Small-and-medium UK businesses are being held back by technophobia, experts have warned. Fear of new technologies has hampered the progress of SMEs, even after the proliferation of digitisation brought on by the pandemic and remote working. Experts from telephone systems.cloud have warned that the future of many SMEs is at risk if they do not keep up with accelerated technological change across the wider business sector. They forewarn that thousands of small-and-medium sized UK businesses are struggling to adapt to these changes, resulting in wider business problems for these organisations. Now, experts are encouraging SMEs to address their technophobia and adopt new innovations such as cloud and Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) technologies. Those failing to evolve with the digital landscape are losing out on valuable business because through a fear of change and reliance on outdated systems. Communications experts say that fear of new technology is still deeply rooted in many leaders who are deterred by a lack of in-house tech knowledge and resistance to intimidating change. The tech skills shortage is also aggravating the issue, with research showing that digital adoption has been delayed because of a lack of available tech skills. Further, the shortage of tech […]