Be more flexible, firms are told.ONE in seven Merseyside Merseyside, metropolitan county, NW England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Greater Liverpool metropolitan area and comprised five metropolitan districts: Wirral, Sefton, Liverpool, Knowsley, and St. Helens. businesses has seen more demand for remote working as transport problems bite, a survey revealed yesterday. The Federation of Small Businesses and Netscalibur teamed up to call for flexible working practices made possible by technology The independent survey was conducted by market research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) is a global market research group, active in over 70 countries and employing 14,000 people. TNS conducts custom research business in key industry sectors, including Healthcare, Automotive, Technology, Finance, Consumer as well as Polling and Social. , and commissioned by Netscalibur, one of the UKs leading suppliers of internet services to business. Its findings are based on interviews with managers in 1,000 UK small businesses. Netscalibur is combining with the Federation of Small Businesses to call for employers to reconsider re·con·sid·er v. re·con·sid·ered, re·con·sid·er·ing, re·con·sid·ers v.tr. 1. To consider again, especially with intent to alter or modify a previous decision. 2. more flexible ways of working, in order to put business productivity back on track. Recent developments in remote access technology have made the benefits of flexible working affordable for smaller businesses in Merseyside and the North West for the first time. This remote access or Virtual Private Network (IPVPN IPVPN Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network ) technology enables employees to access business e-mail, or documents held on company servers, quickly and securely over the public Internet, from branch offices or from home. |
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