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It is one thing to assume that the modern workplace is changing, but it is quite another to make the effort to go out and research exactly what is happening. SCC has taken the decision to do the latter with its first Workplace productivity IT insights report. The firm is committed to producing a series of reports to gain valuable insight into the UK IT solutions market. The headline findings from the channel player are that remote working has risen significantly in the past couple of years, accompanied by an increase in the number of devices used. Those devices include PCs, laptops, tablets and phones, with 82% of those surveyed reporting that colleagues wanted to be more mobile. There is a difference between private and public sector rates of adoption of remote working, which is being embraced more slowly by those in the education and healthcare sectors. The SCC report also lifted the lid on the recruitment challenge many face, with 73% of the 550 IT decision-makers acknowledging that it was getting harder to hire staff living ...