The second year of the pandemic has seen more people in the UK slide further into debt and organisations need to recalibrate their response through empathetic collections.

You don’t have to be involved in collections to be aware that the last 18 months have affected the financial circumstances of a huge number of people.

During 2021, the Capita Institute is asking senior decision-makers critical questions relating to the state of their organisations as we emerge from the pandemic.

Treating customers with empathy has been an increasingly important area of focus within the customer experience industry.

I was invited to speak recently in an online panel discussion on the progress being made to drive recruitment and improve retention into our armed forces.

We used our expertise knowledge and collaborative skills to work with the MOD to transfer more than 500 MOD firefighters and deliver 14 new firefighting vehicles on time and within budget- despite the huge difficulties posed by the Coronavirus pandemic.

As a market leader in debt management, we are witnessing first-hand the devastating financial impact Covid-19 is having on the personal finances of so many people.

Resourcing has traditionally been focused on simply filling positions – but when it comes to your complete employee lifecycle, and business bottom line, this can be decidedly short sighted.

The level of thought and care that has gone into the design of the VSim is clear (and synonymous with what I've come to expect from you guys over the last decade and a bit).

So often, this crucial aspect of HR picks up employees once they’re already some time into their work for you – but actually the starting gun for employee engagement fires during the recruitment and onboarding phase of someone’s career.