The contact centre has not yet begun to tap in to the potential operational benefits of using home-based staff, one expert has asserted.

The UK arm of the worldwide telecoms company Orange has launched a new range of technology designed for use by Britain’s home-based workers, according to reports.

Companies around the UK that are concerned with their environmental impact should be looking to increase the scale of their home-based workforce, a recent report has made clear.

Business process outsourcing company TeleTech has initiated a recruitment drive aimed at finding 500 home-based call centre staff in Wales, according to reports.

Graduates around the UK are keen to establish a better work-life balance for themselves as they start their professional lives, according to the people aiming to recruit them.

The benefits of enabling staff to work from home have been praised by the chief executive of computer infrastructure solutions firm Sun Microsystems.

Information systems company Volvo IT has lined up a communications solution that should enable it staff to work outside the office and in some cases from home, according to reports.

Cheshire County Council has successfully expanded its drive to encourage and enable home-based working among its employees, according to reports.

A number of firms based in the US are increasingly employing staff that are willing and able to work from their own homes, according to reports.

Out-of-office operating is not a passing phenomena and workers are "home to stay", it has been claimed.