Telework Systems Alterian Anite Group Atlantic Telecom Group Autonomy Azlan Group BATM Advanced Communications Bookham Technology Cadcentre Group Cedar Group CML Microsystems Diagonal Easynet Ecsoft Group [10 Jun 2001]
Telework sees shares rise on results upturn
News Telework's first-half turnover was up 26 per cent to £10.4m and pre-tax profits rose 93 per cent to £2.76m on the same period last year. Telework listed on the London Stock Exchange on 3 August, raising... [14 Nov 2000]
Teleworkers to fill call centre labour gap
News The survey of 117 call centre managers - carried out by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES), the Telework, Telecottage and Telecentre Association (TCA) and comms technology company, Mitel - showed that 42 per cent... [05 Oct 1999]
BT send its workers home
News Alan Denbry, executive director of the Telework, Telecottage and Telecentre Association (TCA), welcomed the initiative. BT is hoping to persuade 10 per cent of its UK administration and sales workforce to work from home. [12 May 1999]
Mitel chief attacks UK government teleworking policy
News The booklet, entitled Working Anywhere: Exploring Telework for Individuals and Organisations, offers legal and managerial advice. He claimed tax incentives rather than advice would encourage businesses to... [03 Nov 1998]