Work Wise UK has renewed its call for British businesses to embrace so-called smarter working practices after a report from the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) highlighted the benefits that can be leveraged.

Conservative Party leader David Cameron has said he will extend the right to request flexible working arrangements to all parents if his party wins the next general election.

HSBC, which is among the largest banking groups in the world, has revealed plans to enable thousands of its London-based employees to operate from their own homes.

As an increasing number of people decide to operate from home as a way to improve their work-life balance, one expert has moved to highlight the importance of ensuring the safety of the residential workspace.

A new tool designed to enable people to establish their own online business and to run it from their own homes is set to be launched later this month.

Millions of working fathers are keen to spend more time at home with their children and would welcome the flexibility that would allow them to do so, according to a new study from the US.

Businesses in the UK ought to incorporate flexible working policies into their ongoing recruitment strategies, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

The teleworking boom being seen in Britain as companies across the country aim to leverage the benefits of having a flexible workforce is presenting business opportunities for a number of technology innovators, according to reports.

Finance firms in the UK have been urged to address the levels of sickness absence in their workplace, which studies have shown can be reduced by implementing more flexible operating practices.

A major new project that will enable thousands of people to operate from within their own homes is being developed in China, it has emerged.