One of the things that caught my eye in the Institute of Customer Services UK’s (UKSCI) most recent report on customer satisfaction was the suggestion that a growing number of customers are prepared to pay more for improved service.

Your customers are talking. They’re talking about what makes them happy and what makes them unhappy. Which of these applies to your organisation? With so much being said on social media every day across so many channels, separating the meaningful sounds from all the noise can seems impossible. But social listening makes it possible.

Over the past five years apprenticeships have been transformed into a high-quality skills programme for learners and employers ensuring accessibility for all.

Keeping teams motivated and productive in a disparate, more virtual working environment can be difficult. It requires great leaders who know how to boost morale and create a feeling of togetherness, no matter where their teams are based. When there’s a confident leader at the helm, teams can be more productive, happy, and conflict-free.

The metaverse could be a revolutionary development for media, telecoms and technology organisations who are looking for the retail and customer experience platform of the future.

New research reveals 50% of recruitment leaders believe at least half of all skills gaps could be addressed by better use of data.

Using innovative data and insight software, we can spot the signs of customers falling into debt, provide earlier intervention support and try and prevent it from happening at all.

We tailor every collections response to the individual, through empathetic agents and technology that personalises customer journeys.

Flexibility is always a priority for any contact centre. When there are peaks in demand, we’ll provide back-up with the operational flexibility that guarantees a confident, sure-footed response. This could involve augmenting your teams with extra staff, introducing self-serve options, analysing customer segmentation to get the most from existing capacity, enabling home-working and more.

February saw the first of three scheduled ‘innovation open days’ in 2019. Guests from up and down the country attended, representing many of the UK’s top brands, from multiple industry sectors.