For many UK SMEs, compliance, resilience and technology investment are treated as separate projects. One team considers Cyber Essentials. Another reviews backups. Finance challenges software renewals. Operations wants a better ERP system. Meanwhile, the business continues relying on a mixture of cloud services, telecoms contracts, specialist applications and established core platforms. That fragmentation...
7 October 2026
For many UK SMEs, technology grows by accumulation. A new cloud application is added because the old system cannot cope. A separate provider supplies business broadband. A different supplier installs hosted phones. An IT company handles laptops and passwords. Backups are purchased after a near miss. Cybersecurity arrives as an urgent extra. Each decision may be reasonable in isolation. Together, they...