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Business Telecoms & IT in Motherwell

SCG Solutions works with businesses across Motherwell, covered by Steven Funai from Dundee. IT support, cyber security, cloud telephony, connectivity and business mobiles, backed by the Southern Communications Group.

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Business in Motherwell

Motherwell was a steel town and the closure reshaped it entirely; what has grown since is distribution using the M74 and the position in the central belt, light manufacturing, and a substantial public sector and retail presence. Ravenscraig, the former steelworks site, has been under redevelopment for years. Businesses here are typically small and medium, in a mix of older industrial premises and newer estate space, and many are suppliers into larger operations elsewhere in the belt.

  • the Ravenscraig regeneration area
  • the M74 corridor
  • Motherwell town centre
Steven Funai

Your contact for Motherwell

Motherwell is covered by Steven Funai, our partner based in Dundee.

01382 024121

Sectors we work with around Motherwell

Motherwell — common questions

We are a small Motherwell supplier. Are audit requirements really reaching us?

Increasingly, yes — questionnaires have moved a long way down supply chains in the last few years. Segmentation between production and office systems, a monitored firewall and controlled access cover most of what is asked, and at your size that is configuration rather than significant expense. Doing it before it is demanded is much the cheaper route.

Our unit is older and the wiring is questionable. Does that stop anything?

It is frequently the real constraint rather than the connection into the building, which is why a survey beats a quote. The phone system itself needs very little cabling now — handsets on a network point or software on a laptop — so old wiring stops less than people assume, but it is worth knowing before planning.

Our Motherwell operation is distribution off the M74. What is the most common gap?

No failover, in an operation where dispatch stops the moment the connection does. A 4G or 5G backup built into the router takes over within seconds without anybody acting, so scanning, dispatch and payments continue at reduced speed rather than stopping. For a warehouse that is usually the cheapest genuine resilience available, at a fraction of a second fixed circuit.

Often asked for around Motherwell

Based on the sectors that make up the local economy — not everything we do, just what tends to come up here.

The 2027 switch-off affects Motherwell too. Openreach plans to retire its traditional phone network by 31 January 2027. Check your phone lines, alarms and payment terminals, and plan the move with your provider.

Read about the switch-off

Motherwell sits within our wider coverage. These pages cover the same services across a broader area, with the towns beneath them.

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