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SCC’s data centre capabilities and our successful working partnership with Secure Trust Bank are discussed in the August/September edition of Birmingham Business Magazine. Click here to view the article

The Comms National Awards are independently judged by a panel of experts to recognise vendors and resellers. Past hosts include Patrick Kielty, Rufus Hound, Hugh Dennis, Stephen K Amos, Michael McIntyre, Marcus Brigstocke, Vernon Kay, Gabby Logan, Stephen Mangan and James Nesbitt. The Comms National Awards is taking place at The Hilton on Park Lane...

SCC is on the shortlist for the most prestigious awards event in the IT channel – the CRN Awards. Although highly competitive, SCC has been recognised in three categories; Managed Service Provider of the Year, Public Sector VAR of the Year and Reseller of the Year – £51m+ turnover. SCC Chief Executive, James Rigby said,...

The Midlands’ largest and most influential digital and IT-related businesses have been unveiled in Insider’s inaugural Tech 100 for the region. Companies are ranked by turnover and combined the Tech 100 generated revenues of £7.92bn, an 8 per cent hike on the previous year. Profits more than doubled – up 125 per cent – to...

As the clock struck midnight on 1st January 2019, the IT channel was awash with predictions about what will dominate the technology industry in 2019. In the UK Public Sector – against a backdrop of the most stringent data security regulations ever and the B-word hijacking most discussions – we take a look at what’s...

SCC today announces the formal merger of M2, the Managed Print & Document Services (MPDS) business it acquired in 2014, into its main business, creating SCC Managed Print & Document Services.  M2 has enjoyed a string of successes since being acquired by SCC in February 2014, with consecutive record year-on-year results and a handful of...

Rigby Group (RG) plc, the parent company for a portfolio of family-owned and highly successful businesses operating across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, has sold leading data connectivity aggregator FluidOne to Livingbridge for an undisclosed sum. Rigby Group initially invested in Fluidata in 2015 to drive the next phase of growth for the leading...

SCC has been announced as a finalist in the Corporate VAR category at the 2019 PCR Awards. The Awards, taking place on Wednesday 6th March, recognise the standout work from across the UK PC and Tech sector. Vendors, distributors, resellers and retailers will all be celebrated in front of a room of 500+ industry members,...

The government has ordered the NHS to stop purchasing fax machines from next month in a bid the phase them out completely by 31 March 2020. The news comes after the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) revealed in July this year that nearly 9,000 fax machines were in use across the NHS in England. This...

A new report from Deloitte, “Government Jobs of the Future,” predicts public-sector positions that could exist by 2025, indicating how technology could help the government sector   Scaremongering in the press often leads to the idea that technology will push people out of their jobs, with its ability to take on multiple people’s work at...

SCC has acquired a significant stake in communication and collaboration solutions provider, avsnet, underlining SCC’s ongoing intent to be a significant player in the visual communications and collaboration space. Sitting within the SCC group, this move will merge SCC’s long-standing audio visual (AV) business with avsnet’s specialisations to form ‘SCC AVS’. avsnet has built a reputation...

A reported 600,000 vacancies in digital technology is said to be costing the country £63 billion a year, according to report Skills Shortages in the UK Economy. The bulletin, published by education charity Edge Foundation, looks at the tech industry and the economic impact of the failure to encourage young people to study relevant subjects...