The number of people working from home looks set to rise over the next decade, if a recent survey of company bosses is to be believed.

Surrey looks to be a haven for homeworkers having come out on top of a recent survey of home offices.

The mobile phone network O2 has trialled its working from home plans in preparation for changes during the Olympic Games.

A test run is being carried out this week to see if the civil service can cope with its employees working from home during the Olympic Games later this year.

Islington Council in London is to expand its employees' opportunities to work from home by installing the Trusted Client platform, which allows workers to securely access corporate networks remotely.

The ever-improving availability of technology looks set to provide an increasing number of people with the option to work from home.

There is so much to think about and organise when you start to work from home that many areas can be overlooked,

Maintaining a good level of discipline could be the key to working from home on a successful basis, it has been suggested.

An increasing number of people could start to work from home after the latest hike in rail fares, it has been suggested.

Employees feel restrained by traditional work hours and would become more productive if they could work from home and have greater levels of flexibility