By Simon Quicke
8 September 2008
The movement towards flexible working, which has an impact
on the potential technology being used in the home, is continuing to gather
pace.
According to research carried out by the CBI the traditional 9 to 5 is becoming
blurred as workers start taking advantage of flexible working.
Resellers and distributors have already noted that the
impact of high fuel prices along with an increasing commitment to reducing
carbon footprints has already seen an increase in the number of people working
from home or exploiting remote access technology.
In the past some vendors have released products that are
designed to specifically appeal to this market with Brother amongst them with
its range of mutli-function devices and more recently A3 printers.
In the CBI/Pertemps Employments Trends Survey just shy of
half of those employers asked said they now offered flexible working, which is a
large rise from the 14% who were able to say the same two year ago.
John Cridland, CBI Deputy Director-General, said: "Using
teleworking to take work out of the workplace has become very popular, and is
also a useful way to avoid a laborious commute, balance family commitments, and
even reduce carbon emissions. As technology becomes more reliable and widely
available, this trend can only grow."
