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.

RSL COM has been appointed by Dolphin Telecommunications as a service provider for Dolphins ExpressNet digital radio service which is targeted at local government construction transport manufacturing utility and distribution companies.

Irish network operator Esat Digifone has given Siemens a 30 million contract to expand its network to provide enhanced services. The contract covers the supply of equipment and services and follows a previous contract given to Siemens in 1996.

The number of people using cell phones for social reasons increased by 33 per cent to more than a third in the past year says Motorola.

Around 34 per cent of people questioned for the report use their phone for non-business use.

The number of people using public pay phones has now dropped from 73 per cent last year to 63 per cent this year Motorolas report says.

Hotel are also counting the cost of the increased proliferation of mobile phones as 16 per cent less people now make calls from their hotel room phone than did a year ago.

Around 40 per cent of owners interviewed by MORI for the report had bought their phone within the last 12 months. At least 41 per cent of them expected to upgrade their handset at some point in the future with 35 per cent saying they would change phones within two years.

Most of those interviewed said personal safety was high on the list of reasons for owning a mobile phone.

At least half of them said their cell phone had helped them stay ahead in their business life.

The research for the report took place in April and May. It involved a series of focus groups held around the country as well as 1037 confidential interviews with adults.

As well as mobile phone use the Motorola report also looks at usage of PCs digital TV and the internet usage.

The store is within the Northern Electric store at Teeside Park and will be Mobile Phone Stores 84th outlet since 1993.

The company already has two other concessions within Northern Electric and plans to open concessions with 14 more Northern Electric shops. Another 60 stores are to be opened during the Mobile Phone Stores next financial year.