MP3 downloads are finally making it into the corporate world. Friends Provident has recently relaunched their information centre online for their advisors.

Advisors can now download podcasts and webcasts onto their MP3 players so they can listen to items such as sales tips and online seminars to help with their professional development and building their business.

Dave Mace, head of Friends Provident eBusiness department, said

As industry leaders in technology it seemed natural for us to extend our website to provide better support to advisers. To complement our face-to-face and telephone-based consultancy, advisers now also have the choice to obtain information, news and business development resources online. We’ll be regularly adding new features and content to the Info Centre, ensuring that we are reflecting advisers’ interests of the moment and anticipating what’s coming over the horizon.

It seems that more and more corporate companies are joining the technological revolution and there is no doubt that MP3 downloads are here to stay. MP3 players are becoming increasingly cost effective and are a practical way for people to study and learn whilst on the move and not just a way to listen to music.