Published by transport media business CBS Outdoor, "Britain on the Move" revealed that the UK workforce gains 99 million working days each year and £9 billion as a result of working during time traditionally spent commuting.

The research also revealed that 22 per cent of commuting time is spent completing work-related tasks, contributing 130 million productive minutes to workers’ schedules every day.

Over half of the working population (55 per cent) said they liked to be contactable at all times, with innovations such as BlackBerry business phones, PDAs and mobile broadband helping them to achieve this goal. 27 per cent said that such devices make their work journey more productive.

Last month, analyst Gartner called on businesses to look at new ways of increasing their mobile productivity amid reports that 90 per cent of businesses now have remote workers.

Business communications specialists Genesis have a range of products which can help businesses to get the best out of their mobile workers. These include:

• Mobile broadband internet access from Vodafone, recently voted top mobile broadband provider
• BlackBerry business phones with exchange email hosting
• Collaborative document sharing with Microsoft SharePoint hosting
• Customer relationship management through Microsoft hosted CRM4.0

A spokesperson for Genesis Communications had this to say, “This report only confirms what we have known for a long time about the importance of mobile working. Having the right systems in place is crucial in today’s modern business climate. At Genesis we are committed to offering the best mobile worker solutions for businesses of all sizes and in all sectors.”

For more info please visit: http://www.genesis.co.uk/