For many businesses in Shropshire and beyond, the ability for employees to work from home or from a flexible base is now a key factor in recruitment, retention and operational efficiency.
At Shropshire Computers we specialise in enabling teams to work in whatever way suits them, without compromising on productivity, security or local support.
Flexibility for Your Business
Offering remote or hybrid working does more than just benefit employees. It opens up your talent pool: you no longer need to restrict hiring to people who live locally, and you can attract those who value flexibility in where and how they work.
At the same time, you can reduce your office overheads, such as renting space you no longer need full-time, or utilities and commuting costs.
Your employees benefit from less travel time, fewer carbon emissions, and the freedom of not getting stuck in traffic jams!
According to the Office for National Statistics, 41% of Britons worked from home all or part of the time as of September 2024. This shows how widespread remote-capable working has become.
Local Support Matters
It’s one thing to offer remote working; it’s another to support it reliably. That’s where Shropshire Computers can help.
When your team is working from home or from a hub, you need robust connectivity, secure access to your systems, backups in place, and someone who understands the region and can come on-site whenever your business needs them.
Being locally based means we can respond quickly, understand local network and infrastructure issues (for example, rural broadband variations in Shropshire), and provide hands-on support when required.
We work with you to ensure your remote-working setup is not an afterthought but a core part of your IT strategy.
Addressing Common Concerns
Many business owners worry about things like security, productivity, and collaboration when employees are remote. Let’s address those concerns:
- We help you set up secure remote access (VPNs or cloud-based), enforce device protection, and protect your data regardless of where your team works.
- With the right tools in place for remote working, your team can stay connected, collaborate in real time, and patchwork solutions often cause downtime or frustration to keep productivity thriving.
- We support the deployment of video-conferencing, shared cloud drives, team chat platforms and regular in-person catch-ups if needed so location-flexible working still retains the human connection and collaboration.
The Benefits for Businesses
For a business, embracing remote or hybrid working means you can draw in talent beyond your immediate area, reduce fixed costs associated with full-time office space, support your employees’ wellbeing by cutting commuting time, and demonstrate to your clients and partners that you are modern, flexible and able to operate effectively wherever you or they are.
Getting Started with Remote or Hybrid Working
At Shropshire Computers, we guide you through a practical process to get you set up for remote and hybrid working. We assess current systems and infrastructure, identify what your employees need to work effectively from anywhere, ensure the security and reliability of the solution, and be on hand to train your team because we are local.
Whether you need us to set up just a handful of users for remote working, or a larger scaling of your entire team, we can tailor the solution to your company’s size, budget and ambitions.
Why Now is the Right Time
As people’s new working preferences have firmly taken hold, delaying might mean missing out on talent or your business might lock itself into expensive infrastructure that no longer fits your needs.
By moving now, you position your business for recruitment advantages and operational flexibility, and you do so with the comfort of local support from experts who know Shropshire.
If you would like to explore how remote or hybrid working could benefit your business, contact us and we’ll be glad to talk you through the options.
