We attended the launch of the Sage Report at the Houses of Parliament and took this as the basis of our autumn LinkedIn polls - we will be posting our results and the relevant pieces here from the report every fortnight:
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The SAGE report stated that "Many of the top barriers identified by SMBs are knowledge-based and behavioural" and our LinkedIn poll reflected the SAGE finding that "Cost and complexity remain the highest barriers holding SMBs back from adopting new technology"

^{Friday 21st October 2022}

What causes the most friction for your business when using new technology?

Integration with existing tech 44%

Client and customer adoption 44%

Importing & accessing data. 11%

We also ran the poll on Twitter which overwhelmingly told us client and customer adoption caused the most friction - in line with our client conversations this week

Read the SAGE report summary HERE 

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^{Friday 7th October 2022}

^‍_{What are the barriers holding your SMB back from adopting new technology?}

Costs.      36%

Security of data.  9%

Complexity of New Tech.  55%

^{Friday 23rd September 2022}

^‍ What is the number one benefit of using technology amid a recession?

WHILE our LinkedIn poll was equally split between:

Time saving: 33%.

Cutting costs:33%

Selling more products:33%

The research shows SMBs are using technology to cut costs (62%)

Read the SAGE report summary HERE