The Institute of Customer Services has published their bi-annual survey and there was a particular figure that stood out. 14.6% of customers have experienced a problem.

While the pandemic has certainly shifted the skills landscape in a multitude of ways, the types of skills we expect to see in demand remain the same.

Being in a good place mentally and physically is vital to being able to do your best work: people are unlikely to be productive if they’re worrying about their finances or feeling stressed and unhappy or dealing with a physical condition unsupported.

The Covid-19 pandemic has placed a strain on all sectors of our economy, and whilst short-term schemes have prevented crisis-levels of unemployment in Britain, the impacts of the pandemic have not been distributed evenly.

Our great opportunity debate research – the first quarter results of which are now available to download in our report – found that the change in working patterns had the most impact on individuals and their organisations overall over the past 12 or so months.

As I noted in my previous post, the role of the next-gen consumer in the utilities market is evolving. In fact, so great is their impact that the UK Government has set out its own vision for energy consumers of the future.

There is a multitude of research that shows that people want to work for companies that can demonstrate a strong learning and development ethos.

Good mental health and wellbeing mean different things to different people, and at Capita we want to make sure our employees have the support they need to figure out what it means to them.

Stopping the energy sector’s ‘prepayment premium’ will help ease the pressure on the most vulnerable customers – as well as restore some of the public’s trust.

As we’ve noted before1, next-gen energy consumers are prioritising household and community technologies that support the UK’s drive to carbon net zero.