Rise in home workers
Six Schools Receive 75" and 65" Promethean Touchscreen Donations from Soltech IT Ltd
Pictured Donated 75" Promethean Touchscreen Install at St Peter's Primary School in Bishopsworth.
Pictured Gareth Jones of Soltech IT handing over a 75" Promethean Touchscreen to Fosse Way Schools IT Team
2025 will see Soltech IT continue to donate IT equipment to school's throughout the Southwest as part of our 'Giving Back To Schools' donation campaign.
We were delighted to be able to donate more than £15,000 of 65" and 75" Promethean ActivPanel Touchscreens to six local schools and MAT's.
Gareth Jones, commented "As a business it's great to be able to give something back to schools, be they a customer or not. Our most recent donations have helped transform the learning environments of pupils which is something we are very proud of."
These most recent donations have not only included a 65" or 75" Promethean ActivPanel Touchscreen, the schools have also received WiFi module upgrades, Android functionality, wall mounting brackets and relevant cables, plus delivery, removal / WEEE disposal of old equipment, installation and training, all as part of Soltech IT's donation.
That's around a £3,000 donation at each school or MAT.
IT advancement influencing the rise in home & remote workers.
A recent study from Virgin Media, has shown that more than 8 million British employees now work from home at least one day a week, the equivalent to almost a third of the entire British populace. The report showed that those working from home bring in £167 billion to the UK economy every year.
The number of hours spent working from home is also on the rise, with a 26% increase compared to 2012. It is expected that this number will only rise, with 58% of workers expressing a desire to work from home. The Virgin Medias study has shown that having fast, reliable broadband has been a key factor in making home working so widely possible. More
Having helpful technology in place is clearly vital for homeworkers, which may explain why one of the industries with the highest number of homeworkers is IT (according to the TUC 'Trades Union Congress' in 2016
). With remote or home working comes IT Security factors to consider. For more information on this and the ways in which you can manage remote workers please read our recent blog post.
If you're looking to introduce remote working or home workers and want some advice on security and the best ways to manage everything, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
0117 2140 299 / sales@soltechit.co.uk
