The MATISSE Smarter Working Partners

The Business Link e-business and innovation team is a key partner in the MATISSE Smarter-Working programme. Business advisors can provide specialist impartial guidance on ICT including the technology considerations related to Smarter-Working. Click on the link below to get a fuller flavour of the type of ICT related support and advice the team provides for the many thousands of micro and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in their region. www.businesslinksoutheast.co.uk

British Telecom (BT)
BT is one of the largest if not the largest exponents of Smarter-Working including home based Teleworking. BT’s commitment to Teleworking came into prominence through it’s participation in ‘SUSTEL’ (Sustainable Telework) the European Community/Information Society Technology Programme as part of its Options 2000/Workabout Programme.

Today, around 9,500 staff work from home and a further 63,000 work independently from multiple locations. The BT experience is so good that it now offers consultancy services to clients under it’s ‘BT Workstyle’ Banner.

Further information is available on http://www.btinsights.co.uk/flexibleworkingresources and at http://www.insight.bt.com/Topics/Where-you-work/

 

 
The South East England Development Agency sponsored the original MATISSE Teleworking Pilot in 2006 and has invested further monies to enable the baselining activity and trial roll-out programme in Hampshire during 2007/08. The MATISSE Smarter-Working programme is seen as contributing to at least 10 of the 14 aims of SEEDA's regional economic strategy (RES) designed to facilitate sustainable economic growth across the region. To see more information on SEEDA's ICT related programmes, other major programmes or to download a copy of the RES go to www.seeda.co.uk

 

The MATISSE Smarter-Working initiative is being overseen and project managed by Hampshire County Council’s Economic Development Office in Winchester. More information on the variety of services provided by the department for Hampshire Businesses is can be found on the Hantsweb Business Portal