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  Graeme @ BGS April 22, 2009 at 8:36pm

  A few years ago, each van was issued with a company mobile but the times they got lost and other issues it just wasn't worth the hassle / cost.
  
  Now they use there own and a few beers at the end of the week more than makes up for the calls they make.
  
  If you did issue company mobiles it would mean them having to carry two because you can't stop them using their personal mobile regardless of what rules you lay down!
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  steve loftus April 22, 2009 at 10:27pm

  check out bt mobiles, you can have 3 handsets,blackberry last time i looked, choose your private minute package,shared between phones......now the good bit,free calls between these phones,wi-fi,internet,emails,and you can have free calls i think,to about 6 landlines(best check)
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  Big Dig Groundworks April 23, 2009 at 11:51am

  When I worked for a firm we used our own mobiles but all we did was 'one ring' the foreman who had a works phone and then he would ring us back using the works phone.
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  Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd April 24, 2009 at 6:13pm

  Thanks for all of your advice. I think I will get the staff to use their own phones and pay them with beer and the occasional top-up vouchers.
  
  I agree with BGS that the likelyhood of them getting lost/trashed or even forgetting to keep them charged is too high to consider and that the would prpbably prefer to carry around their own handsets anyway.
  
  Cheers :)
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  David Channon April 24, 2009 at 8:16pm

  Too much hassle to account for and monitor. Depending on usage its better to up their salary by twenty quid a month on the understanding that they're always available and charged up during working hours. If they claim to use more, the onus is on them to prove it with phone logs. What's a hassle for employees is carrying two phones, one private & one work and remembering to keep both charged.
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  Phil Voice April 24, 2009 at 8:47pm

  I would avoid supplying mobiles if I were you - more hassle than it is worth.
  
  I have had some bad experiences with abuse of our company mobiles.
  
  I won't go into all the details but two particular instances, one guy was caught with our mobile in one hand and his own personal mobile in the other. He was sending text with one and receiving with the other - apparently to save time :-0(((
  
  The other was an employee who has spent eight hours in one week calling ACAS because he was unhappy at being told that he was not entitled to the holiday pay that he had not accrued after handing in his notice.
  
  One other point is that an employee will not always hear the works phone but you can be certain that they will answer their own:-0))