Customers can log on to MPRCs website and access their own account using a special password.

Their phones repair progress is logged on the web site from the moment of collection. Customers can follow the repair progress from booking in to despatch.

We repair more than 85 per cent of phones within 24 hours. This new service will let customers know the exact status of their phones at any time of the day or night said Mobile Phone repair Company managing director Steve Cuthbert.

The Mobile Phone Repair Company was set up as a specialist repair company within the Caudwell Group in 1996 and now claims to repair more than 23000 phones a month. It is authorised to handle repairs for Ericsson Bosch Panasonic Alcatel and Nokia phones among others.

Weatherill was named Technology and Communication Entrepreneur of the Year (North Region).

Emanuel was presented with the trophy for Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Scotland).

The Entrepreneur Of The Year programme was created in 1986 by Ernst & Young in the USA where it is now established as the pre-eminent awards scheme of its type.

The awards now take place in 19 further countries including Canada Germany France the Netherlands Belgium Italy Ireland Spain South Africa Brazil and India.

So says a survey ordered by service provider RSL COM which quizzed telecoms managers in 200 businesses with four or more employees.

RSL COM is the American telecoms company which a year ago acquired Motorola Telco.

The survey indicates that only six per cent of businesses currently have a single supplier for fixed and mobile comms.

The research notes that many telecoms managers feel there is a need for specialist suppliers due to the increasing complexity of the industry. They recognise that a single telecoms source would be financially and strategically beneficial said RSL COMs director of indirect sales Matt Crabtree.

Package information is in Braille large print or on tape. Parts of the phone user guide and monthly phone bills are presented in the same way as is billing information.

The package includes a Nokia 5110 (at 9.99) chosen for large keys of varying shapes for easy identification and the Nokia Navikey for easy access of the phones functions.

JWE has asked the University to accredit the training and development of its employees and to possibly provide a Teaching Company Scheme for JWE whereby graduates spend two years at the company as consultants.

The accreditation scheme would mean JWE employees who complete internal training courses will be granted certificates from the University.

We are encouraging all our staff to register with training schemes because we are keen to promote their personal and professional development and provide customers with expert advice said JWE training manager Lorraine Willis.

The Teaching Scheme will focus on IT and e-commerce and be overseen by the Universitys Department of Computing.

4Us name will be branded on the players shirts for the next two seasons. The retail division now has a chain of more than 70 stores with a target of more than 200 stores nationwide by 2002.

We are extremely excited by the opportunities which the sponsorship affords to not only raise our national profile but to enhance our marketing and promotional activities through our new association with Watford said 4U chairman John Caudwell.

This year Phones 4U will spend more than 6 million on advertising and rebranding.

Watford is back in the Premiership following the First Division play-offs in May.

Only two years ago Watford were a Second Division club but in that time won the Division Two Championship reached the Division One Play-Off Final and then beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 at Wembley to reach the top level.

More than 500 new jobs will be crated by the expansion programme. Flexible working hours are also being introduced to enable stores to be open for longer hours.

The market is growing at an unprecedented rate. Our sales are up 54 per cent compared to the same period last year said managing director Charles Dunstone.

Despite what the supermarkets say we will remain the number one retailer of mobile phones for volume and service.

The Carphone Warehouse has also become an internet service provider offering free access in partnership with BT Click. The launch is part of The Carphone Warehouses strategy to increase e-commerce transactions from its own site. rector Charles Dunstone.

Despite what the supermarkets say we will remain he number one retailer of mobile phones for volume and service.

The Carphone Warehouse has also become an internet service provider offering free access in partnership with BT Click. The launch is part of The Carphone Warehouses strategy to increase e-commerce transactions from its own site.

Reuters and Vodafone have started trials to deliver a personalised news service to phone users using the SMS service. Full commercial service is expected before the end of the year.

WAP phones such as the new Nokia 7110 will offer customers text-based web pages and a range of information services including sports listings TV theatre gigs travel entertainment business and banking on their handset in a clearly and easily-presented format through simple web-type on-screen menus.

Orange will provide a range of media and commerce services in partnership with ITN to take news headlines and stories directly from ITNs sources.

This includes Euronews the pan-European news channel from ITN which will display news stories in French Italian German Spanish and English. Reuters will also provide a news service.

Also Orange will soon begin trials of a banking service with a high street bank which allows customers to see the transfer of funds across accounts check payments and see balance updates directly on the screen of the phone.

The service will be launched next year.

For entertainment information Orange will take data from Associated News Media for a service which includes a restaurant review guide together with cinema and theatre listings and news from their website. Another service from Event Selector (PA) will provide television listings for terrestrial satellite and digital television channels from its entertainment guide.

An integrated travel information service will enable customers to access traffic reports as well as information on rail and tube travel and plan routes for display on the phones screen.

This service is the result of an arrangement between Orange and ITIS (Integrated Traffic Information Service) for travelling services. Orange will show a service that provides train timetable details based on information from the internet.

Orange has plans to support on-line booking using WAP technology so that limited time offers such as flights can be purchased while available.

Mobile Phone Centre is offering customers the chance to win a pair of tickets to an England Rugby match British Touring Car race England Cricket match or the Vodafone Derby at Epsom next year.