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If you have ever heard your IT person sigh at the words "VPN ticket", you already know the gist of this article. The VPN was the workhorse that kept businesses running when offices shut in 2020, and for that it deserves some thanks. The problem is that it has aged badly. What was a quick fix has turned into a daily source of slow connections, dropped sessions, security worry and support tickets, and a growing number of UK businesses have quietly moved on to something better.

Remote work was supposed to be temporary. Six years on, it is simply how Britain works. The numbers are no longer a pandemic blip to wait out; they describe a permanent shift that most small and medium businesses have adapted to on the surface while leaving the foundations untouched. The setup hurriedly assembled in spring 2020, a VPN and a fleet of laptops, is still running in thousands of companies, and it has quietly become the thing holding them back. This article lays ou