The company will also be able to avoid the expense of having to relocate staff to temporary offices for several weeks when it begins disruptive office renovations soon.
Financial recruitment specialist Lynne Hargreaves knows exactly how much her firm has saved by adopting a teleworking strategy, which has involved handing her companys data management over to a remote hosting company, Datanet, so it can be accessible by all the companys consultants over broadband internet connections.
It has enabled the company to dispense with its business premises altogether, following the realisation that it just didnt need them any more. The main motivation behind adopting home working was to increase my own productivity, as a single mum to an 11-year-old, says Hargreaves. But I soon realised that, as most of our business is done on the phone, email and at off-site meetings, we didnt need our offices at all. Were now saving £16,000 a year on rent, plus the cost of utilities, not to mention what would have been spent on commuting.
1. What is the main topic of this passage?
A) How business managers view hi-tech.
B) Relations between employers and employees.
C) How to cut down the costs of small businesses.
D) Benefits of the practice of teleworking.
2. From the research conducted by the communications provider Inter-Tel, we learn that .
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