The number of companies in the UK on business mobile phone contracts is significantly increasing, according to a new ICM poll of business travellers. Of those surveyed, 55% have seen the amount of time they need to spend out of the office increase over the past two years. Eighty-eight per cent said they felt it was important to have constant access to email and the corporate IT network wherever they are, and that the company mobile was gaining increasing significance.
Nearly eight out of ten claimed that being contactable is more important today than it was only two years ago.
It seems 73% of people consider the ability to work flexibly a deciding factor when choosing a new job; 52% believe they would enjoy a less stressful working life as a benefit of working remotely; and 36% cited ‘lack of proper equipment’ as the primary barrier to working away from the office.