Mike Sewart, director of digital services in the UK and Ireland at Fujitsu, has responded to a report in the Telegraph claiming that companies could stand to unlock £92 billion of digital growth – with a shift to online business having the potential to create at least 1.1 million new British jobs.

“It comes as no surprise... We are living in an age where emerging businesses enter the market founded on digital DNA and traditional, older organisations are transitioning to remain competitive.

“The mindset of the current workforce, and a future millennial-dominated one, now expects more digital capabilities within the workplace – not only in customer-facing services. According to Fujitsu’s Digital Inside Out report, almost three-quarters of employees see digital services as vital to the future success of their organisation, yet over half (55 per cent) feel they are not provided with access to the right digital services to do their job sufficiently.

“This is quite a startling finding – with a significant impact on employee morale, productivity and on workloads. Organisations must continue to focus on not only the digitalisation of their front-end services to cater to consumer demand, but back-end services to cater to employee expectations.

“Digital services have already had a significant impact across all sectors and how it will continue to manifest in the years to come is an exciting prospect. What is clear is that embracing digital holistically is vital for a businesses to be successful.”

You can read Fujitsu’s “Digital Inside Out” report here.

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